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Van Gogh in Auvers-Sur-Oise
A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh’s life.
Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty drawings in the course of the intense, productive period leading up to his self-inflicted death on July 29, 1890. While the Portrait of Dr Gachet, The Church at Auvers, and Wheatfield with Crows are numbered among his greatest masterpieces, this part of his oeuvre is otherwise less known?unfairly so?than the sunny landscapes he painted in the south of France.
The book follows the artist from his arrival in Auvers-sur-Oise,where he set to work full of hope and with fresh ambitions, through to his final weeks. Essays by leading Van Gogh specialists highlight his artistic ambitions and mental state during this final phase, his exploration of the Auvers landscape, the flower still lifes, the portraits, and the panoramic landscapes he painted there, the role played by his drawings, and his artistic reputation at the time of his death and in the years immediately afterward.
In addition to the Auvers paintings, the book is richly illustrated with drawings, sketches, historical photographs, and detailed maps of the places Van Gogh worked. Also featured are related works by contemporaries and predecessors whom he admired.
220 color illustrations
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Jižní Afrika
Zkušený cestovatel a dobrodruh Petr Nazarov přichází na český trh cestopisů již potřetí. Další autentický příběh je důkazem toho, že pokud má člověk srdce a mysl otevřené, může vstoupit do proudu dobrodružství při poznávání nového, velmi odlišného kraje. Pokud k tomu má navíc dar sdílet zážitky svým osobitým způsobem, vznikne kniha, kterou právě držíte v ruce. Prostřednictvím této knihy můžete zavítat do čtyř zemí jižní Afriky – Jihoafrické republiky, Namibie, Svazijska a království Lesotho. Zajímá vás, kolik je třeba vyplatit krav domorodé rodině za vaši nastávající manželku? Co zuulská žena sděluje muži ozdobami červené barvy? Jak se dělá africký rituální obřad pití alkoholu spojeného s očistou těla i ducha a jak vypadá tradiční pozdrav kmene Zuulu? To vše a ještě mnohem více se čtenář dozví v knize, kterou dokreslují autorské fotografie a mapy.
Putování začíná v Johannesburgu, největším městě Jihoafrické republiky. Odtud Petr Nazarov pokračuje do provincie Mpumalanga, kde se na čas stane součástí života místních farmářů i domorodého kmene Zulu. Autor se zde setkává s místní šamankou a účastní se rituálu zasvěcení. Prostřednictvím vyprávění povedou další čtenářovy kroky do třetího největšího kaňonu na světě, který se nazývá Blyde River Canyon. Skrze Svazijsko příběh pokračuje na pobřeží Jihoafrické republiky k Indickému oceánu do parku Cape Vidal. Perlou celé cesty je návštěva Dračích hor a pohádkového království Lesotho. Cesta a zároveň i příběh knihy končí v Namibii, kde Petr Nazarov pobývá na území kmene Herero, poté v národním parku Etosha a nakonec doputuje na pobřeží Atlantiku. Poslední tečkou za touto nevšední dobrodružnou poutí je rudá poušť v oblasti Sossusvlei.
Autor v knize velice působivě přibližuje kulturu navštívených zemí, krásy africké přírody, ale i krásu lidské duše. Díky několika osudovým setkáním s domorodými obyvateli nalézá všude během své cesty rovnocenné partnery pro rozhovory nejen o cestování, tradicích, jídle, ale i o duchovních a životních tématech, šamanismu, meditaci a lásce. Čtenáři je tak například umožněn pohled do duše domorodé ženy Tebogo z kmene Xhoso, seznámí se s jejím životním příběhem a zjistí, že vůbec nezáleží na barvě pleti ani kulturních rozdílnostech. Všichni jsme uvnitř stejné bytosti se stejnými potřebami a touhami, se stejným vnímáním a cítěním. Při své cestě Petr Nazarov také navštěvuje sirotčinec ve Svazijsku a přiváží dětem drobné dárky z České republiky. Dárky rozdává též cestou, což se mu stává téměř osudným. Rozdávat dárky někdy může být i riskantní, jak se autor sám přesvědčil.
