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Um livro de memórias divertido e surpreendente, com elenco espetacular, que traz um olhar renovado sobre o Maio de 68 na França. No início de 1968, o cineasta Jean-Luc Godard era um ícone da esquerda francesa. Lançado no ano anterior, seu filme A chinesa fora saudado como profético: ao retratar...

凝視著他們，同時看到了那個未曾經歷的時代； 那些並未親自見證的人生，於敘述的過程，逐漸凝聚成延續的風景。 在交錯的身影中，我彷彿看見了自己的表情。 本書共訪談了三十七位台灣中生代藝術家。 書寫出他們因創作而不平凡的人生，以及因際遇而淬煉出的透徹思維； 而他們獨特的生命史，拼湊出的是台灣半個世紀以來的文化風景與時代輪廓。 內容除了文字，同時搭配藝術家的照片——這些在採訪當中進行的跟拍攝影， 讓讀者得以親睹藝術品背後，屬於創作者的獨特身影與姿態。 在本書中，人物是鏡頭的關注所在，他們的生命際遇是主要的情節； 而過去經常被當成論述主題的藝術作品，於此換位成為描寫藝術家故事的背景， 透過如此編寫的角度，我們得以細膩的感受，並真切的理解， 藝術家內在的喜怒哀樂與悲欣交集。 編者序 一種「人」的味道。...

Ofa Hayes left the big city of Berkeley, CA to go to her first job, in Tulare, CA. She was a small town high school art teacher. She left her friend, Michael Chepourkoff back at the University where he was working on his Master's degree in art. There were no personal telephones in the 1930;s, so she...

In 1867, German immigrant Paul Seifert settled in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin and began capturing the distinctive farms and landscapes of his new home in vivid, detailed watercolors. Today, these paintings are coveted by American folk art collectors across the country, but Seifert’s...

Le kaléidoscope est un tube de miroirs réfléchissant à l'infini et en couleurs la lumière extérieure. Le nom de ce jouet vient du grec, kalos signifie « beau », eidos « image », et skopein « regarder ». Certains modèles contiennent des fragments mobiles de verres colorés, produisant...

Wenige Autoren haben das Berlin der 20er-Jahre so scharfsichtig und zugleich umfassend beschrieben wie Joseph Roth. Der Stadtführer und Publizist Michael Bienert ist seinen Spuren nachgegangen und hat ein Lesebuch zusammengestellt, mit dessen Hilfe sich das Berlin der 20er-Jahre in der Stadt von...

In De blinde fotograaf vertelt Hannes Wallrafen wat er met iemand gebeurt als die zijn belangrijkste zintuig moet missen. Internationaal befaamd fotograaf Wallrafen werd op 53-jarige leeftijd blind. Een nachtmerrie voor ieder mens, maar zeker voor een fotograaf. De wereld werd een visuele herinnering....

Als Dichter und Prosaist zählte Gottfried Benn (1886–1956) zu den einflussreichsten Figuren der deutschen Geistesgeschichte, ein radikaler Modernist, ein genialischer Verächter seiner Zeit, ein Übervater der jungen Nachkriegsliteratur. Durch seine Parteinahme im "Dritten Reich" kompromittiert,...

A beautiful photographic ramble through the Baker River Valley of New Hampshire. In the heart of New Hampshire, the geographic center of the state, is a beautiful meandering river that is the focal point of a very special community of people and a landscape that grows into the heart like a spreading...

Imagine being an artist. What it would be like to NOT be labeled a "starving" artist, to be viewed as successful instead. Imagine being able to read a book that does not rob you of your creative energy, but enables you to let out more of your own creative freedom to become more successful making money....

La biografia non autorizzata di “The Voice”, il talento d’America che per mezzo secolo ha interpretato gli umori della sua generazione, è un’opera costata tre anni di dure ricerche fra documenti governativi, intercettazioni trascritte e interviste a più di 800 persone legate alla vita e...

'Glee' Success Around this time, Lynch also had an additional, very various persisting role, and playing Charlie Sheen's therapist on the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. She then starred in the seriously appreciated, but scores denied funny Party Down in 2009, a program about a team of striving...

Ever since she had her very first "Vision of Love" in 1990, the singing and songwriting efforts of one Mariah Carey have shown up as regularly on the Billboard 100 as razzle-dazzle custom-made bras have shown up on Madonna's bust. With one of the most stunning looks in entertainment and...

本書は、ドイツの画家 カスパー・ダーヴィト・フリードリヒの作品二十四点を集めた作品集です。自然の冷酷さと死をモチーフにした作品が多く、ほとんどの作品で登場人物が鑑賞者と同じ視点を取っているため、背中を向けて描かれています。...