検索キーワード： 芸術家・建築家・写真家

This landmark biography penetrates the barriers of legend to bring to full and intimate life a man whose burning passions - for painting, women, and ideas - were matched by a compulsion to invent reality in his life no less than in his art. Here is the tragic story of a man who, from his teenage passion for a gypsy boy to the chilling bitterness and betrayals of his old age, was unable to love and was driven to dominate and humiliate the women - and men - who fell under his hypnotic spell.

This audiobook is a memoir told in three parts: about growing up in the wake of the destructive choices of an unconventional mother. Glen David Gold was raised rich, briefly, in southern California at the end of the go-go 1960s. But his father's fortune disappears, his parents divorce, and Glen falls out of his well-curated life and into San Francisco at the epicenter of the Me Decade: the inimitable '70s. Gold grows up with his mother, among con men and get-rich schemes. Then, one afternoon when he's 12, she moves to New York without telling him, leaving him to fend for himself.

The Covenant describes the multiple suicide attempts of the author, and the events that built up to this. It is a transparent unveiling of a world of childhood molestation and rape, and the aftermath of these. It is a journey from chaos and pain to salvation and hope.

We have all seen, whether live, in photographs or on postcards, some of Claude Monet's legendary water lily paintings. They are in museums all over the world and are among the most beloved works of art of the past century. Yet, ironically, these soothing images were created amid terrible personal turmoil and sadness.

Creativity is in our bones. It is found in our very DNA, something not known to Leonardo da Vinci or anyone else who lived in his day and time. All he did was to uncover the hidden genius which lay within himself, and he used that inner genius to the very best of his abilities. Leonardo da Vinci is best known for some of the world's most masterful paintings, but he was so much more than merely another artist with paints and brushes. Born to a peasant woman in 1452, Leonardo would go on to astound the world he lived in with his artistry and his inventions.

When 8-year-old Lou Del Bianco finds out that his Grandpa Luigi was the Chief Carver on Mount Rushmore, his young life is instantly changed. Follow Lou's journey as he and his Uncle Caesar make the painful discovery that Luigi is not even mentioned in the most definitive book on Rushmore. Cheer them on as you hear the historic documents they unearth from the Library of Congress that not only tell Luigi's story but also prove his great importance. Finally, ride the roller-coaster of the 25 year journey to get Luigi the recognition he deserves. Out of Rushmore's Shadow is the dramatic and touching story of Luigi's legacy and the immigrant's struggle.

Conocido en su país como Madiba, es abogado y político, fue el primer presidente de Sudáfrica elegido democráticamente mediante sufragio universal así como el líder del Umkhonto we Sizwe, el brazo armado del Congreso Nacional Africano (CNA). Estuvo 27 años en la cárcel, la mayoría de los cuales estuvo confinado en la prisión de Robben Island. Tras su liberación lideró a su partido en las negociaciones para conseguir una democracia multirracial en Sudáfrica, cosa que se consiguió en 1994.

"Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben?" Zu seinen Lebzeiten war er bereits Legende, nach seinem bis heute mit Rätseln behafteten Tod wurde er zum Mythos: Falco, bürgerlich Hans Hölzel, lebte exzessiv. Er wurde Star, Stilikone und gleichzeitig Spiegel einer Generation.

Basándose en las miles de páginas de los cuadernos manuscritos de Leonardo y nuevos descubrimientos sobre su vida y su obra, Walter Isaacson teje una narración que conecta el arte de Da Vinci con sus investigaciones científicas, y nos muestra cómo el genio del hombre más visionario de la historia nació de habilidades que todos poseemos y podemos estimular, tales como la curiosidad incansable, la observación cuidadosa y la imaginación juguetona. Su creatividad, como la de todo gran innovador, resultó de la intersección entre la tecnología y las humanidades.

Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineering. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius.

Brothers Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, slept in the same bedroom, went to the same school, and were both poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. Barry left Chattanooga for New England and a life in the arts; Tommy stayed put and became a mortgage banker.

My memoirs are a love story. A story of achievement, of one man's love for the world. A story about the art world and Glasgow and Scotland.

