Marriage As A Fine Art

Author : Julia Kristeva,Philippe Sollers
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780231543033

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Marriage as a Fine Art by Julia Kristeva,Philippe Sollers Pdf

"We found so much to say, to share, to learn.... For it wasn't just the Marquis de Sade profile and the sporty thighs-and-calves that seduced me. It was even more, perhaps, or certainly just as much, the speed at which you used to read, and still do."—Julia Kristeva "We're married, Julia and I, that's a fact, but we each have our own personalities, our own name, activities, and freedom. Love is the full recognition of the other in their otherness. If this other is very close to you, as in this case, it seems to me that what's at stake is harmony within difference. The difference between men and women is irreducible; there's no possibility of fusion."—Philippe Sollers Marriage as a Fine Art is an enchanting series of exchanges in which Julia Kristeva and Philippe Sollers, married for fifty years, speak candidly about their love. Though they live separately, Kristeva and Sollers are fully committed to each other. Their bond is intellectual and psychological, passionate and mundane. They share everything when together, and lose themselves in their interests when apart. Their marriage is art, rich with history and meaning, idiosyncratic, and dynamic in its expression. Yet it is also as common as they come. Kristeva and Sollers have lived through the same challenges, peaks, and lulls as all married couples do. With humor and honesty, they elaborate on these moments, turning marriage's familiar aspects into exceptional examples of relating, struggling, transcending, and being. Marriage as a Fine Art is a rare chance to know these intellectuals—and marriage—more intimately.

Author : Donald B. Curtis,Catherine B. Curtis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0970171501

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The Fine Art of Marriage by Donald B. Curtis,Catherine B. Curtis Pdf

Author : Wilfred Arlan Peterson
Publisher : Souvenir Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Marriage
ISBN : 0285637207

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Art of Marriage by Wilfred Arlan Peterson Pdf

The most frequently recited English-language wedding poem and one of the greatest odes to matrimony, "The Art of Marriage" embodies the sentiments, the ideals, and the love to which any marriage aspires. The memorable simplicity of its language makes the poem a touchstone for all couples, both at the start of a relationship and after the blessing of a lifetime in love. The poem is accompanied by inspiring illustrations, making it a wonderful gift for wedding day guests, a couple celebrating an anniversary, or a partner.

Author : Jose Villa,Jeff Kent
Publisher : Amphoto Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780817449711

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Fine Art Wedding Photography by Jose Villa,Jeff Kent Pdf

Many semi-pro and professional wedding photographers are looking to "wake up" their style, stay current, and stimulate business. And today, that means lifestyle photography, also referred to as "fine art wedding photography." Fine art wedding photography isn't just a catchy phrase; it's a modern approach in which design is paramount. Fine art wedding images are more graphic and stylized than traditional wedding photojournalism, as if they were pulled from the pages of a glossy wedding or lifestyle magazine. Acclaimed wedding photographer Jose Villa was a pioneer in fine art wedding photography before it became a trendy buzzword. Here, he shares his secrets for bringing a stylized sense of composition, lighting, posing, and most important, design, to your images, while still keeping them organic and narrative. You’ll learn Jose’s trademark technique of capturing the more natural moment after a pose, and tips for getting images right in-camera to avoid the need for heavy postproduction. Final chapters show you how to integrate design through the delivered product, whether an album or slideshow, and continue nurturing clients after the wedding by expanding to baby and family portraiture. Packed with real-life examples, solid techniques, and stunning images from one of the wedding industry's brightest stars, this book will both educate and inspire photographers seeking to update their work and satisfy a new generation of brides.

Author : Albert William Beaven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Marriage
ISBN : LCCN:42009690

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The Fine Art of Living Together by Albert William Beaven Pdf

Author : David B. Elliott
Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015063676244

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A Pre-Raphaelite Marriage by David B. Elliott Pdf

"As occasional model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, and the subject of several photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) remains a well-known face of the Pre-Raphaelite era. Her circle of friends included William Michael Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, George Frederic Watts, William and Jane Morris, and James Abbott MacNeill Whistler." "Her husband, William James Stillman (1828-1901), a New Englander by birth, was an important figure in the development of American taste for a domestic school of painting. In 1855, with John Ruskin's encouragement, he founded and edited The Crayon, the first successful American fine art journal; William Michael Rossetti acted as London correspondent. Stillman painted with members of the Hudson River school and was a pioneering and creative photographer. Following his marriage to Marie he worked for The Times as a war correspondent and Rome correspondent from 1876 until his retirement in 1898." "This is the first biography of Marie Spartali Stillman. Based on complete access to her family's archives, it fully examines her work as well as placing it in social and personal context. This illustrated book catalogues more than 170 of her works, many previously unknown. As much of her work can only be found in private collections, many of the paintings illustrated here have not been seen by the public since 1908." --Book Jacket.

Author : Eli J. Finkel
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780698411456

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The All-or-Nothing Marriage by Eli J. Finkel Pdf

“After years of debate and inquiry, the key to a great marriage remained shrouded in mystery. Until now...”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Eli J. Finkel's insightful and ground-breaking investigation of marriage clearly shows that the best marriages today are better than the best marriages of earlier eras. Indeed, they are the best marriages the world has ever known. He presents his findings here for the first time in this lucid, inspiring guide to modern marital bliss. The All-or-Nothing Marriage reverse engineers fulfilling marriages—from the “traditional” to the utterly nontraditional—and shows how any marriage can be better. The primary function of marriage from 1620 to 1850 was food, shelter, and protection from violence; from 1850 to 1965, the purpose revolved around love and companionship. But today, a new kind of marriage has emerged, one oriented toward self-discover, self-esteem, and personal growth. Finkel combines cutting-edge scientific research with practical advice; he considers paths to better communication and responsiveness; he offers guidance on when to recalibrate our expectations; and he even introduces a set of must-try “lovehacks.” This is a book for the newlywed to the empty nester, for those thinking about getting married or remarried, and for anyone looking for illuminating advice that will make a real difference to getting the most out of marriage today.

