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Quella di Liana Orfei non è stata certo una vita ordinaria: nata "per miracolo" dentro un caravan in una notte di tempesta, di salute gracile e precaria, da bambina ha sofferto a causa di una malattia che l'ha costretta a letto per molti anni. Tuttavia, il suo temperamento e la sua buona stella (è nata con la cosiddetta "camicia della Madonna") non le hanno mai permesso di lasciarsi andare e anzi l'hanno portata a cimentarsi in sfide sempre nuove.

«La vida ha sido para mí una larga tarea de la que no me arrepiento en absoluto», comenta Balthus en una de las páginas de este magnífico libro de memorias, y estas son quizá las palabras que mejor resumen la trayectoria de un hombre consagrado a la pintura.

Самая знаменитая балерина прошлого столетия - Анна Павлова. В детстве ее считали слишком худой и нескладной, в ее успех не верил практически никто, никто, кроме самой Анны Павловой. Оказавшись однажды с матерью на балете в Мариинском театре, девочка буквально "заболела" танцами.

Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives. Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster—women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine...

In diesem Teil 2 meines 3teiligen Werkes gehe ich in die Tiefe und zeige auf, welche Unwahrheiten uns täglich gesagt und gelehrt werden. Wahre Worte, Erkenntnisse spannend erzählt und mit passenden Kompositionen unterlegt. Ein Teil des Hörbuches "Mein Weg", das es im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes "in sich hat". Für einige Menschen werden es bekannte Entdeckungen sein wie die Georgia Guidestones oder die Phototherapie-Pflaster, die Droge der Macht, wie fühlt sich Mobbing oder Depressionen an.

Einer der größten Künstler unserer Zeit erzählt sein Leben vor dem Hintergrund der Geschichte Chinas. In seinen Erinnerungen schildert Ai Weiwei seinen künstlerischen Werdegang vor dem Hintergrund der Geschichte seiner Familie. Sein Vater Ai Qing war einst ein enger Vertrauter Mao Zedongs und Chinas einflussreichster Dichter. Im Zuge der Kulturrevolution brandmarkte man Ai Qing als "Rechtsabweichler" und verurteilte ihn zu Zwangsarbeit. Die gesamte Familie wurde in einen abgelegenen Teil des Landes verbannt, der als "Klein-Sibirien" bekannt war.

Jim and Elaine Larison spent years studying, exploring, and living in wild places, making more than 30 environmental films, most for the National Geographic Society. These films won more than 40 international awards from leading environmental and broadcast organizations. This memoir tells the story behind the adventure and describes the rather substantial personal costs of this career.

The compelling story of how Vincent van Gogh developed his audacious, iconic style by immersing himself in the work of others, featuring paintings by Van Gogh as well as the artists who inspired him—from the New York Times bestselling co-author of Van Gogh: The Life Vincent van Gogh’s...

The “intimate and expansive” (Time) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process “Poignant . . . An illuminating...

L'esilio di Van Gogh è un viaggio all'interno del cuore e della psiche dell'artista. Nasce riadattando i momenti salienti della sua estrema emotività, la stessa che concede in sprazzi di vita epistolari indirizzati al fratello Thèo. Tra difficoltà economiche e il cuore infranto dalla solitudine, abbiamo una visione chiara della sua sofferenza, matrice del lavoro di ogni genio. Diceva di sé stesso: "Vorrei che chi guarda i miei quadri pensi: quest'uomo sente immensamente."

Alexander Toth was an American cartoonist, born June 25, 1928, in New York, New York. He was known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera, as well as a long list of work for DC Comics, Dell Comics, Golden Key Comics, Marvel Comics, Standard Comics, and Warren Publishing. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990. He passed away May 27, 2006, in Burbank, California at his drawing table. He was survived by his four children and seven grandchildren.

A blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time The Guardian Harper's Bazaar San Francisco Chronicle The Atlantic Financial Times Kirkus Finalist for...

Avido di piacere non meno che di conoscenza, Raffaello Sanzio intuisce molto presto che soltanto nella Roma libera, felice e sfrenatamente sensuale di Giulio II e Leone X il suo talento potrà essere apprezzato. Vi arriva venticinquenne, la incarna e la seduce diventando nel giro di pochi mesi la stella più brillante del suo firmamento intellettuale. La morte, a soli 37 anni, lascia la città nella disperazione che segue la scomparsa di un principe ammirato e amato.

In Mission with...Giambattista Tiepolo is an adventurous journey through the life and art of Giambattista Tiepolo, a journey you can go on by listening to the audiobook. With him by your side, you will chart the most important stages of his life and work, get to grips with techniques and themes, and become fast friends.

In You Are Loved, artist Alex Cook intimately relates his creative and spiritual adventures in his quest to create beauty and know God. Anyone longing to bring their own precious vision into reality will find solace and inspiration in these very human stories of a life dedicated to following inspiration. This inspiring collection of stories paints the heartfelt, personal journey of an artist who experiences and observes his inner life with unflinching honesty and strives to live his outer life just as honestly.

When reclusive millionaire artist Robert Indiana died in 2018, he left behind dark rumors and scandal, as well as an estate embroiled in lawsuits and facing accusations of fraud. Here is the true story of the artist’s final days, the aftermath, the deceptive world that surrounded him, and the inner workings of art as very big business.

Although he is one of the world's most popular authors who continues to thrill and chill readers and listeners of all ages, Edgar Allan Poe's life is as enigmatic as his sudden, unexplained death. In a quest for solutions to the mysteries surrounding the poet's life and work, a group of Poe devotees founded the Poe Shrine in 1922. This body included the world's most prolific Poe collector, a psychiatrist who believed Poe was clairvoyant, and the grandson of Poe's worst enemy.

Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. As a painter, he never considered glamorizing what he saw, and he was a master of creating extraordinary scenes with light and shadows. His paintings were unique for their ability to depict action and moods. Sadly, having a mistress and spending recklessly went far to ruin his reputation during his lifetime. Rembrandt died penniless and was buried in a pauper’s grave.

Edvard Munch, l’introspettivo espressionista, viene principalmente associato al celebre dipinto "L’urlo". Ma dietro questo capolavoro di fama mondiale si celano un passato fatto di privazioni e povertà, la tragica morte di sua madre e sua sorella, la depressione, una vita dedicata alla pittura e il riscatto ottenuto a Berlino. Edvard, al centro del "Caso Munch", ha saputo sfidare e oltrepassare i limiti imposti dalle elite artistiche utilizzando un linguaggio dominato da strazianti emozioni e penetrante angoscia.

From his childhood in a remote town in New Zealand's North Island to the wilds of the Arctic and Antarctic, life has been an incredible journey for filmmaker Max Quinn. How he got himself into this field is a story in itself, but A Life of Extremes is so much more. It's a journey that lovers of natural history, travel, adventure, and filmmaking will revel in as he takes you to some of the harshest environments in which anyone could be expected to work. For this book is the absorbing life of a polar filmmaker.