Discover New York's poignant memorials through powerful photographs capturing everything from fleeting tributes to enduring monuments The photographs in Here Down on Dark Earth document the many ways New Yorkers express their intertwined feelings of loss and remembrance. The famous and the unknown, the rich and the poor, meet the same fate, but how they are mourned and remembered varies greatl…
Les artistes et les penseurs sont comme des lyres infiniment délicates et sonores. Et les vibrations que tirent d'eux les circonstances de chaque époque se prolongent chez tous les autres mortels. Sans doute les hommes capables de goûter de très belles œuvres d'art sont rares; et, d'ailleurs, dans les musées ou même sur les places publiques elles ne sont regardées que par un nombre rest…
Toutes les clés pour fluidifier l'identification, la lecture, la compréhension, l'analyse sémantique et l'évaluation marchande de l'œuvre d'art africain (moderne et) contemporain dans le contexte local et mondial, pour permettre ainsi au spectateur, à l'amateur, de facilement situer l'artiste et pour comprendre l'œuvre telle qu'elle se présente à lui.À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Jean-Philippe…
E se gran parte delle malattie e dei disturbi che ci affliggono - dalla depressione all'ansia, dall'infertilità all'insonnia, fino al diabete, all'Alzheimer e persino al cancro - avessero un'unica causa comune? La verità è che molte malattie si possono prevenire, e di alcune è possibile persino invertire il decorso. E lo si può fare fin da subito, con strumenti semplici e alla nostra porta…
A richly illustrated new exploration of the painting, photography, and illustration of the politically progressive American artist Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity offers a fresh and wide-ranging account of the work of Ben Shahn (1898–1969), a Jewish immigrant from Russian-controlled Lithuania who became one of America’s most prominent and prolific “social viewpoint” artists…
Take control of your food and build the pantry your family will love—healthy, homemade, and ready for every season. This is the perfect canning book for advanced canners or beginners with easy-to-follow, preservative-free options that bring you back to the basics of canning. With The Essential Canning Cookbook, you’ll discover 75+ recipes that preserve the best of every harvest, fr…
A revelatory and joyous exploration of how one visionary inspired two-hundred years of art, poetry and protest by the acclaimed author of Albert and the Whale Weaving between the historical, cultural, and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired by the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake. Blake is one of the greatest…
Ormai da qualche anno, complice l'esplosione di una vera e propria febbre divulgativa, il Medioevo sembra godere di una popolarità mai sperimentata. Tuttavia, nonostante lo spazio crescente nelle abitudini culturali del pubblico italiano, il primo approccio alle testimonianze artistiche di questo periodo continua a rappresentare un problema per centinaia di studenti e appassionati. D'altra par…
The fascinating story of Vincent van Gogh's two groundbreaking years in Paris, where he transformed himself from a provincial unknown into one of the world's great visionary artists. Vincent Van Gogh arrived in the French capital on the last day of February 1886, a month short of his thirty-third birthday. He was a man beaten down by life, half-starved, and nearly broken psychologically. He was…