Author: John BergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 264
Book Description
Exito y fracaso de Picasso
Author: John BergerThe Success and Failure of Picasso
Author: John BergerPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307794245
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
At the height of his powers, Pablo Picasso was the artist as revolutionary, breaking through the niceties of form in order to mount a direct challenge to the values of his time. At the height of his fame, he was the artist as royalty: incalculably wealthy, universally idolized−and wholly isolated. In this stunning critical assessment, John Berger−one of this century's most insightful cultural historians−trains his penetrating gaze upon this most prodigious and enigmatic painter and on the Spanish landscape and very particular culture that shpaed his life and work. Writing with a novelist's sensuous evocation of character and detail, and drawing on an erudition that embraces history, politics, and art, Berger follows Picasso from his childhood in Malaga to the Blue Period and Cubism, from the creation of Guernica to the pained etchings of his final years. He gives us the full measure of Picasso's triumphs and an unsparing reckoning of their cost−in exile, in loneliness, and in a desolation that drove him, in his last works, into an old man's furious and desperate frenzy at the beauty of what he could no longer create.
The Success and Failure of Picasso
Author: John BergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Success and Failure of Picasso
Author: John BergerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140140040
Category : Europe in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Fama y soledad de Picasso
Author: John BergerPublisher: ALFAGUARA
ISBN: 842041395X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : es
Pages : 280
Book Description
Un retrato íntimo y controvertido de Pablo Picasso por John Berger, ganador del Premio Booker. En su momento de mayor genialidad, Pablo Picasso era el pintor revolucionario que desafiaba a los valores de su época. En su momento de mayor fama, era como un personaje de la realeza: idolatrado, rico y en absoluto aislamiento. John Berger dirige su penetrante mirada sobre este pintor enigmático y prodigioso. En una senda que abarca historia, política y arte, vida pública y privada, Berger sigue el recorrido de Picasso desde su infancia malagueña hasta el periodo azul y el Cubismo, de la creación del Guernica a los grabados de sus últimos años, ofreciéndonos la dimensión exacta de sus triunfos y el coste implacable de su fama. Cuando fue publicado por primera vez, la crítica tildó este libro de «insolente, insensible, doctrinario y perverso. Esta edición revisada y con un nuevo ensayo, demuestra el poder y la vigencia de «el libro más importante sobre Picasso escrito hasta hoy... Una biografía profunda, seria, crítica, tan demoledora como llena de comprensión» (John Canaday, New Republic). Reseñas: «Leyendo el estupendo Fama y soledad de Picasso, de John Berger, uno se convence de esa ambivalencia del éxito... Un libro extraordinario... Recomendable tanto para los admiradores de Picasso como para cualquiera que quiera adentrarse en los misterios y riesgos que conlleva el genio.» Álvaro Quintana, blog Correspondencia «John Berger analiza de manera brillante ese sesgo algo tramposo que la palabra "genio" adquiere cuando se trata de entender o explicar a Picasso y su descomunal obra artística.» El País Cultural (Uruguay) «Berger es una de las mayores voces en la crítica de arte contemporánea... Probablemente, el ensayista más perceptivo.» Philadelphia Inquirer «Sus contemporáneos más cercanos en términos de audacia estética podrían ser Umberto Eco o el tardío W. G. Sebald, pero resulta difícil compararlo a cualquier autor inglés del último medio siglo. Berger, simplemente, rompió todos los moldes.» The Guardian «Los libros de Berger poseen la peculiar cualidad de parecer libros sólo por azar. Construidos con palabras, las portan sin embargo con indulgencia, casi a regañadientes, como si igual pudieran haber estado hechos de lienzo y pintura o, aún mejor, de polvo y paja, barro y hueso.» Herald Tribune «Las obras de John Berger viven entre los géneros y en un grado de contemporaneidad absoluto. Mezclando la poesía, el ensayo y hasta el periodismo más personal, sus obras son un intento de reflexión trascendentesin perder la historia inmediata pero tampoco la metafísica o cualquier atisbo de pensamiento lírico.» Luis Antonio de Villena, El Cultural de El Mundo «Fue la voz de los frágiles, residuos del mundo moderno a los que su obra otorgó dignidad de reyes... Poeta, novelista, ensayista y crítico de arte, toda su obra literaria es el testimonio de alguien que contempla un universo que se desvanece ante sus ojos.» Javier Rodríguez Marcos, El País «Un autor esencial. [...] La mirada de Berger era tan profunda como diversa. Una mirada humanista, rebelde y serena al mismo tiempo, la de un renacentista. En pocos autores se ha producido la fusión que él logró entre imagen y escritura.» Pedro Antonio Curto, El Comercio «Uno de los autores más irreverentes del siglo XX.» Elena Hevia, El Periódico de Aragón
A New Path to the Waterfall
Author: Raymond CarverPublisher:
ISBN: 9780871133748
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Poems deal with memories, loss of identity, childhood innocence, the past, and mortality.