Romain Rolland (1866-1944), premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1915, ha dedicato l'opera e la vita alla diffusione di un credo umanitario di pace e di fraternità. Compose numerose biografie esemplari, tra cui questa di Michelangelo, nel 1905. La vita dell'eroe della Sistina (come lo chiama l'autore) viene percorsa più volte analizzando vari aspetti della sua vita: la lotta, la sua ossessione artistica, gli amori idealizzati, e infine, l’amore per Dio e il desiderio della liberazione dalla vita.

Determined, imperious, flighty, charming, Beryl McBurnie was born in Trinidad and went to New York in the early 1940s to study dance and drama. She also made a name for herself as a dancer and singer, Belle Rosette. But she turned her back on the bright lights to return to Trinidad. There she continued the work she had begun before World War II, researching and performing the dances of the Caribbean. This book portrays the woman, explores the influences that shaped McBurnie and those whom she influenced in turn, and tells of her struggle to realize a vision she nurtured for decades.

Sanna adopteras som fyraåring från Iran till Sverige och växer upp på Lidingö. Hon känner sig ibland annorlunda och utanför. Efter ett antal livskriser börjar hon söka sina rötter i Iran. Mötet med den annorlunda kulturen blir omtumlande och svaren på varför hon blivit bortlämnad skapar en känsla av att ha blivit bortvald. Samtidigt möts hon av stor kärlek. Mitt emellan två kulturer försöker Sanna hitta sin egen väg.

På natten den sista november 2005 somnade artisten, skådespelaren och småbarnspappan Micke "Svullo" Dubois för allra sista gången. Han tog sitt liv i ett cykelförråd - bara 46 år gammal. Ångesten blev till sist för svår. I nästan tio år var Gitte Nilsson sambo med Micke Dubois. Tillsammans har de tre barn. Gitte kände varenda skrymsle av Mickes hemlighet med depressionerna, ångesten och de förtvivlade ropen på hjälp. Tillsammans med journalisten Niklas Bodell berättar Gitte om glädjen, vreden och vanmakten. Om livet och lidandet med Den Stora Kärleken. Om människan Micke Dubois.

Dit hoorspel ertelt het verhaal over Vincent van Goghs strijd voor erkenning en succes, over zijn tegenslagen en angsten, over zijn ambitie en doorzettingsvermogen. Zijn unieke talenten maar ook zijn menselijke kanten worden blootgelegd. Met Prinses Anita van Oranje als verteller en acteur Jochum ten Haaf in de rol van Vincent van Gogh. Overige stemmen zijn die van kunsthistoricus Fred Leeman, acteur Hugo Koolschijn, voormalig directeur van Carré Hein Jens en producer Diederick van Eck.

Ci fu una pittrice ancor più grande della già immensa Artemisia Gentileschi. Il suo nome era Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625), nata a Cremona da nobile famiglia. La sua fu una vita avventurosa, trascorsa tra botteghe di pittori, corti reali e palazzi nobiliari di mezza Europa. Un unico punto fermo: la sua passione e il suo talento straordinario per la pittura e per la ritrattistica in particolare.

Ascolta e scopri il capolavoro della più famosa pittrice messicana! Nel mondo dell'arte, Frida Kahlo è una delle donne più famose, insieme a pochi altri nomi noti come Tamara de Lempicka, Artemisia Gentileschi ed Elisabetta Sirani. Simbolo per eccellenza del suo Paese, il Messico, e della condizione sociale della donna nella metà del secolo scorso, Kahlo visse una vita breve ma molto intensa, tra incredibili sofferenze fisiche, un matrimonio con Diego Rivera che le portò tante gioie quanti dolori e una carriera altalenante.

Gli audiobook della serie "Leonardo: i volti del genio" ti guidano nel mondo di Leonardo da Vinci, mente visionaria che ha rivoluzionato le arti e le scienze nel Rinascimento, incuriosendo gli uomini di ogni tempo con le sue idee innovative e incredibilmente moderne. Scopri tutti i lati del genio poliedrico di Leonardo con questi audiobook curati da uno dei massimi esperti italiani di Leonardo, letti da una voce professionista.