Kniha Jižní Afrika je barvitým průvodcem po jihu afrického kontinentu, kde může čtenář najít nejen inspiraci pro své cesty, ale též mnoho témat k zamyšlení. V každém případě ho čeká příjemné počtení.
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When McKinsey Comes to Town
McKinsey earns billions advising almost every major corporation as well as countless governments, including Britain's, the USA's and China's. It boasts of its ability to maximise efficiency while making the world a better place. Its millionaire partners and network of alumni go on to top jobs in the world's most powerful organisations. And yet, shielded by non-disclosure agreements, its work remains largely secret - until now.
In this propulsive investigation, two prize-winning journalists reveal the reality. McKinsey's work includes incentivising the prescription of opioids; ruthless cost-cutting in the NHS; executing Trump's immigration policies (the ones that put children in cages). Meanwhile its vast profits derive from a client roster that has included the coal, tobacco and vaping industries, as well as some of the world's most unsavoury despots. And for the last six decades, McKinsey has been the brains behind many of the most loathed and controversial business practices: mass lay-offs, outsourcing overseas, soaring executive pay, as well as the key innovations that led to the financial crash.
McKinsey proudly insists it is a values-led organisation. When McKinsey Comes to Town is a parable of values betrayed: a devastating portrait of a firm whose work has often made the world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived
Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are clandestinely enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. For his part, Gabriel spends his days wandering the streets and canals of the watery city, parting company with the demons of his tragic, violent past.
But when the eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood asks Gabriel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rediscovery and lucrative sale of a centuries-old painting, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems.
Gabriel soon discovers that the work in question, a portrait of an unidentified woman attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, is almost certainly a fiendishly clever fake. To find the mysterious figure who painted it?and uncover a multibillion-dollar fraud at the pinnacle of the art world?Gabriel conceives one of the most elaborate deceptions of his career. If it is to succeed, he must become the very mirror image of the man he seeks: the greatest art forger the world has ever known.
We Could Be
With consultant editor Tony Visconti.
David Bowie's story has never been told quite like this.
Tracing the star's encounters with fellow icons throughout his life, We Could Be offers a new history of Bowie, collecting 300 short stories that together paint a portrait of humour, humility, compassion, tragedy and more besides.
He embarrasses himself in front of Lennon and Warhol. He saves the life of Nina Simone. He is hated by Bob Dylan. He teaches Michael Jackson the moonwalk. Individually astonishing, together these stories - including details never before revealed - build a new picture of Bowie, one which shows his vulnerability, his sense of humour, his inner diva.
Exhaustively researched from thousands of sources by BBC reporter and Bowie obsessive Tom Hagler - with the guidance and memories of Bowie's long-time producer Tony Visconti - We Could Be is fascinating, comic, compelling, and a history of Bowie unlike any that has come before.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cat
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cat is a book of more than 20 influential artists reimagined as artistic felines.
From Frida Catlo to Yayoi Catsama, Wassily Catdinski to Henri Catisse,
each portrait of the artist as a young cat is accompanied by a clever
tongue-in-cheek biography revealing the thrilling feline lives (all
nine) behind their famed artwork.
Loaded with clever cat puns, this playful romp through art history will twist the whiskers of any cat-loving creative,
whether you're discovering the inspiration for Frida Catlo's renowned
self-pawtraits to reflecting on the catmosphere that gave rise to
Georgia O'Kitty's landscapes.
* Features fantastic feline artists such as Mary Catsatt and Meow Weiwei
* A cute and clever little book that cat and art lovers alike will love
* Packed with tons of real biographical info about each artist and plentiful cat puns
For cat lovers with an artistic purr-suasion, this is the ultimate celebration of their favorite artists.
