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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727 – 1804) was an Italian painter and printmaker in etching. He was the son of artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo. Domenico was born in Venice, studied under his father, and by the age of 13 was the chief assistant to him....

Ce livre raconte l'histoire de Molière, sa vie et son œuvre. "On doit s’intéresser à la mémoire d’un homme qui s‘est rendu si illustre dans son genre. Quelles obligations notre Scène comique ne lui a-t-elle pas? Lorsqu’il commença à travailler, elle était dénuée d’ordre,...

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Seinen ersten Roman Beerholms Vorstelung verfasste Daniel Kehlmann während seines Studiums in Wien. Ein Literaturkritiker riet ihm, ihn in der Toilette herunterzuspülen. Seitdem hat er 15 weitere Bücher geschrieben und gilt heute als einer der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsautoren....

Trois vies, trois destins exceptionnels. Paul Gauguin, le peintre de génie. Robert Louis Stevenson, l’immense écrivain. Alain Gerbault, le navigateur solitaire de l’entre-deux guerres. De ces trois destins, Bernard Gorsky fait le récit, en trois passionnantes biographies. Mais pourquoi ce choix...

« Parmi les peintres d’élite, les uns déjà dans la tombe, les autres encore debout, qui depuis un demi-siècle ont illustré notre école, Ary Scheffer occupait non-seulement un des premiers rangs, mais une place à part. Cette place, il l’avait conquise par une originalité véritable, par...

Since 1996, Richard Brookhiser has devoted himself to recovering the Founding for modern Americans. The creators of our democracy had both the temptations and the shortcomings of all men, combined with the talents and idealism of the truly great. Among them, no Founding Father demonstrates the combination...

Birthday is among the very best of Aira—it will surprise readers new to his work, and will deeply satisfy his many fans Before you know it you are no longer young, and by the way, while you were thinking about other things, the world was changing—and then, just as suddenly you realize that...

Esta obra, acima de tudo, tem por fito dar a conhecer o quanto Lima Barreto, meritoriamente reconhecido como grande romancista e notável cronista e articulista, foi um magnífico criador de contos, alguns dados como canônicos na historiografia literária brasileira. ...

This is a very short Ebook highlighting the path I followed to surprisingly become an author of multiple books and devotionals. It was never my intention to produce a book until a story I had thought about for decades was finally written down. Writing has been a fun adventure and I'm excited to see...

Camille Claudel, sister of writer Paul Claudel, was a gifted nineteenth-century French sculptor who worked with Auguste Rodin, became his lover, and then left him to gain recognition for herself in the art world. With a strong sense of independence and a firm belief in her own considerable talent,...

Painter, designer, and filmmaker Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in 20th-century art. A pioneer of Surrealism, he was both praised and reviled for the subconscious imagery he projected into his paintings, which he sometimes referred to as "hand-painted...

Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and singer. She is the recipient of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award. She is the youngest person to acquire six Academy Award nominations, and is one of the few actresses to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT)....