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Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) was a British painter and writer, born in Switzerland. As a painter, he favored the supernatural and leaning everything on an ideal scale, believing a certain amount of hyperbole necessary in the higher branches of historical painting. The figures in his paintings are full...

Тhe Superstar Born оn July 6, 1946, іn Nеw York Citу, Sylvester Stallone іs onе оf thе mоѕt prominent Hollywood аctіon ѕtаrѕ оf аll tіmе, playing such renowned characters аѕ John Rambo аnd Rocky Balboa. Stallone gоt hiѕ beginning creating аnd starring іn Rocky. Тhе movie...

Corren los años 20 en México. En lo alto del andamio, el pintor esta concentrado en su mural. Desde abajo, una muchacha lo interpela sin temor. Seis años más tarde volverán a encontrarse, ella accidentada y semitullida, él con renombre y rodeado de mujeres. Pero allí sienten que estan destinados...

An extensive collection of the speeches of Mark Twain, on a large variety of subjects given by him at various events and places throughout his professional life.

Poucas atividades estão tão associadas à busca da felicidade quanto o desejo de viajar para lugares distantes. Embora não faltem publicações que recomendam variados destinos, é raro encontrar na literatura uma reflexão sobre as motivações que levam o viajante a abandonar o conforto do lar...

"The best biography of Picasso."—Kenneth Clark Patrick O'Brian's outstanding biography of Picasso is here available in paperback for the first time. It is the most comprehensive yet written, and the only biography fully to appreciate the distinctly Mediterranean origins of Picasso's...

The first biography of the grand couturier, surrealist, and embattled figure (her medium was apparel), whose extraordinary work has stood the test of time. Her style was a social revolution through clothing-luxurious, eccentric, ironic, sexy; synonymous with fashion innovation and chicesse....

He claimed to be “the plainest kind of fellow you can find. There isn’t a single thing I’ve done, or experienced,” said Grant Wood, “that’s been even the least bit exciting.” Wood was one of America’s most famous regionalist painters; to love his work was the equivalent of loving...

The secret histories of the world’s most famous masterpieces Caravaggios, Rembrandts, Monets-the works of immortal artists such as these are indelibly imprinted in the public mind; they are priceless masterpieces whose beauty, artistry, and emotional impact have inspired admiration, awe, and...

This e-book is a collection with 72 Van Gogh's watercolors formatted for the e-readers, with descriptions, dates and Table of Contents. Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. In...

“Stunning and stirring.” —Boston Globe * * In The Last of His Kind, renowned adventure writer David Roberts gives readers a spellbinding history of mountain climbing in the twentieth century as told through the biography of Brad Washburn, legendary mountaineering pioneer...

An intriguing look inside the mind of the Renaissance genius   Leonardo da Vinci stood on a bridge between medieval thought and the modern mind. In this selection of entries from his dozens of coded notebooks and unpublished manuscripts, his unending curiosity in the universe and deep...

From a cinematic grand master, “one of the most readable books of movie criticism, and one of the most instructive” (American Film Institute).   An icon. A rebel. A legend. The films of François Truffaut defined an exhilarating new form of cinema for moviegoers the world over. But before Truffaut...

Enraptured with her own beauty, enraged by societys constraints upon women and determined to achieve fame and success at any price, Marie Bashkirtseff became one of the greatest artists of her century and she wrote a vivid portrait of a freethinking woman born decades before her time. In 1873, as...