Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the "painter as poet". The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the 20th century. Chagall's paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colourful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. The memories and yearning they evoke recall his native Vitebsk, and the great events that mark the life of ordinary people: birth, love, marriage and death. They tell of a world full of everyday miracles - in the room of lovers, on the streets of Vitebsk, beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Heaven and earth seem to meet in a topsy-turvy world in which whimsical figures of people and animals float through the air with gravity-defying serenity. This art album presents Chagall's work.

Brahms's melodic gifts and genuine emotional response to poetry produced some of the finest German songs, equalling and occasionally surpassing Schubert in lyricism. Frequent performances and recordings of these songs continue to prove Brahms's lasting contribution to this domain, and create a need for authentic, accessible printed music. The finest complete musical tran* of Brahms, published by Breitkopf & Hairtel （for whom Brahms worked as editor）, is reproduced here-the authoritative texts with new translations of the lyrics. This volume （Series II of the complete Dover Brahms songs, published in four volumes） contains Stanley Appelbaum's new literal prose translations of 58 songs first published between 1868-74.Among these are the famous "Lullaby" （"Wiegenlied"） and "Unbewegte laue Luft," called by Grove's Dictionary "one of Brahms's finest, full of richly glowing color." Brahms found inspiration mainly in the German poets （with an occasional translation of the Persian Hafiz or the Frenc

The Beethoven Op. 61, Mendelssohn, Op. 64 and Tchaikovsky, Op. 35 concertos reprinted from the Breitkopf & H rtel editions.

Bachelor Style showcases some of the most fabulous bachelorpads imaginable - whether a boat shed, a country shack, a high-techapartment with state-of-the-art media and exercise equipment, alow-tech loft with boxing gym, a proper country house, or an exotichideaway on a palm-fringed beach. Drawing on four archetypal male characters, Bachelor Styleexplores the full gamut of masculine style: The smooth playboy witha slick pad designed for entertaining and seduction; the dandy,whose passion for art, antiques and aesthetics is displayed in animmaculate environment; the gentleman, surrounded by emblems of hisgood taste and breeding; and the lad whose living space is designedfor maximizing fun and minimizing chores.

The rigid, straight line is fundamentally alien to humanity,life and the whole of creation". Hundertwasser applied thisphilosophy not only to the famous Viennese buildings for which hewas renowned, but all the media and art-forms he has experimentedwith during his wild career. Whether it be painting, sculpture,performance art or designing a kindergarten, Hundertwasser's worksare multi-coloured, organic, and shot through with a sense of themagical or fantastic. However, Hundertwasser's art has alwayscontained a political shade. He has consistently rebelled againstrationalist or determinist ideas, promoted ecological awareness,and mantained a passionate belief in the anarchy of theimagination. In this retrospective, Pierre Restany covers all thebases of Hundertwasser's eclectic development as an artist, fromthe tenant revolt and nude lecture of the early 70s, through thehousing projects in Vienna, right up to his designs for analternative society.

From the great Baroque composer generally recognized as the founder of modern keyboard technique, this collection features 40 sonatas of dazzling originality, from a series of works considered the crowning achievement of his career. Numbered K436–477 in the Kirkpatrick edition, reprinted directly from Ricordi's monumental 11-volume set edited by Alessandro Longo.

A lavishly illustrated and beautifully designed book thatcelebrates the work of the great fashion illustrators fromlate-19th century to the present day. The book covers the work offashion illustrators, such as Rene Gruau and Antonio Lopez, fineartists such as Boldini and Warhol, and graphic designers such asTony Viramontes and Bob Peak.

This solo piano edition of Tchaikovsky's masterful Christmas ballet offers pianists a chance to enjoy favorites such as "The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" and "The Waltz of the Flowers." Entirely faithful to Tchaikovsky's brilliant orchestral score, this delightful arrangement by Sergey Taneyev and the com- poser himself renders the complete ballet in a style both idiomatic to the piano and specially designed to be relatively easy to play. Here are all the movements of the beloved Suite, along with the rest of this hol-iday favorite, in which a brave and loyal little girl's toy is transformed into aprince who accompanies her into a magical world. Suitable for performers,rehearsal pianists, and all admirers of Tchaikovsky's art, this inexpensive edi-tion of a perennial favorite will enchant players and listeners alike. Dover (2005) unabridged republication of the edition published byP. Jurgenson, Moscow, 1892. viii+168pp. 9×12. Paperbound.

Terence Donovan was one of the foremost photographers of his generation among the greatest Britain has ever produced. He came to prominence in London as part of a postwar renaissance in art, fashion, graphic design and photography. Alongside David Bailey and Brian Duffy, photographers of a similar working-class background and outlook, Donovan was a new force in fashion photography. Together, they captured and helped create the Swinging 60s. They socialized with celebrities and royalty, and found themselves elevated to stardom in their own right. Gifted with an unerring eye for the iconic image, Donovan was also master of his craft, a technical genius who pushed the limits of what was possible with a camera. And yet despite his fame and status, there has never been a publication devoted to his fashion work, for he allowed none to be released during his lifetime. Terence Donovan Fashion is thus the first time his fashion pictures have been collected together in book form. Arranged chronologically, from t

The Dada movement and then the Surrealists appeared in the FirstWorld War aftermath with a bang: revolution of thought, creativity,and the wish to break away from the past and all that was left inruins. This refusal to integrate into the Bourgeois society leadGeorg Grosz to remark of Dada, "it's the end of -isms." Bretonasserted that Dada does not produce perspective, "a machine whichfunctions full steam, but where it remains to be seen how it canfeed itself." Surrealism emerged amidst such feeling. These artists oftenchanged from one movement to another. They were united by theirsuperior intellectualism and the common goal to break from thenorm. Describing Dada with its dynamic free-thinkers, and theSurrealists with their aversive resistance to the system, theauthor brings a new approach which strives to be relative andtruthful. Provocation and cultural revolution: Dada and theSurrealists, aren't they above all just a direct product ofcreative individualism in this unsettled period?

