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Vincent van Gogh – weltweit bewunderter Begründer der modernen Malerei. Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erlutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum niederländischen Maler Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) wurde am 30. März 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Niederlande, als Sohn des Pfarrers Theodorus van Gogh und Anna Cornelia Carbentus geboren. Er wuchs in einer religiösen und kulturell interessierten Familie auf.

Dame Zandra Rhodes has spent her life rallying against what was expected of her, both as a designer and a woman. Often perceived as too bold for the mainstream, she fought for creativity and individuality, and continues to achieve both in everything she does. In this insightful memoir, Zandra shares her life story for the first time. Told through a variety of mementos and curiosities collected over the course of her eight decades, it is a vibrant account.

Diese Autobiographie ist eine Geschichte vielfältiger Dramen, die zu lebendig, unwahrscheinlich und zutiefst persönlich sind, um von einem Romanautor heraufbeschworen zu werden. Vom Waisenhaus zur Front, zu politischem Knast, zu Hightech-Unternehmer und darüber hinaus—Karl Heinz Johannsmeier erzählt eine rasante Geschichte von unglaublicher Spannweite und Flugbahn, ein Zeugnis der Kraft des Optimismus und der Hartnäckigkeit, den Tod zu überlisten, Niederlagen zu überwinden und Triumphe zu konstruieren.

Keith Haring is synonymous with the downtown New York art scene of the 1980's. His artwork-with its simple, bold lines and dynamic figures in motion-filtered in to the world's consciousness and is still instantly recognizable, twenty years after his death. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition...

A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world—and Picasso the most famous artist alive—in the shadow of World War II “[Eakin] has mastered this material. . . . The book soars.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’...

Für Giorgio Vasari, dem einzigartigen Chronisten der italienischen Malerei gab es die Götter: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci und Raffael, danach kam erst der Herrgott. Raffael war unter den Dreien der jugendliche Tragiker, der an einem Karfreitag geboren wurden und mit noch jungen Jahren von 37 ebenfalls an einem Karfreitag starb. Vasari schildert das gleichwohl illustre wie arbeitsreiche Leben Raffaels in schillerndsten Farben und gibt dabei dem ungebremsten Lebenswandel Raffaels die Schuld an seinem frühen Tod, der durch einen Aderlass zur Kurierung einer Geschlechtskrankheit verursacht worden sein soll

In 1900, an 18-year-old Spaniard named Pablo Picasso made his first trip to Paris. It was in this glittering capital of the international art world that, after suffering years of poverty and neglect, he emerged as the leader of a bohemian band of painters, sculptors, and poets. Fueled by opium and alcohol, inspired by raucous late-night conversations at the Lapin Agile cabaret, Picasso and his friends resolved to shake up the world.

To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet enjoys within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for the equivalent of more than $70 million. This is a staggering price, especially considering that early in his life, Monet had been so poor and debt-ridden that some of his paintings were taken from him by creditors.

Sex, Surrealism, Dali and Me was first published in 2000 and was a top-10 best-seller a year later. It tells the biographies of two remarkable men. Salvador Dali, one of the 20th century's greatest painters, and his long-term muse - the Colombian dancer Carlos Lozano. Dali was famously a voyeur, and in this extraordinary audiobook, we are witnesses to the bizarre sexual fantasies he lived out among celebrities, aristocrats, enemies, and the plain crazy.

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Maler und Bildhauer: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.

Jane Edberg's creative muse vanished when a switch flipped from child alive to child dead. How was she supposed to process her loss? This lyrical, original, beautifully written story is about how, after the tragic death of her adored nineteen-year-old son, she rediscovers the power of art to create an unconventional pathway through grief.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE The extraordinary and surprising life of Piet Mondrian, whose unprecedented geometric art revolutionized modern painting, architecture, graphic art, fashion design, and more—from acclaimed cultural historian Nicholas Fox Weber "As...

Paula Modersohn-Becker war eine deutsche Malerin und eine der bedeutendsten Vertreterinnen des frühen Expressionismus. Im vierten Teil ihrer "Briefe und Tagebuchblätter" hören Sie die Briefe, Tagebuchblätter und Gedichte Paula Modersohn-Beckers des Jahres 1898-99. Gelesen von Johanna Mette Pollet.

An unprecedented, intimate portrait of Frank Gehry, one of the world's most influential architects. Drawing on the most candid, revealing, and entertaining conversations she has had with Gehry over the last 20 years, Barbara Isenberg provides new and fascinating insights into the man and his work. Gehry's subjects range from his childhood - when he first built cities with wooden blocks on the floor of his grandmother's kitchen - to his relationships with clients and his definition of a "great" client.

Michelangelo Buonarroti è uno dei più grandi esponenti del Rinascimento italiano. Scultore, pittore e architetto d'immenso talento, grazie al suo genio artistico ha raccontato con le sue opere il periodo storico in cui viveva il governo dei Medici e la rinascita culturale, la repubblica di Firenze, le libertà civiche e il potere e gli intrighi del papato. La personalità cupa e tormentata di Michelangelo gli ha sempre impedito di accontentarsi, imponendogli continuamente di accettare nuove sfide artistiche.

As America was stepping into the modern era, one great beauty became the artist's model of choice. Her perfect form became the emblem of the Gilded Age and appears on the greatest monuments of New York and the nation. Supermodel, actress, icon - her beauty paved the way for a life of glamour, passion, and ultimately tragedy. Her name is Audrey Munson.

Pierre-August Renoir, leader of the 19th-century Impressionist movement, spent his entire life perfecting his style. Rejected for decades, he depended on friends for a place to stay and money for painting supplies. Renoir lived in poverty until his 40's, and when he was finally discovered and hailed as a great artist, his health began to fail him. Still, Renoir never gave up his passion for painting. His need to create beauty was the driving force of his life, and throughout rejections and deteriorating health, Renoir retained an optimism that is reflected in his paintings.

Er hat seine Heimat besungen, ohne ein Heimatdichter zu sein, nahm eine dezidiert antidänische Haltung in den Streitigkeiten zwischen Österreich mit Preußen auf der einen und dem Königreich Dänemark auf der anderen Seite ein, ohne ein politischer Agitator zu sein; er verbrachte elf Jahre in Potsdam und Heiligenstadt und ist doch eng verbunden mit den Menschen und der Landschaft, die er immer wieder beschrieb: Theodor Storm. 1817 in Husum geboren, der "grauen Stadt am grauen Meer".

" Peut-être n’éprouverait-il plus jamais de passion comme celle qu’il avait sentie pour Peter, mais il restait la perfection de l’amitié, la beauté des cyprès sur les collines et la joie que donnait le travail. Et s’il oubliait Peter, s’il réussissait à vivre sans lui, ce dernier ne reviendrait-il pas ? Personne n’était attiré par la tristesse et la mélancolie. Mais par la gaieté, la force, le bonheur, oui. " Né en 1937 en Angleterre, David Hockney a secoué le monde de l’art avec une vitalité et une liberté qu’aucun chagrin n’a su entamer.

Gertrude Stein, Kunst- und Menschensammlerin: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.