本书以大量的图片，介绍了时尚写真文化。包括什么是艺术、艺术写真的“性感”、切肤之爱?贴身情人、拍摄中的亲密接触、艺术写真的艺术素质、艺术写真的创作过程等。

《不朽的小提琴家》再现了历史上不朽小提琴家的魅力，简要而有趣地叙述其生活、个性与事业。作者就他们对作曲者、公众品味的影响以及演奏技巧的贡献等各个方面，讲述了这些小提琴家的特殊成就。 作者玛格丽特·坎贝尔参阅了大量的书信和私人文件，并且访问许多著名音乐家，很多人为《不朽的小提琴家》提供了从未发表过的回忆录和珍贵照片。 《不朽的小提琴家》是一本献给音乐会听众、唱片收藏者（有“唱片目录”）、弦乐演奏者和学生等所有爱好小提琴演奏艺术者的书。

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Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes ontoday’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature,or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci,Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role inthe controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeksthrough the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenmentphilosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musicalscale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe. In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads usthrough the battles over that scale, placing them in the context ofquarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics andscience. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system knownas equal temperament called into question beliefs that hadlasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music ofBeethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filledwith original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits ofsome of th

Music defines us. To return the favor, we’ll stick up withzealous passion for the performers and bands that we love . . . andheap aspersions and ridicule upon people who dare to place theirallegiances above our own. In Rock and Roll Cage Match, today’sleading cultural critics, humorists, music journalists, andmusicians themselves take sides in thirty of the all-time juiciest“who’s better” musical disputes. Marc Spitz on the Smiths vs. the Cure: “If the Smiths are its JamesDean, the Cure are the Marlon Brando of modern rock.” Gideon Yago on Nirvana vs. Metallica: “Here is why Nirvana willalways be a better band than Metallica. It’s not because they hitharder (they do). It’s not because they are tighter (they’redefinitely not). . . . It’s because Metallica is fundamentallyabout respecting rules—of metal, of production, of technicality—andNirvana is about breaking those rules down in the pursuit ofinnovation. Metallica was metal. Nirvana was something else.” Touré on Michael Ja

《不朽的小提琴家》再现了历史上不朽小提琴家的魅力，简要而有趣地叙述其生活、个性与事业。作者就他们对作曲者、公众品味的影响以及演奏技巧的贡献等各个方面，讲述了这些小提琴家的特殊成就。作者玛格丽特·坎贝尔参阅了大量的书信和私人文件，并且访问许多著名音乐家，很多人为《不朽的小提琴家》提供了从未发表过的回忆录和珍贵照片。《不朽的小提琴家》是一本献给音乐会听众、唱片收藏者（有“唱片目录”）、弦乐演奏者和学生等所有爱好小提琴演奏艺术者的书。

It is perhaps the greatest story never told: the truth behindthe most-enduring works of literature in the English language,perhaps in any language. Who was the man behind Hamlet? Whatpassion inspired the sonnets, whose words were so powerful that“not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlivethis powerful rhyme"? In Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom, criticallyacclaimed historian Charles Beauclerk pulls off an astounding feat,humanizing the Bard who for centuries has remained beyond ourgrasp. Beauclerk has spent more than two decades researching theauthorship question, and if the plays were discovered today, heargues, we would see them for what they are--shocking politicalworks written by a court insider, someone with the monarch'sindulgence, shielded from repression in an unstable time of armadaand reformation. But the author's identity was quickly swept underthe rug after his death. The official history--of an uneducatedmerchant writing in near obscurity, and of a virginal queen ma

As a tribute to the gardening of a unique region this volumeportrays 32 of the most celebrated gardens of the American South,ranging from the grand gardens of the Antebellum Plantations tostrikingly simple, creative plantings of the modern era. Drawingfrom primary sources as well as first-hand impressions of eachgarden featured, the author reveals the special beauty of southerngardens along with the personalities of their gardeners. Thisvolume, illustrated with 200 specially commissioned photographs incolour and many vintage prints, surveys the southern garden from1750 to the present. It includes early gardeners who introduced newplants and garden designs to the early coastal plantations;homesteaders who moved inland as far west as Tennessee and plantedsmall, practical gardens; industrialists who used new money tobuild large formal gardens, such as the Vanderbilt country estatein Asheville, North Carolina; and, finally, 20th-centuryindividuals whose rustic getaways consist of fantastic countrygrounds o

American Gargoyles: Spirits in Stone is thefirst pictorial essay on the many gargoyles found in the UnitedStates, featuring unique stories and breathtaking full-colorphotographs of these monstrous but delightful angels with a senseof humor. A number of books have showcased the medieval gargoylesof Europe, but never before has one been devoted to the thousandsof gargoyles that peer down from American buildings. Lewd orferocious, holy or humorous, these astonishing carvings aredistinguished by fine artistry, vivid imagination, and spiritualmystery. American Gargoyles puts us face-to-face with the wingedgriffins, fallen angels, and damned souls of Washington's NationalCathedral, as well as those adorning the Woolworth Building and theCathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, PrincetonUniversity, the University of Pennsylvania, Tribune Tower inChicago, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and many otherbuildings. Robert Llewellyn's glorious photographs reveal thecraftsmanship of the artisan

