Gerry Souter
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A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States. Includes a table of contents, time line, phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and detailed captions and sidebars to aid in comprehension.
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"Throughout the course of World War II, Allied forces engaged in elaborate deceptions to fool Hitler's armies. A ragtag group of Bohemian artists and creatives were assembled to devise these strategies, including rubber dummy tanks, faux railway lines and falsified wireless intelligence. They made armies appear out of thin air, baffling German forces and ensuring Allied success in battle. For fifty years, information on the Ghost Army strategies was...
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"In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Done in cold colours and inhabited by anonymous characters, Hopper's paintings also symbolically reflect the Great Depression. Through a series of different reproductions...
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They met in 1928, Frida Kahlo was then 21 years old, and Diego Rivera was twice her age. He was already an international reference, she only aspired to become one. An intense artistic creation, along with pain and suffering, was generated by this tormented union, in particular for Frida. On both continents, America and Europe, these committed artists proclaimed their freedom and left behind them the traces of their exceptional talent. In this book,...
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"From colonial-era rifles carried on the "Owlhoot Trail" to John Dillinger's Colt pistols, the history of the American outlaw is told in guns--weapons that became each man's personal signature. Authors Gerry and Janet Souter peer into these criminals' choices of derringers, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, machine guns, and curious hybrids, giving us a glimpse into the minds behind the trigger fingers. With over 200 illustrations, the book gives a unique...
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Leur rencontre eut lieu en 1928, Frida Kalho avait vingt-et-un ans et Diego Rivera le double. Lui était déjà une référence internationale, elle n'aspirait qu'à l'être. De leur union tumultueuse naquit certes une création artistique intense, en particulier pour Frida, mais aussi de la souffrance. Toujours dans l'ombre de son époux, supportant ses infidélités, la jalousie, Frida exorcise sa douleur sur la toile et gagne peu à peu l'intérêt...
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Detrás de los retratos de Frida Kahlo se ocultan tanto la historia de su vida como la de su obra. Es precisamente esta combinación lo que cautiva al espectador. La obra de Frida es un testimonio de su vida. Pocas veces se puede aprender tanto acerca de un artista con sólo contemplar lo que inscribe dentro del marco de sus cuadros. Frida Kahlo es sin lugar a dudas la ofrenda de México a la historia del arte. La historia y las pinturas que Frida...
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Detrás de los retratos de Frida Kahlo se ocultan tanto la historia de su vida como la de su obra. Es precisamente esta combinación lo que cautiva al espectador. La obra de Frida es un testimonio de su vida. Pocas veces se puede aprender tanto acerca de un artista con solo contemplar lo que inscribe dentro del marco de sus cuadros. Frida Kahlo es sin lugar a dudas la ofrenda de México a la historia del arte. Tenía apenas dieciocho años cuando...
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Ya conocía a Diego Rivera, el muralista mexicano, mucho antes de encontrarme con los otros Diego Rivera" que circulaban por el mundo entre principios del siglo XX y finales de la década de los 50. (...) Mientras que sus pinturas de caballete constituyen un amplio corpus dentro de su obra temprana y tardía, sus murales únicos hacen estallar las paredes en una explosión de representaciones de gran virtuosismo cuya organización conmociona la mente...
33) Georgia O'Keeffe
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In 1905, Georgia travelled to Chicago to study painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1907, she enrolled at the Art Students' League in New York City, where she studied with William Merritt Chase. During her time in New York she became familiar with the 291 Gallery owned by her future husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. In 1912, she and her sisters studied at university with Alon Bement, who employed a somewhat revolutionary method in art...
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Although armored tanks have been in use since World War II, they have undergone changes in recent years. Used all over the world, the armored tank has become a standard military weapon. Readers learn how they work, what they do, and why they are so effective from the soldiers who operate them.
35) Diego Rivera
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They met in 1928, Frida Kahlo was then 21 years old and Diego Rivera was twice her age. He was already an international reference, she only aspired to become one. An intense artistic creation, along with pain and suffering, was generated by this tormented union, in particular for Frida. Constantly in the shadow of her husband, bearing his unfaithfulness and her jealousy, Frida exorcised the pain on canvas, and won progressively the public's interest....
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Los claros retratos metálicos, desnudos y naturalezas muertas de Tamara de Lempicka resumen el espíritu del Art Déco y del apogeo del Jazz, además de reflejar la vida elegante y hedonista de la élite adinerada, exclusiva y glamurosa de la París de entre guerras. En el arte de Lempicka confluyen una formidable técnica clásica con elementos prestados del cubismo, combinación que en su momento representó el culmen de la modernidad y de la moda,...
37) Frida Kahlo
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Dietro i ritratti di Frida Kahlo si può leggere tutta la sua storia: raramente un artista ha lasciato una così chiara e ricca testimonianza della propria vita, privata e lavorativa, tra la cornice dei suoi dipinti. L'arte di Frida Kahlo è il contributo pi importante – e un dono prezioso – del Messico alla storia dell'arte mondiale. Nonostante i serissimi problemi fisici, Frida coltivò e diede forma al proprio talento con costante determinazione;...
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Edward Hopper exprime avec poésie la solitude de l'homme face à cet american way of life qui se développe dans les années 1920. S'inspirant du cinéma par les prises de vue ou les attitudes des personnages, ses peintures reflètent et dénoncent l'aliénation de la culture de masse. Avec ses toiles aux couleurs froides, peuplées de personnages anonymes, l'œuvre d'Hopper symbolise aussi le reflet de la Grande Dépression. A travers des reproductions...
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A thorough, illustrated biography discussing Adams's childhood, his career, his family, and his term as the sixth president of the United States. Includes a time line and glossary. Presidents of the U.S.A. chronicles the lives of our nation's leaders, including some of the most famous figures in American history. Each book tells the fascinating story of a single president, from childhood and early life to the presidency and beyond. Additional sections...
40) Herbert Hoover
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A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of Herbert Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States. Presidents of the U.S.A. chronicles the lives of our nation's leaders, including some of the most famous figures in American history. Each book tells the fascinating story of a single president, from childhood and early life to the presidency and beyond. Additional sections explain the branches of government,...