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Lena AshwellActress, Patriot, Pioneer
Skillfully written and complemented with photos, this biography is the first to honor British actress-manager Lena Ashwell. In a rapidly changing world, Ashwell was crucial to the advancement of women in English theater and in the formation of the National Theater. The book highlights the inspiring woman's other valuable accomplishments as well, including her efforts to raise money during Wor…
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Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World
One of The Christian Science Monitor’s Best Nonfiction Books of the Year “An engrossing read…a historically and psychologically rich account of the young Picasso and his coteries in Barcelona and Paris” (The Washington Post) and how he achieved his breakthrough and revolutionized modern art through his masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. In 1900, eighteen-ye…
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GoyaA Portrait of the Artist
The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country's politics and at the court which Goya served, changes in society, the devastation of the Iberian Peninsula in the war against Napoleon, and an ensuing pe…
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Hollywood's EveEve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
The quintessential biography of Eve Babitz (1943-2021), the brilliant chronicler of 1960s and 70s Hollywood hedonism and one of the most original American voices of her time. "I practically snorted this book, stayed up all night with it. Anolik decodes, ruptures, and ultimately intensifies Eve's singular irresistible glitz." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker "The Eve Babitz book I've been waitin…
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The Power of IdeasFive People Who Changed the Urban Landscape
This book profiles five fascinating visionaries who exemplify outstanding leadership, a passion for their work, cutting-edge ideas, and a commitment to quality. All winners of the prestigious J. C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development, they include Joseph Riley, mayor of Charleston, South Carolina; Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Gerald Hines; Vincent Scully Jr.; and Richard D. B…
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The Life of William Morris
Classic biography of the great Victorian poet, designer and socialist. Published a few years after Morris death, it chronicles his childhood, days at Oxford, forays into art and literature, embrace of socialism, involvement with the Arts and Crafts movement, founding of the Kelmscott Press, much more. 22 black-and-white illus.
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Diari 1952-1962
Attraverso le annotazioni private la ricerca di sé si configura come un viaggio di duplice valenza metaforica nell'intricato tessuto delle pagine e nel labirinto della vita. I Diari 1952-1962 di Giuseppe Dessí, che si presentano adesso nell'attenta trascrizione di Franca Linari accompagnati dall'introduzione e dai puntuali commenti di Francesca Nencioni, dopo i precedenti volumi che avevano c…
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Diari 1963-1977
Termina con questo quinto volume, grazie alla trascrizione di Franca Linari e all'attenta cura di Francesca Nencioni, la pubblicazione dei Diari di Giuseppe Dessí iniziata con il racconto degli anni giovanili (1926-1931) e proseguita con dati preziosi sul periodo di formazione (1931-1948) e sulle prove letterarie della maturità (1949-1951; 1952-1962). Questa volta gli anni e le annotazioni d'…
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In esilio e sulla scenaLettere di Lauretta Cipriani Parra, Giuseppe Montanell…
Giovane attrice già famosa, destinata a divenire la prima grande diva del teatro italiano in Europa come nelle Americhe, Adelaide Ristori. Donna appassionata, brillante e inquieta quanto amante della poesia e dell'arte, Lauretta Cipriani Parra, attiva fin dalla giovinezza nell'opposizione politica, compagna e poi moglie del tanto più giovane 'triunviro' del Governo provvisorio toscano, Giusep…
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Renato Guttuso
iciliano, autodidatta, vicino al regime fascista, in prima linea nella Resistenza, comunista, amico del popolo, amico dei potenti, affabile, simpatico, bravo parlatore, vive a Roma, a Palermo, a Velate, pittore, grafico, illustratore, scenografo, scrittore critico d'arte, realista, espressionista, postcubista, citazionista, iperrealista. Tutto in Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, 1911 - Roma, 1987) fu …
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