* A purrfectly smart and sweet gift book for cat lovers, art lovers, pun enthusiasts, and those who love them
* Great for those who loved Fat Cat Art by Svetlana Petrova, Cats Galore by Susan Herbert, Of Cats and Men: Profiles of History's Great Cat-Loving Artists, Writers, Thinkers and Statesmen by Sam Kalda
A Village in the Third Reich
Hidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies the picturesque village of Oberstdorf - a place where for hundreds of years people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even this remote idyll could not escape the brutal iron grip of the Nazi regime.
From the author of the bestselling Travellers in the Third Reich comes A Village in the Third Reich: an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Germany under Hitler, shining a light on the lives of ordinary people. Drawing on personal archives, letters, interviews and memoirs, it lays bare their brutality and love; courage and weakness; action, apathy and grief; hope, pain, joy and despair. Within its pages we encounter people from all walks of life - foresters, priests, farmers and nuns; innkeepers, Nazi officials, veterans and party members; village councillors, mountaineers, socialists, slave labourers, schoolchildren, tourists and aristocrats. We meet the Jews who survived - and those who didn't; the Nazi mayor who tried to shield those persecuted by the regime; and a blind boy whose life was judged 'not worth living'.
This is a tale of conflicting loyalties and desires, of shattered dreams - but one in which, ultimately, human resilience triumphs.
These are the stories of ordinary lives at the crossroads of history.
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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories
The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time - now in a beautiful clothbound edition
This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space.
Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irene Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.
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Die Liebe einer Frau
In der Welt von Alice Munro ist der beste Weg nicht unbedingt die kürzeste Entfernung zwischen zwei Punkten. Ihre neunte überragende Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, Die Liebe einer Frau, hat erneut das westliche Kanada als Handlungsort, und das Thema ist klassisch für Munro: Geheimnisse, Liebe, Betrug und das ganz normale Leben. Aber wie wir es von dieser Meisterin der Kurzgeschichte bereits kennen, ist der Weg, den sie nimmt, alles andere als normal. Die überwältigende Titelgeschichte ist dafür ein hervorragendes Beispiel. Sie ist eine Erzählung in vier Teilen und beginnt mit dem Ertrinkungstod eines Optikers in einer Kleinstadt. Die Geschichte wird ausgeweitet und befasst sich zuerst mit den Jungen, die die Leiche entdeckt hatten, und dann mit einer boshaften Frau, die im Sterben liegt, und ihrer jungen Pflegeschwester. Wessen Geschichte ist es nun? Nicht die des Optikers, das steht fest -- obwohl dessen Tod sie zusammenhält. Der Effekt ist auch nicht unbedingt "Rashomon"-mäßig, obwohl jeder Teil ihn aus einem anderen Blickwinkel betrachtet. Die Liebe einer Frau ist statt dessen ein gründliches und umfassendes Porträt des Kleinstadtlebens, wie man es sich nur vorstellen kann, mit all seinen Spannungen, Betrügereien und unfreiwilligen Bindungen. Innerhalb seiner 75 Seiten fängt es eine Welt ein, die geräumiger ist als die der meisten Romane. Wie immer ist Munros Erzählstil sowohl einfach als auch bewegend, beispielsweise wenn die Briefe schreibende Protagonistin in "Before the Change" ihre Liebe an einen Ex-Verlobten zurückschickt: "Was wäre, wenn Menschen das wirklich täten -- ihre Liebe mit der Post verschicken, um sie loszuwerden? Was würden sie da verschicken? Eine Schachtel Pralinen mit Füllungen wie die Dotter von Puteneiern? Eine Lehmpuppe mit leeren Augenhöhlen? Ein Haufen Rosen, dessen Duft knapp über 'verrottet' einzustufen ist? Ein mit blutigem Zeitungspapier eingewickeltes Päckchen, das niemand freiwillig öffnen würde?" Die Geschichten in diesem Band brennen mit einer Art emotionsloser Anti-Romantik -- sogar die, die sich an der Grenze zum häuslichen Melodram bewegen (zum Beispiel der Beinah-Tod eines Babys in "My Mother's Dream" oder eine ehebrecherische Frau in "Teh Children Stay"). Dicht bevölkert und elliptisch im Aufbau, kreist jede Geschichte um ihre Hauptereignisse und Beziehungen wie Planeten um eine Sonne. Das Ergebnis ist vielschichtig und komplex und seine Muster nicht immer auf Anhieb erkennbar. Anders ausgedrückt: wie im richtigen Leben. --Mary Park
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The Penguin History of Modern Spain
A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first'Spain is different,' proclaimed the Franco regime in the 1940s, keen to attract foreign tourists. For the most part, the world has agreed. From the end of its 'glorious empire' in 1898 to the dazzling World Cup victory in 2010, the prevailing narrative of modern Spain has emphasized the country's peculiarity.
