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Karl Kraus gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Aphoristiker deutscher Sprache. Ob berühmte Schriftsteller oder die Presse - nichts und niemand wurde von der gnadenlosen Kritik seiner Feder verschont. Bekannte Künstler wie Stefan Zweig, Georg Trakl, Thomas Mann und andere zollten ihm Respekt, aber die Zahl seiner Feinde in Kunst und Gesellschaft war enorm. Als Vorleser hinterließ er aufgrund seiner Sprachgewalt und Persönlichkeit angeblich einen äußerst außergewöhnlichen Eindruck.

Es fácil idealizar a los artistas, pero poca gente sabe hasta qué punto pueden incluirse, en general, entre las personas más prácticas, despiertas, juerguistas y realizadas. Este libro, ingenioso e inspirador, identifica diez lecciones básicas que podemos extraer de las vidas de los más grandes artistas de la historia.

It is 1887 in Amsterdam, and Johanna Bonger wants to do something different with her life than teaching, translating languages, and managing the back office of her father’s business. She fears she will spend the rest of her days growing old, lonely, and bitter. But all of that is about to change when she is introduced to Theo van Gogh.

El arte es el lenguaje universal. Esta certeza nos hace conscientes del rol del arte para conectarnos y hacer que sintonicemos, entre nosotros y con los demás, teniendo como puente la creatividad que ha acompañado a la historia de la humanidad. Es también una oportunidad para discusiones, encuentros y desencuentros. Para diálogos y enriquecimiento.

Somewhere within the iconic images, carefully made personae, star-studded milieu, million-dollar price tags and famous quotes lies the real Andy Warhol. But who was he? With Andy Warhol, Robert Shore unfolds the multi-dimensional Warhol, dissecting his existence as undisputed art-world hotshot, recreating the amazing circle that surrounded him, and tracing his path to stardom back through his early career and his awkward and unusual youth.

Ein Original-Hörspiel von und mit Alexander Kluge. Klimawandel, Pandemie, Krieg... Alexander Kluge, der große Universalneugierige unserer Zeit, versucht sich an Antworten auf die stakkatoartig andrängenden Probleme, und zwar mit meist kurzen, auch sehr privaten Texten. Der Unruhe im Garten unserer Seele setzt Kluge also eine gewisse Nüchternheit entgegen, dem immer wieder abverlangten Ernst der Lage so etwas wie intellektuelles Spiel, dem Kriegslärm die Souveränität des Zirkusdirektors.

Otra historia del arte es un ensayo estimulante que nos abre las puertas al museo particular del autor, donde conoceremos historias fascinantes y obras personalísimas, como las de Maurizio Cattelan, Teresa Margolles, Piero Manzoni o Fiona Banner, junto a piezas muy reconocidas de Guo Xi, Frida Kahlo o Artemisia Gentileschi.

Serving as a supplement to the existing scholarship on AIDS activism of the 1980s and 1990s, Viral Cultures is the first book to critically examine the archives that have helped preserve and create the legacy of those radical activities. Marika Cifor charts the efforts activists, archivists, and curators have made to document the work of AIDS activism in the United States and the infrastructure developed to maintain it, safeguarding the material for future generations to remember these social movements and to revitalize the epidemic's past in order to remake the present and future of AIDS.

A journey through the minds of some of the most creative people on the planet reveals that creativity is rarely a “lightbulb moment” and instead arrives through a process of making and self-understanding.

When Roxana Robinson’s definitive biography of O’Keeffe was first published in 1989, it received rave reviews and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. This new edition features a new foreword by the author, setting O’Keefe in an artistic context over the last thirty years since the book was first published, as well as previously unpublished letters of the young O’Keeffe to her lover, Arthur MacMahon. This book also relates the story of Robinson’s own encounter with the artist.

Longlisted for the National Book Award · A New York Times Notable Book of the Year · Winner of the New York City Book Award · Shortlisted for the Apollo Book of the Year Award · Shortlisted for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography · Finalist for the Gotham Book Prize · Finalist for the...

In 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king's mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the mundane to the extravagant, from the precious to the everyday. Tutankhamun's spectacular gold mask is justifiably famous, but the rest of the treasures remain largely unknown, their stories untold.

With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Leonardo Da Vinci to Caravaggio to Edward Hopper, Secret Lives of Great Artists recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international art. You'll learn that Michelangelo's body odor was so bad, his assistants couldn't stand working for him; that Vincent van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube; and Georgia O'Keeffe loved to paint in the nude. This is one art history lesson you'll never forget!

Ann Beattie, a master storyteller, has been delighting readers since the publication of her short stories in the 1970s and her first novel, Chilly Scenes of Winter. But as her literary acclaim grew and she was hailed “the voice of her generation,” Beattie was also moonlighting as a nonfiction writer.

In 1940, America’s favorite illustrator Norman Rockwell, his wife Mary, and their three sons moved to the picturesque rural village of West Arlington, Vermont. The artist discovered a treasure trove of models. Norman Rockwell’s Models: In and out of the Studio is the first to detail these models’ lives, friendships with the artist, and experiences in his studio.

Ein kunsthistorischer Streifzug durch schöne Florenz. Florenz - Stadt der Renaissance und der Genies. Hier schufen Botticelli, Brunelleschi und Michelangelo ihre Meisterwerke. Die promovierte Kunsthistorikerin Monika von Zitzewitz erzählt ihre Geschichte für Liebhaber der Stadt und solche, die es werden wollen.

In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist’s palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of culture itself. How did the most precious...

Most art history books just go over dates and major style changes, without letting the artists speak for themselves. In For Artists by Artists, you will learn directly from the top 40 of some of the most famous artists in the world. You will see how they thought about art, nature, truth, beauty, work, other artists, and God. You will journey through the last 750 years of art history in chronological order, seeing the evolution of how painters taught and thought over time.

The “gripping and meticulously researched” (The Times, London) true story of the determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China’s Forbidden City in the years leading up to World War II and beyond. Spring 1933: The silent courtyards and palaces of Peking’s Forbidden...

Journey through 3,000 years of art and history to shine a light on the hidden stories behind the world's most famous works of art.