GET READY TO ROCK! In ten easy lessons, PLAY GREAT ROCK GUITAR will take you fromcloseted air guitarist to real-life rocker. Each lesson is linkedto audio files on the included CD, so you can hear exactly whatyou’re learning. Play along with the CD to get just what thosechords, riffs, and melodies are supposed to sound like. Soon you’llbe playing your favorite songs along with your favorite bands—or inyour own rock band! Including the basics of harmony and melody, riffs and solos, andthe fundamentals of blues, rock ‘n roll, classic rock, heavy metal,rhythm guitar, and alternative, PLAY GREAT ROCK GUITAR is foranyone who’s ever dreamed of playing popular music’s most supremelycool instrument—or who’s caught the “Guitar Hero” bug. With thehelpful CD, clear illustrations, and examples from the rock godsyou worship, PLAY GREAT ROCK GUITAR creates the world’s next mastershredder—you!

Stanley Spencer was the most intensely local of all greatartists, and his native village of Cookham was a central source ofinspiration. Yet he was far from parochial, and woven into DuncanRobinson's account of the artist's career is a just appreciation ofhis greatness and of his place in the wider context of Europeanart. This book celebrates both the range and the powerfulindividual quality of Spencer's achievements as a religiousvisionary, war artist, portrait painter and landscapist.

Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimonyof scores of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience asa prominent jazz musician, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop is destined totake its place among the classics of jazz history. The work paystribute not only to a distinguished lineage of Cuban jazz musiciansand composers, but also to the rich musical exchanges between Cubanand American jazz throughout the twentieth century. The work begins with the first encounters between Cuban music andjazz around the turn of the last century. Acosta writes about thepresence of Cuban musicians in New Orleans and the “Spanish tinge”in early jazz from the city, the formation and spread of the firstjazz ensembles in Cuba, the big bands of the thirties, and theinception of “Latin jazz.” He explores the evolution of Bebop,Feeling, and Mambo in the forties, leading to the explosion ofCubop or Afro-Cuban jazz and the innovations of the legendarymusicians and composers Machito, Mario Bauzá, Dizzy

Abbeville Kids expands its award-winning series ofinteractive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children aboutthe world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world.Each volume in this innovative best-selling series, with over200,000 in print, is devoted to a subject that every child alreadyknows from personal experience. In How Artists See America, sixteenworks of art show the many different ways a selection of greatartists--from Winslow Homer and Childe Hassam to Georgia O'Keeffeand Romare Bearden--have perceived the breathtaking variety oflandscapes and the diversity of people living in the four majorregions of the United States. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging,conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions andimaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity bothabout the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created.This direct, interactive approach to art--and to theworld--promotes self-exploration, self-discovery, andself-expression. As i

Can’t get enough of the King? A lively romp through all thingsPresley, this sassy guide covers what you really want toknow about the man who continues to leave generations of females“All Shook Up.” “It’s just like being in junior high again. This book offers thescoop on Elvis’s way with women–the wives, the girlfriends, thescreaming fans–and leaves plenty of room for ever important hairand wardrobe discussions...[and] films and concert highlightstoo.”– Time The first book explicitly fashioned forElvis Presley’s largest fan base, The Girls’ Guide to Elvis offers a fabulously fun look at the man who begged us to love himtender. This kitschy, dishy, gossip-filled guidebook is packed withnever-before-seen photographs and tasty tidbits about the King ofRock and Roll and his insatiable appetite for females, finery, andgood old down-home food. Discover Elvis’s bedroom do’s anddon’ts. Dig into details about his relationships with Priscilla,Ann-Margret, and Na

The Must-Have Guide for Breaking into the Music Business Completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, TheMusic Business provides essential career advice and information onhow to get started and advance in all areas of the musicindustry—from an author who’s had careers in music as an artist andprofessor for more than two decades. This comprehensive volumegives you guidance and information on: · Starting your music career · The ins and outs of recording contracts · Record producing and music engineering · The distribution and sale of records · The Internet and MP3s, and their effects on the musicindustry · The latest computer programs · Copyright law · Composing music and songwriting · Music education · The international music industry · And much more The Music Business is an indispensable reference for anyone whowants to begin a career in any of the industry’s facets, as well asan invalua

This book has a short introduction, andits photographs are accompanied by brief explanatory captions, butits emphasis is on superb photography and the sweeping panoramas ofAustralia's rugged interior and endless curves of coastline.