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Seeking adventure and inspiration in western Colorado, artist Jack Roberts masterfully captured frontier characters in secluded cow camps and boisterous saloons. His flamboyant personality and zest for life became topics of local stories. But sobriety and commitment offered new themes and goals. Indians,...

"When I think of my uncle during the few stages of my life until he passed, my earliest memory is of the several paint tubes in his room, the paint easel with various dried paint colors on it and worn brushes. He would sit in front of his easel, focused, creating, expressing himself in beautiful...

Author Christos Tzanetakos adheres to the profound statement of Emile Zola: Civilization will thrive when the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest. This memoir narrates the stories of Tzanetakos lifelong adventures and presents his thoughts, philosophy, and work regarding atheism....

Jean Frédéric Bazille was a French Impressionist artist. Many of his paintings are examples of figure compositions in which Bazille placed the subject figure within a landscape. His work is of interest for its exploration of the effects of light on flesh tones. Much of his work retained...

Read This Guide To Chinese Art, Chinese Calligraphy, Calligraphy Tattoos, Chinese Characters, Chinese Paintings, Chinese Art antiques and More!  

Lovis Corinth war ein deutscher Maler und neben Max Liebermann, Lesser Ury und Max Slevogt einer der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Vertreter des deutschen Impressionismus. Dies ist seine Autobiographie inkl. 26 Tafeln.

Non si tratta di un’autobiografia vera e propria dell'autore, Franco Ferrini, perché non segue una narrazione lineare, anche se ogni riferimento a persone realmente vissute NON è puramente casuale. Come in un film di Robert Altman, si intrecciano storie diverse, insieme a battute folgoranti, aneddoti...

Masaaki Hiroi is an extremely renowned craftsman, who earned his status to be recognized as an artist. Masaaki Hiroi makes Edo tops, toys played by both adults and children not only in present-day Japan but also all over the world. He has created numerous Trick tops out of his imagination and creativity...

A reclusive artist and model writes a memoir about her time as a muse for avant-garde filmmaker Max Oblivious.

Substance Abuse Six Pack 3 presents another sextet of classic vice-related works: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson John Barleycorn by Jack London Charles Baudelaire - His Life by Théophile Gautier   Ode On Indolence by John Keats ...

Novembro de 2000. Nove tiros. Um dos mais contundentes e brilhantes músicos da geração 90, Marcelo Yuka, na época compositor e baterista da banda O Rappa, viu a vida se transformar ao ser alvejado por bandidos. Até então, sua trajetória seguia o caminho do melhor dos sonhos e, como ele mesmo...

Deux cousines sont des sosies tellement parfaites que même leurs parents les confondent. L'une, Brigitte D est aventureuse. L'autre est plus réservée. Elle s'appelle Brigitte B. B comme Bardot. Alors quand il s'agit de découvrir la vie, elles échangent leurs rôles et...

J’ai connu Heine, sur la fin de sa vie, et je le connaissais depuis longtemps, comme écrivain et comme poète, quand, pour la première fois, je vis sa figure. Je revenais de Vienne, chargée d’un envoi pour lui : quelques feuillets de musique qu’un de ses admirateurs lui adressait. Pour plus...