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Extrait : "Au mois de mai 1789, Étienne, âgé de huit ans, était confié aux soins de Savouré dont la pension relevait du collège de Lizieux où le jeune enfant devait achever ses études. Les grands événements de la Révolution rendirent l'exécution de ce dernier projet impossible." À...

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni exercised a huge influence on the development of Western art. He is considered a nominee for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with Leonardo da Vinci. He has been recognized for the greatest living artist in his time, and ever now has been...

Amedeo Modigliani was the quintessence of a tragic artist. He contracted tuberculosis at an early age, which may be one reason why he so willingly engaged in self-destructive behaviour. Living in Paris, he had affairs with women, drank heavily, smoked hashish, and drank absinthe. He was against all...

Trentatré anni senza mai uscire di scena: una vita breve ma intensa quella di John Belushi, comico e bluesman, un corpo che faceva ridere e un'anima che avrebbe voluto piangere. Vitale, ribelle e sensibile, Belushi fu un talento naturale scoperto dal cabaret, lanciato dalla rivoluzione televisiva del...

Décryptez l’art d'Andrea Mantegna en moins d’une heure !Représentant majeur du Quattrocento, Andrea Mantegna est sollicité par les plus grands de son époque, mais c’est à l’illustre famille Gonzague qu’il finit par s’attacher. C’est à leur gloire qu’il réalisera l’un de ses plus...

Albert Coombs Barnes, one of the most eccentric, controversial figures of the early twentieth-century art world, springs vividly from the pages of Howard Greenfeld's superb biography. The Devil and Dr. Barnes traces the near-mythical journey of a man who was born into poverty, amassed a fortune through...

Angelina Jolie is an Oscar-winning actress who has become popular by taking on the title role in the "Lara Croft" series of blockbuster movies. Off-screen, Jolie has become prominently involved in international charity projects, especially those involving refugees.   Angelina...

«Ho fatto il partigiano nelle valli bergamasche, ho preparato carte d’identità false per gli ebrei, ho venduto armi, ho bocciato le poesie di un giovane Pasolini, ho fatto da guida a Le Corbusier, ho incontrato Orson Welles, ho diviso la povertà con Marco Ferreri e i ricordi di guerra con Fenoglio,...

Félicien Champsaur, fils de Joseph Louis Champsaur, gendarme, et de Marie Magdeleine Joséphine Arnaud, il est né le 10 janvier 1858 à Turriers dans les Basses-Alpes près de Digne, et mort à Paris le 22 décembre 1934 dans son appartement 82, avenue Foch....

When tackling a project as audacious, slippery and fraught with diagnostic peril as “the best rock bands ever,” one can either cower in anticipation of the monsoon of disagreement sure to come and load the package with every manner of weaselly equivocation, or one can swagger ahead blissfully...

Нежная и поэтическая книга о любви русского художника, живущего во Франции. Проблемы с самовосприятием преследуют его и в толерантной Франции. Роман автобиографичен, иллюстрации предоставлены самим автором.

Lіfе аnd Career Born оn April 9, 1990 іn Los Angeles, California, Kristen Stewart іѕ аn actress beѕt recognized for her functions іn Panic rооm, Twilight, Cаtch Тhat Chіldrеn, аnd Intо the Wіld. Тhe daughter оf a stage manager and producer аnd а scriptwriter, ѕhе wеnt tо...

Thomas Cole was an American artist, regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that prospered in the mid-19th century. Cole's work was known for its realistic and detailed depiction of American landscape and wilderness, which feature themes of romanticism and naturalism....