《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。

对于提琴制作的业内人士来说，本书可以说是书。读了本书，才会知道斯特拉蒂瓦里这个人以及他的琴是怎么回事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》对所有知名的斯特拉蒂瓦里琴，它的出处，流传，以及它的特点都有描述。一些重要的琴都有尺寸。书后有索引，可以找到你要查的琴。对于拉琴的人来说，你应当了解你拉的琴是怎么回事。小提琴绝非只是一件乐器那么简单。它有深刻的文化内涵，有许多讲究，有许多故事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》就是最好的入门。对音乐爱好者来说，看《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》可以知道许多关于琴的知识。小提琴是一种艺术品，她诞生于文艺复兴时期，成为乐器之王，为什么她会迷倒那么多人，为什么一把斯特拉蒂瓦里的琴现在动辄几百

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

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

本书的新观点：1摩梭达巴教是苯教的原始形式，达巴教的历史要上溯到新石器时代，是原始宗教的活化石，摩梭艺术是原始艺术活化石；摩梭文字也是活化石，可以说是人类原始文明的活化石；还有学者称摩梭母系家庭是人类母系社会的活化石。2摩梭和纳西的某些图案和象形文字与青海马家窑文化有渊源关系。西藏卡若文化、横断山石棺葬文化与上述文化也有渊源关系，我们称之为青藏高原东部文化带。本文化带内有20余个民族，他们的民俗、语言、文化有很多相似之处，可能他们来自共同的源头。3吐蕃的崛起，导致西藏本土象形文字被藏文取代，多元文化被吐蕃文化同化。在吐蕃的边缘地带，原始宗教和象形文字保留下来。如达巴教、东巴教、东巴象形文字、达巴象形符号等。

Plug your music career into the lucrative new income streamsof the digital marketplace Record deals are so twentieth century. Today, music licensing isthe fastest route to widespread exposure and a steady income.Creators of films, television shows, commercials, video games,ringtones, podcasts and other digital-age media hunger for musicperfectly suited to their projects—providing endless, lucrativeopportunities for savvy musicians. Whether you’re an unknowncomposer, an up-and-coming songwriter, an independent-labelperformer, or a big label star, there’s a place for you in thisfast-growing field—as long as you learn to master thegame. How does music licensing work? Where are the most abundant andrewarding opportunities? Find the answers in this authoritative,up-to-the-moment overview of one of the most effective ways tomarket your talent. It’s all here: ul li The key players in the music licensingbusiness and the best ways to make contacts and bring your music totheir atte

The heart of Painters Wild Workshop is the presentation oftwelve gifted artists who take an unusual approach to their art.Readers are invited to workshop demonstrations, lecture sessions,and private lessons that encourage creative experimentation.Whether you are an accomplished artist, an aspiring artist, or anundiscovered artist, you will profit from the wealth of diverseexperiences, materials, and inspirations offered through thesewonderfully wild and creative methods. This is a book for painters,artists, and creative people of all types; its goal is to helpworking painters open up creativity, eliminate self-consciousness,and encourage true artistryeither in their current, chosen medium,or a completely new art medium.

Nikolai Roerich was born on October 9th, 1874 inSaint-Petersburg. After studying law and attending the Academy ofArt, Roerich developed a passionate interest in archaeology, hiscontribution to which was acknowledged when he became a lecturer atthe Russian Archaeological Society in 1900. His extensive travelsin Europe, Russia, Asia, and especially India were a source ofinspiration wholly original and unique. The prolific creator ofover 7000 paintings, Roerich belonged to the great creative artmovement which took place in Russia before the Bolshevikrevolution. Besides his enormous artistic talent, Roerich was theauthor of the Pact which bears his name and which was designed toprotect the cultural heritage in time of war. After living a veryfull life, he died in the Kulu valley in India in 1947. Recognizedin 1923, there is a museum in New York devoted to him. He wrotenumerous books and collections of poetry, and contributed toartistic and archaeological journals. Roerich, with his huge andversatile talent

