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The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman...

“People like us . . . have different rights, different values than do ordinary people because we have different needs which put us . . . above their moral standards.” —Modigliani Amedeo (“Beloved of God”) Modigliani was considered to be the quintessential bohemian artist, his legend...

Meyer Schapiro: Portrait of an Art Historian by Helen Epstein (19,700 words) This is the only profile available of art historian Meyer Schapiro (1904-1996). A polymath, revered for his extraordinary scholarship and teaching, he championed medieval studies, modern masters like Matisse and Picasso...

Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1873) was one of the co-founders of the Cubist movement and is considered the most famous Spanish artist of our time. The demand for his works on paper has seen prices rocket in recent years. Many of these works are found in books. This eBook will help you find them by giving...

"The definitive life of O'Keeffe." —Hilton Kramer, Los Angeles Times Georgia O'Keefe (1887?-1986) was one of the most successful American artists of the twentieth century: her arresting paintings of enormous, intimately rendered flowers, desert landscapes, and stark white cow skulls...

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY "Welcome to Rockwell Land," writes Deborah Solomon in the introduction to this spirited and authoritative...

Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) was a British painter and writer, born in Switzerland. As a painter, he favored the supernatural and leaning everything on an ideal scale, believing a certain amount of hyperbole necessary in the higher branches of historical painting. The figures in his paintings are full...

Тhe Superstar Born оn July 6, 1946, іn Nеw York Citу, Sylvester Stallone іs onе оf thе mоѕt prominent Hollywood аctіon ѕtаrѕ оf аll tіmе, playing such renowned characters аѕ John Rambo аnd Rocky Balboa. Stallone gоt hiѕ beginning creating аnd starring іn Rocky. Тhе movie...

Corren los años 20 en México. En lo alto del andamio, el pintor esta concentrado en su mural. Desde abajo, una muchacha lo interpela sin temor. Seis años más tarde volverán a encontrarse, ella accidentada y semitullida, él con renombre y rodeado de mujeres. Pero allí sienten que estan destinados...

An extensive collection of the speeches of Mark Twain, on a large variety of subjects given by him at various events and places throughout his professional life.

Poucas atividades estão tão associadas à busca da felicidade quanto o desejo de viajar para lugares distantes. Embora não faltem publicações que recomendam variados destinos, é raro encontrar na literatura uma reflexão sobre as motivações que levam o viajante a abandonar o conforto do lar...

"The best biography of Picasso."—Kenneth Clark Patrick O'Brian's outstanding biography of Picasso is here available in paperback for the first time. It is the most comprehensive yet written, and the only biography fully to appreciate the distinctly Mediterranean origins of Picasso's...

He claimed to be “the plainest kind of fellow you can find. There isn’t a single thing I’ve done, or experienced,” said Grant Wood, “that’s been even the least bit exciting.” Wood was one of America’s most famous regionalist painters; to love his work was the equivalent of loving...

The secret histories of the world’s most famous masterpieces Caravaggios, Rembrandts, Monets-the works of immortal artists such as these are indelibly imprinted in the public mind; they are priceless masterpieces whose beauty, artistry, and emotional impact have inspired admiration, awe, and...