Generations of historians and readers have been transfixed by its implosion into civil war in the 1930s, seduced by the valiant struggle of the republicans, horrified by the barbarity of the dictatorship which followed. Franco's Spain was seen as an anomaly in the midst of prosperous and permissive post-war Western Europe. But, as Nigel Townson shows in this richly layered and exciting new history, beyond the familiar image, there lies a radically different history of Spain: of a dynamic and progressive society that fits firmly into the narrative of modern Europe.
Drawing on over forty years of post-Franco scholarship, The Penguin History of Modern Spain transforms our knowledge of Spain and its politics, society, economics and culture. It interweaves cutting-edge Spanish-led research - never before published in English - and testimonies of peasants, housewives, soldiers, workers, entrepreneurs, feminists and worker-priests, for an original and surprising portrait, which allows us, at last, to discern the country behind the veil of propaganda and romantic myths which still endure today
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Unstoppable
A definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1’s superstar, Lewis Hamilton’s great rival and the winner of the 2021 and 2022 World Drivers’ Championships.
No Hollywood scriptwriter could possibly have envisioned the breathless, adrenaline-pumping climax to the 2021 Formula 1 season. On the very last lap of the final race of an unbelievably arduous and controversial season, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen nervelessly overtook the seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes to clinch the first place that thrust the young prodigy to the narrowest of victories and to his first World Drivers’ title. He followed up by taking the 2022 title as well.
Verstappen may only be 25 years of age, but the Dutch motorsport sensation has an incredible record in F1. This young man has already left an indelible mark on the sport. The son of F1 driver Jos, Verstappen junior quickly stepped out of his father’s shadow: his youthful charisma, ferocious speed, fearless driving style and refusal to back down mark him out as a true champion. And the phenomenal success of Netflix’s Drive to Survive documentary series has elevated his worldwide popularity still further.
Widely respected motorsport writer and F1 insider Mark Hughes is perfectly placed to write the most authoritative narrative on Verstappen’s incredible rise through the ranks to F1 glory. Hughes’ immaculate credentials and first-rate access enable him to generate fresh and fascinating insights, and to paint a fully-rounded and richly-textured portrait of one of the most exciting young sportsmen on the planet.
André Gide: A Life in the Present
One of the most important writers of the twentieth century, Andre Gide also led what was probably one of the most interesting lives our century has seen. Gide knew and corresponded with many of the major literary figures of his day, from Mallarme to Oscar Wilde. Though a Communist, his critical account of Soviet Russia in "Return from the USSR" earned him the enmity of the Left. A lifelong advocate of moral and political freedom and justice, he was a proscribed writer on the Vatican's infamous "Index." Self-published most of his life, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947, at the age of 77. An avowed homosexual, he nonetheless married his cousin, and though their marriage was unconsummated, at 53 he fathered a daughter for a friend. Alan Sheridan's book is a literary biography of Gide, an intimate portrait of the reluctantly public man, whose work was deeply and inextricably entangled with his life. Gide's life provides a unique perspective on our century, an idea of what it was like for one person to live through unprecedented technological change, economic growth and collapse, the rise of socialism and fascism, two world wars, a new concern for the colonial peoples and for women, and the astonishing hold of Rome and Moscow over intellectuals. Following Gide from his first forays among the Symbolists through his sexual and political awakenings to his worldwide fame as a writer, sage, and commentator on his age, Sheridan richly conveys the drama of a remarkable life; the depth, breadth, and vitality of an incomparable oeuvre; and the spirit of a time that both so aptly expressed.