A Tribe Called Quest - Beastie Boys - De La Soul - Eric B. andRakim - The Fugees - KRS-One - Pete Rock and CL Smooth - PublicEnemy - The Roots - Run-DMC - Wu-Tang Clan - and twenty-five morehip-hop immortals It's a sad fact: hip-hop album liners have alwaysbeen reduced to a list of producer and sample credits, a publicityphoto or two, and some hastily composed shout-outs. That's a damnshame, because few outside the game know about the true creativeforces behind influential masterpieces like PE's It Takes a Nationof Millions. . ., De La's 3 Feet High and Rising, and Wu-Tang'sEnter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). A longtime scribe for the hip-hopnation, Brian Coleman fills this void, and delivers a thrilling,knockout oral history of the albums that define this dynamic andiconoclastic art form. The format: One chapter, one artist, onealbum, blow-by-blow and track-by-track, delivered straight from theoriginal sources. Performers, producers, DJs, and b-boys-includingBig Daddy Kane, Muggs and B-Real, Biz Markie, RZA, I

This much acclaimed book, newly available in paperback, is thedefinitive retrospective of the most popular serious artist in theworld today, covering all media over almost fifty years. Presentedthematically to show the evolution and diversity of Hockney'sprolific paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and photography,it also features quotes from the artist himself that illuminate thepassionate thinking behind the works produced. Its hugeinternational success confirms Hockney's position as the world'smost popular living artist.

Turquoise and silver is an icon of the American Southwest. Forgenerations, people have ogled these gemstones in pawn shops,jewelry shops and antiques stores, looking for a special piece ofNative American jewelry that speaks to their heart. Southwestjewelry is now valued and collected around the world. Photographs of collectible pieces reveal what the attractionis about. Whether in shades of pale aqua or deeper aquamarine, blueor jade green, Mary Emmerling reveals that the collector's hunt isabout color. And beyond jewelry, the color turquoise appearsthroughout the Southwest in architecture and decoration. After all,it's the color of calm.

The development of Soviet realist painting over fifty years through a selection of works from Russias leading museums. Socialist Realism was and remains an exceptional phenomenon in twentieth century art. It bore the challenge of promoting realist figuration on a scale without parallel in the rest of the world, employing the talents of thousands of artists over decades and spreading over an immense and varied empire. By glorifying the social role of art, affirming the primary value of content as opposed to form and restoring the central role of traditional practices, socialist Realism was the declared opponent of the modern movement, and in fact represented the only completely alternative artistic system. Created by the great Russian artists (Deineka, Malevic, Adlivankin, Laktionov, Plastov, Brodskij, Korzhev) the works present a multiplicity of questions, themes and formal approaches to art spanning from the last phases of the civil war to the beginnings of the Brezhnev era, stopping at the early 1970

Jazz is thriving in the twenty-first century, and The NewFace of Jazz is an intimate, illustrated guide to the artists,venues, and festivals of today's jazz scene. This book celebratesthe living legends, current stars, and faces of tomorrow as theycontinue to innovate and expand the boundaries of this greatmusical legacy. In their own words, artists such as McCoy Tyner, Arturo Sandoval,Diane Schuur, Terence Blanchard, Charlie Hunter, Nicholas Payton,George Benson, Maria Schneider, Christian McBride, Randy Brecker,Jean-Luc Ponty, Joe Lovano, Lee Ritenour, and more than 100 othersshare intimately about their beginnings, musical training,inspiration, and hard-earned lessons, creating a fascinating mosaicof the current jazz community. Photographer Ned Radinsky contributes 40 amazing black-and-whiteportraits of these musicians doing what they do best—playing. Anappendix offers resources for jazz education; an exclusive readinglist; and the lowdown on those organizations and societies doingtheir par

YA. The large, full-color photographs in this excellent seriesare sure to catch the attention of even the most casual browsers.Readable texts explore the creatures' habitats, behaviors, andtheir complex relationships with their main predators, humans.Historical background is given as is a plea for ecologicalconservation. Photographs are well captioned. Each book lists theenvironmental organizations that are working to preserve theanimals under discussion. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

