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Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universallyacclaimed: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flockto his retrospectives. His work shows art at its mostlight-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anythingugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. "I like pictureswhich make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape,"he said, "or pass my hand over breast or back if it's a woman."Renoir's entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women.Again and again he painted "these faunesses with their poutinglips" (Mallarme) and invented a new image of feminity.

The world of the fashionista is brought to vivid life with 101introductory lessons on such topics as how a designer anticipatescultural trends and "sees" the fashion consumer, the workings ofthe fashion calendar, the ways a designer collection is conceived,the manufacture of fabric, fashion illustration, and more. Illustrated in the distinctly unique packaged style of thebestselling101 THINGS I LEARNED IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL, this newbook on fashion design will be a perfect book for any fashionschool wannabe, a recent graduate, or even a seasonedprofessional.

This illustratedsurvey of the work of Modigliani shows how he was regarded bycontemporaries as the very definition of a Parisian bohemian.Modigliani's style is seen as having roots in antiquity or Africa,and the text also brings to life the Parisian art scene of theearly 20th century.

The Music Workbook contains pages of coloring, tracing, matching, ear training and listening that have been carefully designed to reinforce the musical concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 2. In full color, 48 pages.,

Psychologists present brand new ways of understanding - and appreciating - "The Twilight Saga". It doesn't take a trained psychologist to see that "The Twilight Saga" has tapped into its readers' psyches...but psychology has plenty to offer when it comes to understanding what makes "Twilight" so dearly loved. Led by husband-and-wife team E. David Klonksy, PhD, and Alexis Black, the psychologists contributing to "The Psychology of Twilight" look at love, family, vampires, were-wolves, and our "Twilight" obsession, and offer more than a dozen fascination new angles on the series - just in time for the November 2011 release of "Breaking Dawn", part one. Why Edward captivates Bella (it's not the perfect face or chiseled abs - it's as chemical as Edward's attraction to the smell of Bella's blood), Vampirism as eating disorder (and what we can learn from how the Cullens cope), and, "Twilight's" rejection of strict dualities like good/evil and human/monster and what that has to do with the way our minds proce

The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, itsgreat heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Danteand Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thoughtis credited with transforming the West from medieval to modern andproducing the most astonishing outpouring of artistic creation theworld has ever known. But what was it? In this masterly work, theincomparable Paul Johnson tells us. He explains the economic,technological, and social developments that provide a backdrop tothe age’s achievements and focuses closely on the lives and worksof its most important figures. A commanding short narrative of thisvital period, The Renaissance is also a universally profoundmeditation on the wellsprings of innovation.

The old certainties of the Cold War have been swept away by the new tide of detente that has washed over the superpowers. But even if international superpower relations have changed, human nature has not altered very much. The new powder keg is the Middle East where this adventure story is set. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

This lively and imaginative book is being used to helpchildren learn about music and sound while they develop the abilityto listen, concentrate, be creative, improvise; and trust oneanother. Using audiocassettes or CDs of popular songs and simpleinstruments, children and adults get to play listening games,concentration games, musical quizzes, and more. The games are notcompetitive--they encourage and reward children for participating,not for winning.

These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues—which grewout of the acclaimed Carnegie Hall Talks—are an exchange betweentwo of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture: DanielBarenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, andEdward W. Said, eminent literary critic and impassioned commentatoron the Middle East. Barenboim is an Argentinian-Israeli and Said aPalestinian-American; they are also close friends. As they range across music, literature, and society, they openup many fields of inquiry: the importance of a sense of place;music as a defiance of silence; the legacies of artists from Mozartand Beethoven to Dickens and Adorno; Wagner’s anti-Semitism; andthe need for “artistic solutions” to the predicament of the MiddleEast—something they both witnessed when they brought young Arab andIsraeli musicians together. Erudite, intimate, thoughtful andspontaneous, Parallels and Paradoxes is a virtuosiccollaboration.