Author : Carol Bishop-Gwyn
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780345808424

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Art and Rivalry by Carol Bishop-Gwyn Pdf

The unauthorized biography of Canada's most famous artist couple and the rivalry that drove them. She painted as if with pure light, radiant colours making quotidian kitchen scenes come alive with sublimated drama. He painted like clockwork, each stroke precise and measured with exquisite care, leaving no angle unchecked and no subtlety of tone unattended. Some would say Mary Pratt was fire and Christopher, ice. And yet Newfoundland's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (or Jackson Pollack and Lee Krasner...) presented their marriage as a portrait of harmony and balance. But balance off the canvas rarely makes great art, and the Pratts' art was spectacular. As a youth at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Mary pursued her future husband, a prodigious art talent, and supported his determination to study painting instead of medicine. They married and removed themselves to a Newfoundland outport where his painting alone provided the means to raise a family. But as Mary's own talents became evident and she sought her own hours at the easel, when not raising their four children, and as rumours of Christopher's affair with a young model spread, the Pratts' harmonious exterior slowly cracked, to scandal in Newfoundland and fascination across the country. A marriage ended, and gave way to a furious competition for dominance in Canadian art.

Author : Dilys Evans
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0811849716

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Show and Tell by Dilys Evans Pdf

Explores the work fo twelve contemporary illustators of children's books and discusses the techniques and features of effective illustration across a variety of styles and media.

Author : Patricia Mainardi
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 030010104X

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Husbands, Wives, and Lovers by Patricia Mainardi Pdf

In this interdisciplinary exploration of the cultural and social history of early 19th-century France, Patricia Mainardi focuses on what was considered a major social problem of the time - adultery. In a period when expectations about marriage were changing, the problems of husbands, wives and lovers became a major theme in theatre, literature and the visual arts. The author demonstrates that this intense interest was historically grounded in the post-revolutionary collision between the new concept of the individual's right to happiness and the traditional prerogatives of family and state. duty or happiness more important? Are arranged marriages doomed to be empty of love and poisoned by adultery? Should adulterous wives and their lovers be punished while husbands may commit adultery with impunity? Out of such legal, social and cultural debates ultimately emerged modern bourgeois family values, Mainardi argues. And she illuminates how art, in all its varieties, both influences and is influenced by social change.

Author : Jean Gibran
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781623710521

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Love Made Visible by Jean Gibran Pdf

A TOUCHING MEMOIR OF ART AND MARRIAGE IN BOSTON’S VIBRANT SOUTH END In Love Made Visible, Jean Gibran portrays her role as spouse of a gifted artist and their often stormy family life together in Boston’s diverse South End. In the process, she vividly recalls to life the prolific Boston Expressionist art scene to which the South End was home. Retracing the course of her fifty-year marriage to sculptor Kahlil Gibran, cousin of the noted poet Gibran Kahlil Gibran, she reflects on the trials and joys of defying conventions of the 1950s, embracing another culture, raising a child in the household of a driven artist, and enabling her husband’s passion for sculpture and craft. Like her “mostly happy marriage,” and the fiercely local and independent artistic movement to which she pays homage, Gibran’s moving, idiosyncratic memoir finds its own form as she confronts the costs—and reaffirms the value—of creative commitment, in art and in life. Accompanying the memoir are a summary of the sculptor Gibran’s work, brief biographical sketches of many mid-twentieth-century artists and personalities who populated Boston and Provincetown, and commentaries by art historian Charles Giuliani of Berkshire Fine Arts and museum director and curator Katherine French of the Danforth Museum of Art.

Author : Devorah Baum
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780300274417

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On Marriage by Devorah Baum Pdf

A compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book about marriage, from an acclaimed critic and filmmaker “Baum is an erudite and entertaining guide through the landscape of marriage. . . . A fascinating exploration.”—Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian “As far back as our history books go, we have no record of a time preceding marriage. Isn’t that an extraordinary fact?” So writes Devorah Baum in this searching and revelatory book. Marriage, for better or for worse, is how humans have organized their world and told their story. Straight, queer, coupled, single: none live outside the remit of marriage. One might as well try to live beyond language. But when confronted with the question “What do intellectuals think of marriage?” Baum concludes that most philosophers have preferred to avoid the subject. Is marriage then an intellectual blind spot? To fill in the gaps, she draws on a wide range of cultural material, from the classical to the contemporary, while interweaving reflections on her own experiences of matrimony to both critique and celebrate marriage’s many contradictions and its profound effects on us all. In doing so, she reveals how marriage has worked as a cover story for power and its abuses on the one hand, and for subversive and even utopian relational practices on the other. Entertaining, illuminating, consoling, and candid, On Marriage is an unprecedented investigation of what we are really talking about when we talk about marriage.

Author : Phyllis Rose
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1984-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780394725802

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Parallel Lives by Phyllis Rose Pdf

In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor: Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot--née Marian Evans.

Author : Vijaya Kumar
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8120718186

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Marriage by Vijaya Kumar Pdf

Author : Les Parrott,Leslie Parrott
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0310501318

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The Marriage Mentor Manual by Les Parrott,Leslie Parrott Pdf

Now there's a practical guidebook for seasoned couples who'd like to apply their experience to assist newlyweds through the ups and downs of the first year of marriage. In this book, Drs. Parrot draw from their expertise and personal insights from marriage to address issues such as establishing good mentoring relationships, helping couples become soul mates, and helping newlyweds manage conflict.