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The Life and Times of Moses Jacob EzekielAmerican Sculptor, Arcadian Knight
The Life and Times of Moses Jacob Ezekiel: American Sculptor, Arcadian Knight tells the remarkable story of Moses Ezekiel and his rise to international fame as an artist in late nineteenth-century Italy. Sephardic Jew, homosexual, Confederate soldier, Southern apologist, opponent of slavery, patriot, expatriate, mystic, Victorian, dandy, good Samaritan, humanist, royalist, romantic, reactionary…
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Vincent Van GoghA Life
Published on the hundredth anniversary of Van Gogh's death, this is the first full-length biography of this undying man in twenty years and surely the most comprehensive account to date. Mr. Callow treats more searchingly than any previous work the development of Van Gogh's genius and his emergence as an artist after early struggles to find a vocation, first in the world of art dealing and late…
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Anthony Van Dyck
Blake, an author living in London, explains that the impetus for this biography of the great Dutch painter came from his own connection in childhood to a painting purchased by his grandmother
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Martin's ScribblesSort of a Memoir
What do Prague, London, New York and Tehran have in common? Award-winning architect Martin Holub has lived, designed buildings and enriched lives in all these places. Martin's Scribbles is a travel memoir, meets architect biography, meets lifetime reflection. Readers are taken on a playful romp through the latter twentieth-century to the present, as seen through the eyes of Holub – from a sch…
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Biographie des grands inventeurs dans les sciences, les arts et l'industrie
Extrait: "Les aérostats (ballons) ont été inventés par les frères Montgolfier en 1783, et perfectionnés par le physicien Charles et le savant Nicolas Conté. Pilâtre de Rozier et le marquis d'Arlande furent les premiers qui osèrent, dès 1783, s'aventurer dans une nacelle suspendue à une montgolfière. Au nombre de nos contemporains qui depuis cinquante ans ont fait servir les aérosta…
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Pierre Jélyotte et les chanteurs de son tempsUn ténor de l'Opéra au XVIIIe…
Extrait: "Il y a quelque trente ans un curieux de choses du théâtre, de Manne, mettait à exécution une idée assez ingénieuse et publiait sous ce titre: La Troupe de Voltaire, un livre dans lequel il remettait en lumière et, en les groupant, faisait connaître tous les acteurs qui avaient été, à la Comédie Française, les interprètes des œuvres de l'auteur de Zaïre, de Tancrède et…
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Velasquez
Extrait: "Velasquez est né à Séville le 6 juin 1599. Il est mort à Madrid le 7 août 1660. C'est une figure grave, énergique, impassible. Si un imperceptible sourire d'ironie fait frissonner parfois sa moustache cavalière, c'est qu'il a été distrait un instant. Il a cessé, pendant la durée d'un éclair, de regarder devant lui, autour de lui, de fouiller, de noter, de voir, de comprend…
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La teoria del salto
Settembre 1928. Durante un'escursione sulle Alpi tirolesi, un dentista ebreo cade in una scarpata. Il figlio Philippe corre a chiedere aiuto, ma quando torna con i soccorsi il padre è morto, ucciso da alcuni colpi alla testa incompatibili con una caduta. Per il ragazzo inizia un'altra vita, la seconda, in cui viene arrestato e condannato per parricidio. Sembra la trama di un film, ma è una st…
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Moses Jacob EzekielJewish, Confederate, Expatriate Sculptor
How is it that the prolific nineteenth-century sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel is largely forgotten today? Ezekiel was the first renowned Jewish American artist and one of the most popular artist-celebrities of his day. In terms of drama, his life story rivals Alexander Hamilton's. Ezekiel fought for the Confederacy at the Battle of New Market as a teenager and was friends with Robert E. Lee. Afte…
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A Shot in the DarkA Memoir
A riotous, Fellini-esque memoir from the famous artist and fashion photographer whose work helped define the look of a generation. A Shot in the Dark includes nearly one hundred photos, spanning decades of D'Orazio's incomparable career. Whether or not you know his name, you know his work. As one of the top fashion photographers in the industry, Sante D'Orazio played a seminal role in shaping…
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