The Lady in Gold - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lady in Gold write by Anne-Marie O'Connor. This book was released on 2015-03-31. The Lady in Gold available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. National Bestseller The true story that inspired the movie Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. Contributor to the Washington Post Anne-Marie O’Connor brilliantly regales us with the galvanizing story of Gustav Klimt’s 1907 masterpiece—the breathtaking portrait of a Viennese Jewish socialite, Adele Bloch-Bauer. The celebrated painting, stolen by Nazis during World War II, subsequently became the subject of a decade-long dispute between her heirs and the Austrian government. When the U.S. Supreme Court became involved in the case, its decision had profound ramifications in the art world. Expertly researched, masterfully told, The Lady in Gold is at once a stunning depiction of fin-de siècle Vienna, a riveting tale of Nazi war crimes, and a fascinating glimpse into the high-stakes workings of the contemporary art world. One of the Best Books of the Year: The Huffington Post, The Christian Science Monitor. Winner of the Marfield National Award for Arts Writing. Winner of a California Book Award.
Stolen Beauty
Stolen Beauty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stolen Beauty write by Laurie Lico Albanese. This book was released on 2017-02-07. Stolen Beauty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Color illustration and map on lining papers.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ernst Ludwig Kirchner write by Pamela Kort. This book was released on 2008. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A founding member of the early twentieth century German avant garde artists' group "Die Brücke," Ernst Ludwig Kirchner moved to Berlin in 1912 and became enthralled by what he called "the symphony of the great city." He responded to the intensity of Berlin's street life by recording the urban spectacle around him--most notably in "Berlin Street Scene" (1913-14), which is widely considered one of the greatest German paintings of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated, scholarly volume--written and edited by the noted independent curator and art historian Pamela Kort--provides a full exploration of the history and significance of Kirchner's masterpiece. Featuring full reproductions and details of "Berlin Street Scene" and other related artworks, as well as plentiful documentary photographs and supporting materials, this volume illuminates the ominous force of nervous energy and sexual tension that Kirchner sensed lurking beneath the veneer of civilized life.
Lady Gold
Lady Gold - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lady Gold write by Angela Amato. This book was released on 1998-07-15. Lady Gold available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Angela Amato is a former NYPD detective who left the force and became a legal aid attorney. Her reasons for going over to the other side are shared by Gerry Conte, the detective in Lady Gold who is assigned to baby-sit a young mobster-turned-informant who is being kept "on ice" while he is telling what he knows and can learn. Conte goes with him on "dates" and spends time chatting with him - a useful way of coaxing information out. She also has the courage to worm her way into the confidence of his Mafioso uncle Tony. And as time goes on, the feeling between the gold shield detective who hates what the mobsters do to the reputation of honest Italian-Americans and the young wiseguy who thinks he can go through life without paying for his actions edges into an odd and moving love story.
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gustav Klimt write by Susanna Partsch. This book was released on 2012. Gustav Klimt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The enfant terrible of the Viennese art scene, Klimt was notorious for his portraits of beautiful women. Illustrated with color reproductions, this book profiles the women who figured in the artist's life and on his canvases. The author looks beyond the standard assumption that Klimt was a hardhearted philanderer, pointing instead to his committed and loving relationship with Emilie Flöge that prevailed despite the parade of beautiful women who wandered in and out of the artist's studio. Partsch demonstrates Klimt's role in the evolution of portrait painting, which helped usher in the age of Expressionism.
