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L’auteur de ce livret n’a pas l’ambition de présenter, en quelques dizaines de pages, une biographie exhaustive de Jean-François Champollion – d’ailleurs publiée en 2001, et rééditée en 2016, en livre papier aux Éditions Segnat (Les Frères Champollion) ; il entend, plus simplement,...

A cultural icon who defined the twentieth-century American landscape, Frank Lloyd Wright has been studied from what seems to be every possible angle. While many books focus on his works, torrid personal life, or both, few solely consider his professional persona, as a man enmeshed in a web of prominent...

La “Diva Turca” commence sa vie sur les rives du Bosphore pour connaître un formidable succès à Naples puis à La Scala de Milan avant de conquérir les grandes scènes lyriques internationales, sous les baguettes de Toscanini, Serafin, Simonetto, Gui, Gavanezzi,...

And anyone knows that the best way to make money is to take what you love and turn it into a business. Well, congratulations. You have taken the first step towards making money doing what you love: Taking digital photos. Not many people know that you can make a good living just by selling photos over...

Frederick Keppel takes a brief look at the “Grand Style” art of Joshua Reynolds, the influential British portrait painter of the late 18th century.

Published in 1996, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma was the first in-depth study of the artist's life. It has not been superseded. In this substantially revised, updated edition - to coincide with the artist's centenary, which will be celebrated from autumn 2008 through summer 2009 - Peppiatt...

Chelsea Handler is an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, and late night cable talk show host.   Chelsea Handler grew up in New Jersey, and has performed nationwide as a stand-up comedian. Handler appeared as a regular in Oxygen's Girls Behaving Badly and acted in other...

She was the American woman who changed Australian history. She broke through barriers for women in architecture and spent 15 years working for Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the formative years of the Prairie School of Architecture. Then she teamed up with Walter Burley Griffin working with...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) was een veelzijdig kunstenaar: schilder, ontwerper, cineast en schrijver van briljante teksten. Dit jeugddagboek, geschreven toen Dalí rond de zestien jaar oud was, vormen de fascinerende eerste literaire vingeroefeningen van een genie dat zijn hele leven op zoek is geweest...

Com a expertise da jornalista Maureen Callahan, Champagne Supernovas nos leva de volta aos anos 90, quando modelos brilhantes deram lugar a verdadeiras lendas, o que era considerado underground e alternativo desfilava nas principais passarelas mainstream, e a moda virou um cenário rico, alimentado...

A aguardada continuação do sucesso Um Gato de rua chamado Bob chega ao formato digital. Após o seu lançamento, O Mundo pelos olhos de Bob já está listado entre os livros mais vendidos no Brasil. SINOPSE Depois de um passado difícil, James foi adotado pelo gato Bob. Agora os dois têm um emprego...

"Gianecchini enfim se permitiu encarar o pensamento proibido: 'Pode ser que tenha chegado a minha hora.' No que olhou pela primeira vez para a cara da morte, a sua morte, bem de frente, foi tomado por uma calma profunda. Por um momento perdeu de vista os médicos, as enfermeiras, a empresária,...

Eine Biographie des glänzenden Stilisten und bedeutendsten konservativen Literaturkritikers der frühen Bundesrepublik. Friedrich Sieburg gehörte zu den intellektuellen Gründungsvätern der Bundesrepublik, doch sein Vermächtnis hat man bis heute kaum wahrgenommen. Dieser »sonderbare Kopf" (Thomas...

Prachtig geschreven verhalen over de noodzakelijke strijd tussen bevriende kunstenaars   Picasso had Les Demoiselles d’Avignon niet geschilderd zonder de druk die Matisse uitoefende om het uiterste te behalen. Freud was zonder de vriendschap met Bacon in zijn beginstijl blijven hangen en...