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OWC Tragedy of King Richard III
"Now is the winter of our discontent," intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of Shakespeare's Richard III, one of his most abidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals of political tyranny ever seen on stage. Richar
d emerges from the chaos which surrounds the reign of Henry VI, already dramatised by Shakespeare earlier in his career, determined to become king by removing his elder brother Edward IV by convincing him that their brother Clarence is plotting again
st the crown. The deaths of both Clarence and Edward take Richard inexorably towards the crown, and the series of murders and conspiracies that Richard masterminds confirms his claim that "I am determined to prove a villain". Richard's political and
sexual charisma are truly chilling, and his seduction of Lady Anne, over her husband's corpse is one of the most disturbing scenes in Shakespeare. At another level, the play is also a strongly anti-Yorkist play, which has a vested interest in portray
ing Richard as such as vicious tyrant before seeing him toppled, ushering in a period of rule which prefigured the Tudor dynasty of which Elizabeth I was herself a part. The play has had a deep and lasting influence on audiences and writers; Brecht r
ewrote the play as The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, while both Laurance Olivier and Ian Mckellen have produced memorable film versions of Richard III, the latter updating the play into a 1930s fascist state ruled over by a Richard akin to Oswald Mos
ley. --Jerry Brotton--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Victorian Painting
This is a comprehensive survey of one of the most fertile and varied eras in the history of painting. It embraces not just the United Kingdom but also the British-speaking countries linked to Britain by cultural ties of empire and emigration, such as the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. Long regarded as a backwater of sentiment and outmoded academic convention that was bypassed by the mainstream of development in Western art, Victorian painting is now enjoyed in its own right. Unfettered by old prejudices, Lionel Lambourne presents a vivid panorama of an age of unparalleled energy and creativity. Wealth, optimism, education and self-confidence created a huge demand for art and a remarkable array of talent emerged to meet it. Producing works in a wide variety of styles, subjects and media, many artists became rich celebrities, while the profession as a whole enjoyed unprecedented public esteem. The author tackles this protean subject by dividing it into themes which reflect its richness and variety. Chapters are devoted to such topics as mural/history painting, the nude, the portrait, sporting painting, genre scenes and women painters, to social themes such as the fallen woman, social realism, travel and emigration, to movements such as the Pre-Raphaelites. Written with a light touch, full of anecdotes, and with 600 colour illustrations, this study should be entertaining and informative. It should also be a valuable reference work, for in addition to many famous and well-loved images, it presents work by lesser-known artists and explores the byways as well as highways of Victorian art, demonstrating the sheer range and depth of talent that that age produced.
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AAM AASTHA: Indian Devotions
A festival of Indian folk rituals and costumes bursting with colour, captured by renowned photographer Charles Freger, the creator of a distinctive and powerful new genre of portrait photography. Internationally renowned photographer Charles Freger continues to explore global traditions and cultures, by celebrating the powerful visual aspects of Indian folk culture and religious ritual. India is the home to a myriad of local traditions, legends and religions, each with their own festivals, rites and rituals.
