Composed of stories that sketch the resonant heights and depths of an auto- biography, Subject to Change is a series of portraits along the road of a life well lived. Each story is an articulate, in……続きを見る
著者:Jon Krakauer
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2018年01月23日
Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture.
Krakauer delves in……続きを見る
著者:Mason Currey
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2013年10月24日
'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times
Benjamin Franklin took daily naked air baths and Toulouse-Lautrec painted in brothels. Edith Sitwell worked in bed, and George Gershwin composed at ……続きを見る
著者:Hernan Fontanet
出版社: University Press of America
発売日: 2014年10月24日
The Unfinished Song of Francisco Urondo: When Poetry is Not Enough is a comprehensive, well-written, documented, and carefully developed study of the literary work and life of Francisco Urondo, an A……続きを見る
John Ruskin (1819–1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his time. Yet his reputation has been overshadowed by his personal life, especially his failed marriage to Effie Gray, w……続きを見る
著者:Amika George
出版社: HarperCollins Publishers
発売日: 2021年01月21日
‘Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Ami……続きを見る
著者:Deirdre Bair
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年11月20日
From National Book Award winner Deirdre Bair, the definitive biography of Saul Steinberg, one of The New Yorker's most iconic artists.
The issue date was March 29, 1976. The New Yorker cost 75 cents……続きを見る
著者:Joël Fauré
出版社: Un Autre Reg'Art éditions
発売日: 2018年01月05日
L'écrivain toulousain Joël Fauré, amoureux de Jacques Brel, raconte son idole comme si c'était son ami de toujours.
Jacques Brel nous a quittés le 9 octobre 1978. Plus qu’un chanteur, il fut un arti……続きを見る
Eine Biographie Thomas Manns, die das Frühwerk in seiner Modernität in den Blick nimmt und dem starken Einfluss seines Bruders Heinrich nachgeht. Diese Biographie konzentriert sich auf die Modernitä……続きを見る
著者:Franny Moyle
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2016年10月25日
The life of one of Western art's most admired and misunderstood painters
J.M.W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in l……続きを見る
Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the histo……続きを見る
Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903), American Lithographer and Watercolorist spent much of his time in Europe, but visited Japan in 1890 and spent three years there.
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"You were with him for a long time. You need to tell the story! You need to tell the real story about my son!" Inspired by these words from Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, former manage……続きを見る
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss painter and printmaker associated with group Les Nabis. By the end of his life he had completed over 1700 paintings and about 200 prints, in addition to hundreds o……続きを見る
Vasily Vereshchagin was one of the most famous Russian battle painters and one of the first Russian artists to be widely recognized abroad. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led many of them ……続きを見る
著者:Benjamin Fraser
出版社: University Press Copublishing Division
発売日: 2014年08月26日
Antonio López García’s Everyday Urban Worlds: A Philosophy of Painting is the first book to give the famed Spanish artist the critical attention he deserves. Born in Tomelloso in 1936 and still livi……続きを見る
著者:Breanne Fahs
出版社: The Feminist Press at CUNY
発売日: 2018年12月06日
The authoritative biography of the 60s countercultural icon who wrote SCUM Manifesto, shot Andy Warhol, and made an unforgettable mark on feminist history.
Valerie Solanas is one of the most polariz……続きを見る
Está no ar uma das maiores, mais extensas e significativas pesquisas sobre a história da televisão no Brasil. Os mais importantes profissionais envolvidos com a TV brasileira foram entrevistados par……続きを見る
**Winner of the 2019 Whirling Prize
“Strong on science but just this side of poetry.” ーNature
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the principles, laws, and wonders that rule our universe, our ……続きを見る
Chopin was a romantic era Polish composer. "Life of Chopin" is a memoir written in 1852 by composer Franz Liszt who knew Chopin both as man and artist. This memoir gives a unique understanding to th……続きを見る
In 1921 there burst upon the New York social scene the famous Morgan twins, Thelma and Gloria, whose names in the decade that followed came to spell glamour and excitement in that magic world of the……続きを見る
著者:Robin Kelsey
出版社: Harvard University Press
発売日: 2015年05月26日
Photography has a unique relationship to chance. Anyone who has wielded a camera has taken a picture ruined by an ill-timed blink or enhanced by an unexpected gesture or expression. Although this pr……続きを見る
Ian Somerhalder The Vampire Diaries Damon Salvatore Boone Carlyle Lost (TV series) Young Americans (TV series) Covington, Louisiana The Tournament (film) Teen Choice Awards Nina Dobrev Celebrity (fi……続きを見る
著者:John Richardson
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年12月24日
The third volume of Richardson’s magisterial Life of Picasso, a groundbreaking contribution to our understanding of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.
Here is Picasso at the heigh……続きを見る
著者:Steven Nadler
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2013年04月21日
How a famous painting opens a window into the life, times, and philosophy of René Descartes
In the Louvre museum hangs a portrait that is considered the iconic image of René Descartes, the great sev……続きを見る
**New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012
"Beautiful, haunted, evocative and so open to where memory takes you. I kept thinking that this is the book that I have waited for: where objects, and poet……続きを見る
50 works of art by Keemo. This book illustrates that the literary world and the art world can peacfully coexist. Keemo's portraits are equal parts painting and words and give unique insight into his……続きを見る
Since its creation at the beginning of the fourteenth century, Dante's Divine Comedyーa masterpiece of European literatureーhas moved legendary artists such as William Blake and Gustave Doré to illu……続きを見る