The Spelit Power Matrix
Author: June H. Schmieder-RamirezPublisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781419671913
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The SPELIT POWER MATRIX is a leadership tool for untangling the organizational environment from a social, political, economic, legal, intercultural and technical view. The SPELIT analysis method was developed for adult learners to have a framework for determining and formulating the answer to the question: What is? There is a need to analyze the environment in all organizations, whether you are entering a new organization or to benchmark the existing organization. The purpose of this text is to show how perceptive leaders can analyze environments in preparation for possible future action. We demonstrate how the methodology aligns with previous theories regarding environmental scanning and produces a workable framework for the perceptive leader. The SPELIT POWER MATRIX is intended for practitioners doing a market analysis or diagnosis prior to implementing transitions, benchmarking in anticipation of an intervention, and can be used by undergraduate students and seasoned practitioners.
The Garden Next Door
Author: José DonosoPublisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802133687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A Chilean writer named Julio and his wife, Gloria, are at a low point in their lives. Constantly bickering, the pair are beset by worries about money, their writing, and their son (who may or may not be plying the oldest profession in Marrakesh). When Julio's boyhood best friend, now a famous artist, lends the couple his luxurious Madrid apartment for the summer, it is an escape for both - but in particular for Julio, who fantasizes about the garden next door and the erotic life of the lovely young aristocratic woman who inhabits it. But Julio's life - and career - unravel In Madrid: he is rebuffed by a famous literary agent, Nuria Monclus, who detests him and his novel; his son's friend from Marrakesh moves in and causes havoc; and Gloria begins to drink. In the face of pitiless adversity, Julio's talent inexorably begins to fade. The garden next door, however, is also Gloria, who has been doing some creating of her own. It is this twist that transforms Donoso's brilliant satire of the writer's life into something even greater: a carefully crafted and bitteily comic meditation on gardens, deceit, and the nature of a writer's muse.
Arte abstracto, arte concreto
Author: Gladys C. FabrePublisher: Ivam Centre Julio Gonzalez
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Modern Spanish Grammar
Author: Christopher PountainPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113448254X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide is an innovative reference guide to Spanish, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.The Grammar is divided into two parts. The shorter section covers traditional grammatical categories such as word order, nouns, verbs and adjectives. The larger section is carefully organized around language functions and notions such as: giving and seeking information putting actions into context * expressing likes, dislikes and preferences comparing objects and actions.All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated and information is provided on register and relevant cultural background. Written by experienced teachers and academics, the Grammar has a strong emphasis on contemporary usage. Particular attention is paid to indexing and cross-referencing across the two sections. This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of Spanish at all levels, from elementary to advanced. It will prove invaluable to those with little experience of formal grammar, as no prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed and a glossary of terms is provided. The book will also be useful to teachers seeking back-up to functional syllabuses, and to designers of Spanish courses.