在艾利斯的请求之下，艾一行人前往艾利斯与蒂伊的故乡——欧斯提亚。那里是一个封闭的空间，无止尽地重复着十四年前的那一年。他们试图解开时间循环的怪圈，后来得知这个怪圈与一名学生的死有关。艾锲而不舍地追寻真相，没想到那名死去的学生竟然是……艾利斯渴望“外界”，艾与他有着同样的目标。而蒂伊尽管一直追随艾利斯的脚步，最后仍与他诀别——

This book is a study of the figures and landscapes thatSargent painted from 1900 (after he was well established as one ofthe foremost portraitists of the age) through 1914 (and the arrivalof the Second World War).

A frequent commentator on NPR's All Things Considered, JulieZickefoose has painted nature virtually all her life. At the age ofseven she knew that she wanted to paint birds for a living, and herlifelong dedication shows in her paintings, which are meticulouslyaccurate as well as beautiful. The paintings used here, of scenesfrom her beloved home in southern Ohio, illuminate well-craftedessays based on her daily walks and observations. Wild turkeys,coyotes, box turtles, and a bird-eating bullfrog flap, lope, andleap through her prose. She excels at describing and exploringinteractions between people and animals, bringing her subjects tolife in just a few lines. Her husband and young children makeappearances, presenting their own challenges and pleasures. Theessays are arranged by season, starting with winter, providing asense of movement through the year.

In his highly acclaimed text, Robert Hughes points out that thereality pursued in Freud's paintings goes far beyond naturalism. Itis both startling and disconcerting, producing some of the mostpowerful and moving visual images to have appeared in the lastthirty years. Freud—once dubbed "the Ingres ofexistentialism"—has almost single-handedly redefined the figurativepainting of our time. No other living artist possesses his abilityto paint the texture and thinness of skin over flesh, and hisdistinctive portraits have a haunting quality that makes themimpossible to forget. This volume, with over one hundred superbreproductions of his greatest paintings, pays tribute to one of themost original and accomplished artists of the twentiethcentury.

Italian Frescoes: The Baroque Era, 1600-1800 presents theItalian Baroque period in its full grandeur, from the arrival inRome of the style of Annibale Carracci and his pupils through theend of the eighteenth century, when after the long predominance ofBaroque forms and expressions the pendulum swung back, bringing abrief revival of High Renaissance style. Supplementing Dr. SteffiRoettgen's text are 420 full-color images and 71 black-and-whiteillustrations and building plans. Of the twenty-two fresco cyclesfeatured, two-thirds are from the secular sphere and the rest fromsacred places, contradicting the common notion that Baroquemonumental painting is found mainly in cathedrals and other sitesof worship.The volume opens with an illustrated introductionoutlining the principles of Baroque wall and ceiling painting. Anessay introduces each fresco cycle and is followed by a portfolioof full- and double-page color plates, many of them newlyphotographed.

Each volume contains all the winning and commended entriesfrom the annual British Gas Wildlife Photographer of the YearCompetition--from the best international photographers.

Featuring 290 color images, many of them full-page, thislavish volume presents Cartier's most famous and complicatedwatches in a new never-before-published collection. Fromtheir forms to their movements, Cartier watches are unique. Theyare an enduring combination of the unexpected and theclassical. In the world of timepieces, the Cartier nameinevitably evokes a glamorous range of legendary, universallyadmired watches: the Santos, the Tortue, the Tank, the Baignoire,the Pasha de Cartier, the Panthère de Cartier, and others. This book chronicles Cartier's constant quest for excellence in themanufacture of complicated watches. From a Tortue single push-piecechronograph, created in 1929 to a contemporary Santos 100 skeletonwatch, Cartier interprets complications in its own inimitable way,always with a sense of design. Laziz Hamani's photographs capture these objects of exceptionalartistry while author and expert Jack Forster shares the spiritthat motivates each craftsman, engineer, and artist to create themost