Celebrations burst with vivid colours and often wildly exuberant costumes, some representing gods and goddesses, others legendary heroes from Sanskrit epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. In Charles Freger's photographs, those who honour local cultural traditions are represented in single or group portraits, represented against carefully chosen landscapes and backdrops, from the heart of festivals and celebrations. Freger's unmistakable style of portraiture allows us to admire the complexity of their adornments - masks and headdresses, costumes and body paint - and to consider the abundance of imagination that expresses India's countless stories and characters, both human and divine.
This spectacular gathering of warrior figures, deities, musicians, tigers, mahouts, epic characters and their avatars is accompanied by texts setting the huge variety of eclectic costumes in context, and describing the local festivals and rituals. This compelling sequence of new portraits will enthral those with an interest in folk traditions, as well as the followers of this internationally acclaimed photographer.
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Fair Warning
Jack McEvoy is a reporter with a track record in finding killers. But he's never been accused of being one himself.
Jack went on one date with Tina Portrero. The next thing he knows, the police are at his house telling Jack he's a suspect in her murder.
Maybe it's because he doesn't like being accused of a crime he didn't commit. Or maybe it's because the method of her murder is so chilling that he can't get it out of his head.
But as he uses his journalistic skills to open doors closed to the police, Jack walks a thin line between suspect and detective - between investigation and obsession - on the trail of a killer who knows his victims better than they know themselves...
Riveting, original and terrifying - this masterpiece from Michael Connelly is the best thriller you will read this summer.
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What You Can See From Here
Voted the Independent Booksellers' Favorite Novel of the year in Germany
On a beautiful spring day, a small village in Western Germany wakes up to an omen: Selma has dreamed of an okapi. Someone is about to die. But who?
As the residents of the village begin acting strangely (despite protestations that they are not superstitious), Selma's granddaughter Luise looks on as the imminent threat brings long carried secrets to the surface. And when death comes, it comes in a way none of them could have predicted...
A story about the absurdity of life and death, a bittersweet portrait of village life and the wider world that beckons beyond, What You Can See from Here is a story about the way loss and love shape not just a person, but a community.
'Witty and optimistic' Guardian
Picasso: The Self-Portraits
The first book dedicated to Picasso's self-portraits, many held in private collections and published here for the first time.
Much has been said and written about Picasso's life and art, but until now his self-portraits have never been studied and presented in a single book, perhaps because the artist always left many doubts about his work. However, there is no doubt that Picasso represented himself ceaselessly, whether in a dashed-off pencil sketch, as a flourish at the bottom of a letter, or on a giant canvas.
At the suggestion of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, the distinguished art historian Pascal Bonafoux began researching Picasso's self-portraits more than forty years ago. This meticulously researched book presents the fruits of his decades-long project. From the first attributed painting in 1894 as a thirteen-year-old boy, until Picasso's final self-portrait in 1972, a year before his death, Bonafoux charts the evolution of the artist's life and art. Here is Picasso as a student; as a young bohemian; an impetuous artist in Paris; as harlequin; as lover, husband and father; and finally, as an old man confronting his mortality. The book comprises about 170 drawings, paintings and photographs, some from private collections and previously unpublished, bringing together for the first time the attributed self-portraits of this genius of 20th-century art.
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Why Patti Smith Matters
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door that countless others walked through. No other musician has better embodied the "nothing-to-hide" rawness of punk, nor has any other done more to nurture a place in society for misfits of every stripe.
Why Patti Smith Matters is the first book about the iconic artist written by a woman. The veteran music journalist Caryn Rose contextualizes Smith's creative work, her influence, and her wide-ranging and still- evolving impact on rock and roll, visual art, and the written word. Rose goes deep into Smith's oeuvre, from her first album, Horses, to acclaimed memoirs operating at a surprising remove from her music. The portrait of a ceaseless inventor, Why Patti Smith Matters rescues punk's poet laureate from "strong woman" cliches. Of course Smith is strong. She is also a nuanced thinker. A maker of beautiful and challenging things. A transformative artist who has not simply entertained but also empowered millions.
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