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  Romanticism

  Léon Rosenthal

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  Romanticism was a reaction against the Neoclassicism that invaded the 19th century, and marked a veritable intellectual rupture. Found in the writings of Victor Hugo and Lord Byron, amongst others, its ideas are expressed in painting by Eugène Delacroix, Caspar David Friedrich and William Blake. In sculpture, François Rude indicated the direction this new artistic freedom would take, endowing his work with a movement and expression never previously seen.
  By retracing the different stages of its evolution, this book offers a study of the different aspects of the Romantic movement. Thanks to a thorough and in-depth analysis, the reader can understand in its entirety this movement which revolutionised the era.

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  Collecting - Art Trading Cards...

  Jace Bennet

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  This book contains several topics about collecting items. The 4 topics are: 
  1 - Art collecting 
  2 - Coin collecting 
  3 - Comic book collecting 
  4 - Trading cards collecting 
  Enjoy this bundle of tips, advice, experiences, and useful insights into the world of collecting things, trading, selling, and growing your portfolio of valuables!

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  Michelangelo

  Eugène Müntz

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  Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He moulded his draughtsmanship, bent it, twisted it, and stretched it to the extreme limits of possibility. There are not any landscapes in Michelangelo's painting. All the emotions, all the passions, all the thoughts of humanity were personified in his eyes in the naked bodies of men and women. He rarely conceived his human forms in attitudes of immobility or repose. Michelangelo became a painter so that he could express in a more malleable material what his titanesque soul felt, what his sculptor's imagination saw, but what sculpture refused him. Thus this admirable sculptor became the creator, at the Vatican, of the most lyrical and epic decoration ever seen: the Sistine Chapel. The profusion of his invention is spread over this vast area of over 900 square metres. There are 343 principal figures of prodigious variety of expression, many of colossal size, and in addition a great number of subsidiary ones introduced for decorative effect. The creator of this vast scheme was only thirty-four when he began his work. Michelangelo compels us to enlarge our conception of what is beautiful. To the Greeks it was physical perfection; but Michelangelo cared little for physical beauty, except in a few instances, such as his painting of Adam on the Sistine ceiling, and his sculptures of the Pietà. Though a master of anatomy and of the laws of composition, he dared to disregard both if it were necessary to express his concept: to exaggerate the muscles of his figures, and even put them in positions the human body could not naturally assume. In his later painting, The Last Judgment on the end wall of the Sistine, he poured out his soul like a torrent. Michelangelo was the first to make the human form express a variety of emotions. In his hands emotion became an instrument upon which he played, extracting themes and harmonies of infinite variety. His figures carry our imagination far beyond the personal meaning of the names attached to them.

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  Making Faces

  Kevin McDonald

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  Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian, actor, and voice artist, most well-known as a member of The Kids in the Hall, is Making Faces on his latest album. There's one bit where he makes faces while an announcer describes the faces he's making in addition to multiple other hilarious sketches.

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  Lenny From Vinci - Strategies...

  Hugh Gallagher

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  Lenny From Vinci shares the life of Leonardo da Vinci told through 15 different "Lenny Lessons" which share strategies for creative success. Following this legendary creator through the renaissance, listeners learn about this fascinating man and his magnificent era. Inspiring, entertaining, and pragmatically instructive, Lenny From Vinci is a masterpiece of storytelling. Whether traveling the creative path, or admiring what that process produces, Lenny From Vinci is for you. 
  Lenny From Vinci is written and Performed by Hugh Gallagher, a working creative with decades of experience. Starting with his legendary College Application Essay, continuing with journalism for Rolling Stone, script writing for Daft Punk and Spike Jonze, to brand creative with Adidas, Nike, Microsoft and other leading brands, Hugh has traveled the creative path and gained many insights along the way. Informing Lenny From Vinci, these practical insights are matched against the path of Leonardo da Vinci, for a wonderfully entertaining and inspiring journey. 
  For a free sample and more about the project, check out www.lennyfromvinci.com 
  To learn more about Hugh Gallagher, visit www.hugh-gallagher.com

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  French Country Cottage Christmas

  Courtney Allison

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  Celebrate the season in cozy French Country Cottage style with luscious photography and a plethora of inspiration and ideas for trees in themes from baubles to flowers; décor indoors and outdoors; flowers, garlands, and wreaths; tables, dining, and entertaining; entryways, stairways, and every room of the house; outbuildings; pretty packages; and twinkle lights galore. Plus a little bit of Christmas magic from a Paris apartment with a balcony overlooking the Eiffel Tower, a snowy mountain cabin, and a vintage travel trailer at the lake.

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