In a piano age dominated by Chopin's harmonic innovations and Liszt's technicaladvances, the keyboard music of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) stands out for its faithfulness to classical proportions, melodic simplicity, and textural clarity.In his rich contributions to the piano literature-including a palette of sheer technical brilliance reminiscent of Scarlatti and Weber-Mendelssohn helped bridge the stylistic gap between the age of Mozart and the era of the great Romantics. This new compilation is a rich selection of the composer's best, most repre-sentative works for solo piano.Included here are such classics as the Rondo capriccioso, Op.14; the delightful E-minor Scherzo, Op.16, No.2; the lyrical Variations sdrieuses, Op.54; the great Prelude and Fugue in E minor; and a generous selection of the "character" pieces and "songs without words" long associated with Mendelssohn's name.Pianists at all levels of achievement will welcome this comprehensive, modestly priced edition.

Sony Pictures’ eye-popping animated version of Judi and RonBarrett’s beloved children’s book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballsrecasts the classic story with a contemporary look and plot. Thisbook describes, through revealing behind-the-scenes discussions andamazing developmental art, how this visual feast came to be.Presented in a bold, die-cut slipcase that could have been designedby Flint Lockwood himself, this lavishly illustrated account is adelight for fans of the book and animation buffs alike.

Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow), Richard Strauss'magical fairy tale opera, stars a pair of childless couples: a fairy-empress and her huntsman-emperor husband, and the poor dyer Barak and his grim wife. The supporting cast includes a fantasy crew of spirits, secret messengers, and disembodied voices, all bringing to life a dreamlike landscape in a series of intimate vignettes. The opera, which premiered in 1919, features a libretto based on an original story by Strauss' frequent collaborator, Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The latter's gifts as a lyric and dramatic poet found a fortuitous match in the composer's genius as an orchestrator. Strauss brought the Wagnerian concept of leitmotif into its fullest flower, and his sensuous, passionate operas ventured into new territory in terms of dramatic intensity and psychological depth. Most of Strauss' operas have enjoyed successful revivals, and Die Frau ohne Schatten stands alongside Salome, Elektra, and DerRosenkavalier in critical and popu

This cogent and provocative compilation of essays is now a classic text for students of the emergent discipline of performance studies. 'Richard Schechner has defined the parameters of contemporary performance with an originality and insight that make him indispensable to contemporary theatrical thought. For many years, both scholars and artists have been inspired by his unique and powerful perspective.' - Richard Foreman 'Schechner's views are usually provocative, his incidental comments are often acute, and he has a commendable gift for making unexpected connections.' - British Journal of Aesthetics 'Reading Performance Theory by Richard Schechner again, three decades after its first edition, is like meeting an old friend and finding out how much of him/her has been with you all along this way.' - Augusto Boal 'It is an indispensable text in all aspects of the new discipline of Performance Studies. It is in many ways an eye-opener particularly in its linkage of theatre to other performance genres.' - Ngugi

衫本博司的《立体模型》系列作品中综合地运用了诗歌的想象和小说的典雅真人大小的黑白肖像，其他作品中主要拍摄的是自然历史博物馆，作品营造一个虚幻的世界，这本书展示了他作为当代重要作家新颖的视角。

Unearthed from the archives of the Paris Conservatory nearly 80 years after its composition, Bizet's lively and youthful Symphony in C is one of the newest and most welcome additions to the orchestral repertoire. Written by a 17-year-old student, the elegant orchestrations and balanced classical forms foreshadow the composer's most famous work, the opera Carmen.

This is the complete orchestral and vocal score of Richard Wagner's magnificent work, an opera which combines profound emotion and great moments of comedy with wonderful, accessible music. A reproduction of a now out-of-copyright turn-of-the-century score from a German publisher, it has English translations of the introduction and cast list -- but English translations nowhere else. This is likely to be too bulky for singers, for whom standard piano-vocal scores will be more useful, but it's an invaluable tool for the student or enthusiast.

Graphis Advertising Annual 2009 spotlights the year's best print advertisements from New York to New Delhi. In this edition, Adrian Pulfer and Lynn Dangel of Dangel Advertising explain the latest, logo-driven Crate and Barrel campaign, Jay Marsen and Alexei Beltrone of DeVito/Verdi, a hot new Manhattan agency, answer questions about their unique Legal Sea Foods mock-newspaper ads, and Jim Prior of The Partners discusses the inspiration behind a groundbreaking outdoor exhibition for The National Gallery. The 2009 Annual features over 300 full-color, Graphis Gold and Platinum winning advertisements from top agencies like TM Advertising, Percept H Pvt. Ltd., The Martin Agency, MacClaren McCann, Bates David Enterprise, The Richards Group, and Team One.

The LNCS series reports state-of-the-art results in computer science research，development，and education，at a high level and in both printed and electronic form.Enjoying tight cooperation with the R&D community，with numerous individuals，as well as with prestigious organizations and societies，LNCS has grown into the most comprehensive computer science research forum available. The scope of LNCS including its subseries LNAI spans the whole range of computer science and information technology including interdisciplinary topics in a variety of application fields.The type of material published traditionally includes. —proceedings （published in time for the respective conference） —post-proceedings （consisting of thoroughly revised final full papers） —research monographs（which may be based on outstanding PhD work，research projects，technical reports，etc.）