In die Porträts der Frida Kahlo sind sowohl ihr Leben als auch ihr Wirken selbst eingeflossen. Ihr malerischer und schriftlicher Nachlass stellen den mutigen Lebensdbericht einer Frau dar, die auch an der Seite des berühmten Diego Rivera fortwährend auf der Suche nach sich selbst war.
Frida Kahlos Werk verbindet die Geschichte ihres Lebens mit ihrer Kunst, um ein außergewöhnliches, von Leid und Wut geprägtes Schicksal aufzuzeigen. Dieser opulent ausgestattete Band zeigt einen querschnitt ihrer künstlerischen Werkes, ergänzt um zahlreiche Briefe Kahlos.
The Vietnam War tore America apart culturally and ideologically--and this dramatic guide captures all the suffering, sacrifice, and heroism that resulted from that conflict. Featuring 12 rare facsimile documents--including personal letters, ID cards, and political memos--it explores the highs and lows of the world's first televised war through the eyes of those who fought, from the commanding generals to the ordinary soldiers on the ground and in the air.
Kazimir Malevich (1878 - 1935) was a painter and a great art theorist but first and foremost he was the founder of Suprematism (pure abstraction), a style based on geometrical forms. ""Suprematism,"" he wrote, ""has led me to discover something that had not been understood until then??? there is in human consciousness an imperious desire of space and the will to escape from Earth."" This new publication presents the brilliant works of Malevich, the original painter, who until the age of twentyseven had no professional background as a painter, and who learned to draw out of curiosity and out of his will to learn. Gerry Souter once more offers us the works of a brilliant artist as well as a new perspective on the artist's personality.
Our story is about the genesis and evolution of these phantoms and men-who-never-were, these artists and magicians at the front line who operated in stealth and secrecy.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 classified. It is only recently that details of their heroic actions have come to light. This book includes details of SHAEF command centre who organised many of the deceptions, the First US Army Group (the so-called 'Ghost Army'), the 23rd Camouflage Engineers, and accounts of the double cross agents who risked their lives and freedom to mislead Nazi High Command. Featuring never-before-seen information from veteran interviews, The Ghost Army brings to life the fascinating story of the men and women who conned Adolf Hitler.