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Charleston: The Bloomsbury Muse
Shone Richard ; Clarke Darren ; Gage Deborah ; Hen
HOLBERTON
32,00 €
Épuisé
EAN :9781913645182
Accompanying an exhibition at Philip Mould & Company, this lavish catalogue tells the story of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's enduring attachment to their home at Charleston Farmhouse, and showcases the work the artists produced between the two world wars. This stunning collection of artwork is beautifully presented alongside illuminating, illustrated essays, an interview and complete catalogue. Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's enduring attachment to their home at Charleston Farmhouse, its idyllic surroundings, and constant fl ow of visitors can be witnessed through their art. Beginning with radical modern works infl uenced by European trends - from painted furniture to depictions of food preparation in the kitchen, from the barns to the pond, the people to the household cat - this catalogue tells a story of over thirty years of astonishing artistic productivity. Charleston was not just the Bloomsbury Group's country retreat but a venue for their progressive social self-expression. It was also a family home. Focusing on Vanessa and Duncan's most productive years of creativity, between and including two world wars, this catalogue will explore how Charleston fed their artistic impulses and ideas to produce a glorious canon of art.
Pour moi, réussir c'est être considéré à la fin de ma carrière comme l'un des plus grands cinéastes de tous les temps. Un grand artiste, pas juste un réalisateur." Quentin Tarantino. Quentin Tarantino est l'un des cinéastes les plus influents et les plus originaux du cinéma contemporain. Presque tous ses films sont très vite devenus cultes. Tom Shone analyse chacune de ses réalisations, de Reservoir Dogs à Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, mais aussi ses années de jeunesse, sa carrière d'acteur et les scénarios très marquants qu'il a écrits. Illustrée de plus de deux cents images de ses films et de photos de tournages, cette rétrospective est un hommage au talent exceptionnel de ce grand auteur.
Using unpublished letters and archival documents, Shone ( The Post-Impressionists ) sheds new light on impressionist painter Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) in this engrossing, meticulously researched critical biography. It illuminates the artist's personal estrangement from his English parents who settled in Paris and embraced French bourgeois life. The evidence suggests that the penurious painter was cut off financially by his father, who apparently died insane after suffering business reversals. Sisley emerges here as a resourceful, proud, solitary figure. Shone also provides valuable details on Sisley's genteel poverty, his relations with dealers and fellow impressionists and his secluded later years in northern France. One can follow the distinct phases of Sisley's style in the 130 high-quality color plates and 40 black-and-whites. Indispensable for lovers of Sisley's luminous, healing art.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.