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Nato da un'amicizia totale quanto discreta, sviluppatasi nel corso di un ventennio, tra Leonardo Sciascia e Matteo Collura, questo audiolibro è più di una biografia, è quasi un romanzo e insieme una sorta di guida alla lettura e alla comprensione delle opere di Sciascia, nel contesto della sua vita e della società della quale ha denunciato barbarie e ingiustizie. Il racconto muove dalla Sicilia degli anni venti del secolo scorso e arriva alla fine dei "decisivi" anni ottanta.

"Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed." - The Times (UK) As she did for the Modernists In Montmartre, noted art historian and biographer Sue Roe now tells the story of the Surrealists in Montparnasse...

1985: Der Violinist Béla Tambrea trifft eine schwere Entscheidung. Um seiner Familie ein besseres Leben zu ermöglichen, kehrt er nach einer Konzertreise nicht mehr nach Rumänien zurück. Zwei Jahre später folgen ihm Sabin und seine Schwester Alina mit ihrer Mutter Rodica nach Deutschland, kurz vor dem Ende des Ceaușescu-Regimes.

Tout quitter du jour au lendemain pour aller chercher, seule, au fin fond de la Chine communiste, les secrets oubliés de l'art antique chinois, était-ce bien raisonnable ? Fabienne Verdier ne s'est pas posé la question : en ce début des années 80, la jeune et brillante étudiante des Beaux-Arts est comme aimantée par le désir d'apprendre cet art pictural et calligraphique dévasté par la Révolution culturelle. Et lorsque, étrangère et perdue dans la province du Sichuan, elle se retrouve dans une école artistique régie par le Parti, elle est déterminée à affronter tous les obstacles.

Andy Warhol è stato e continua a essere una delle figure più influenti dell'arte e della cultura contemporanea. La sua vita e il suo lavoro hanno ispirato creativi di tutto il mondo nelle più diverse discipline artistiche. Il suo estro e la sua genialità, applicati su ogni mezzo espressivo disponibile, hanno contribuito al crollo del confine tra cultura d'élite e cultura popolare.

Before there was Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. A ninth-grade dropout who found himself at the center of the worlds of industry, advertising, theater, and even gaming, Bel Geddes designed everything from the first all-weather stadium to Manhattan's most exclusive nightclub to Futurama, the prescient 1939 exhibit that envisioned how America would look in the not-too-distant 1960s.

L'opera immortale di Michelangelo è conosciuta e celebrata ovunque nel mondo. Testimonianze della sua arte contano milioni di visitatori entusiasti dinnanzi ai suoi capolavori. In questo audioBook si racconta un altro Michelangelo, rievocandone in brevi ma intensi dialoghi la vita, si consegna all'ascoltatore la suggestione magnifica delle sue Rime. I testi, quasi sconosciuti al grande pubblico, sorprendono per la loro incisività e per la loro bellezza.

Toda la sensibilidad de un artista único en un audiolibro que no puede perderse. Extraordinario pintor y grabador español, su obra abarca la pintura de caballete y mural, el grabado y el dibujo, desarrollando vistosamente un estilo que inaugura el Romanticismo. El arte goyesco supone, asimismo, el comienzo de la Pintura contemporánea, y se considera precursor de las vanguardias pictóricas del siglo XX.

Cultivador de un cine creador, vanguardista, pero accesible en su conjunto, este excelente director de cine franco-suizo es considerado uno de los miembros más influyentes de la nouvelle vague, a la vez caracterizado por su acidez crítica y por la poesía de sus imágenes.

Rural Free, first published in 1961, beautifully conveys the joys of family life on an Indiana farm. Marked by the slow pace and rich variety of seasonal change, Rachel Peden's narrative offers an authentic month-by-month chronicle of her family's daily adventures. Today, as the slow-food movement gathers support and more urban dwellers return to the land to plant roots again in honest soil, Peden's stories of country life and her lessons on sustainability, frugality, and wastefulness gain a special resonance. Rural Free will be a source of inspiration for all who rejoice in rural virtues.

Albert Speer fu l'architetto di Hitler. Venne accusato per la deportazione e lo sfruttamento dei civili europei. Nominato da Hitler nel febbraio del 1942 ministro degli Armamenti, si servì dei prigionieri di guerra anche nell'industria bellica. Ascoltato a Norimberga nell'udienza del 19 giugno 1946, riconobbe tuttavia che Hitler aveva tradito il popolo tedesco "gettandolo nell'abisso". Questo ritratto ripercorrerà la vita del genio dell'estetica del terzo Reich. Luigi Romolo Carrino (napoletano, classe 1968) nel suo percorso letterario ha affrontato tematiche sociali di vario tipo.

FATHER AND SON ISSUES: The Secret History of Spider-Man is the true story of someone with a great power, and a great responsibility. That man, artist John Romita, was the best comics artist no one had ever heard of. After Spider-Man's creators had a falling out, Jazzy John (as Stan Lee called him) had to become the new tale-spinner for the web-spinner.

Tom Karen is the Vimp, an Aircruiser and a Water Line Ship; he's a 'Big Fat Peace Bomb', a Bond Bug and the Marble Run; he's the Chopper bike and the 'man that designed the 1970s'; he's every one of his thousands of sketches contained in London's Victoria & Albert Museum - each a testament to a lifetime of artistry and creativity. He's also a living embodiment of a life immersed in inventiveness, imagination and thought.

This new biography—featuring over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughout—introduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual. Julia Morgan was a lifelong trailblazer. She was the first woman admitted to study architecture at the...

Wer war Michael Jackson, der König, der King des Pop? Wie wurde der Musiker zu dem größten Künstler der Welt und wie starb er...

Jean-Michel Basquiat, amerikanischer Künstler der Superlative: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Remedios Varo fue una artista con una imaginación fecunda que cruzó la alquimia, el surrealismo, el subconsciente. En este libro, Silvana Ávila le rinde homenaje.

By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway's legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain.

Eye Contact is the story of a photographer's decade-long journey in search of meaning and manhood. An experienced freelancer with the New York Times, author Luke Sharrett treats listeners to a behind-the-scenes look at covering the White House and flying aboard Air Force One. Despite achieving professional success at a young age, he is haunted by a feeling that he simply doesn't belong. He can't seem to outrun a nagging fear that he doesn't have what it takes to succeed in life. As he navigates his career, he begins searching for answers. Who am I? Where do I belong?

Terry Farrell is one of Britain's most influential architects of the 21st century. Offering a compelling personal account of his life in architecture as an influential postmodern designer, architect-planner, and principal of a leading global practice, this autobiography includes anecdotes and invaluable insights into Terry's life and work from the 1940s to the present day.