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Symphony for a Beloved Sun

Author : Anish Kapoor,Norman Rosenthal,Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin, Germany)
Publisher : Walther Konig Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Sculpture
ISBN : 3863353285

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Symphony for a Beloved Sun by Anish Kapoor,Norman Rosenthal,Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin, Germany) Pdf

Anish Kapoor's sculptures represent an important position in contemporary art. Born in Bombay in 1954 and living in London since the early 1970s, he combines Western and Eastern influences to create special work. He became famous with large-scale sculptures in public spaces, most recently on the occasion of the Olympic games in London in 2012. His multi awardwinning work (1991 Turner prize) has been exhibited worldwide since his first solo exhibition in 1980. The monograph gives a concentrated overview of his diverse oeuvre of the last 40 years, from the pigment works to the mirror works and large polished sculptures. In the main section, the temporary, site-related works in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, such as the "....." in the spectacular, central hall, are documented in sketches, models and installation photos. These new works, which impressively frame the architecture of the Martin-Gropius-Bau, are elaborately illustrated and elucidated.

In the Shadow of the Tree and the Knot of the Earth

Author : Anish Kapoor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Sculpture
ISBN : 0947830383

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In the Shadow of the Tree and the Knot of the Earth by Anish Kapoor Pdf

This title is an artist's book, containing 160 pages of images depicting Kapoor's most recent work. Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Throughout his sculptures his fascination with darkness and light is apparent; the translucent quality of the resin works, the absorbent nature of the pigment, the radiant glow of alabaster and the fluid reflections of stainless steel and water.

I Used to Be a Design Student

Author : Billy Kiosoglou,Frank Philippin
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-18
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781780675251

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I Used to Be a Design Student by Billy Kiosoglou,Frank Philippin Pdf

This book offers a rare chance to read what graphic designers feel about their education and profession. Fifty influential designers give the low-down about their student days and their professional lives. A piece of their college work is shown alongside an example of current work. Each designer also offers a key piece of advice and a warning, making this a must-read for anyone embarking on a career in design. The book looks at the process a designer goes through in finding their 'voice'. Topics addressed include how ideas are researched and developed; design and other cultural influences, then and now; positive and negative aspects of working as a designer; motivations for becoming a designer; and whether it's really possible to teach design. Contributors include Stefan Sagmeister, James Goggin, Karlssonwilker, Studio Dumbar, Cornel Windlin, Daniel Eatock, Spin, Hyperkit and Christian Küsters.

A Portrait in 4 Movements

Author : Andrew Patner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226610085

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A Portrait in 4 Movements by Andrew Patner Pdf

“Playing in an orchestra in an intelligent way is the best school for democracy.”—Daniel Barenboim The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been led by a storied group of conductors. And from 1994 to 2015, through the best work of Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, and Riccardo Muti, Andrew Patner was right there. As a classical music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and WFMT radio, Patner was able to trace the arc of the CSO’s changing repertories, all while cultivating a deep rapport with its four principal conductors. This book assembles Patner’s reviews of the concerts given by the CSO during this time, as well as transcripts of his remarkable radio interviews with these colossal figures. These pages hold tidbits for the curious, such as Patner’s “driving survey” that playfully ranks the Maestri he knew on a scale of “total comfort” to “fright level five,” and the observation that Muti appears to be a southpaw on the baseball field. Moving easily between registers, they also open revealing windows onto the sometimes difficult pasts that brought these conductors to music in the first place, including Boulez’s and Haitink’s heartbreaking experiences of Nazi occupation in their native countries as children. Throughout, these reviews and interviews are threaded together with insights about the power of music and the techniques behind it—from the conductors’ varied approaches to research, preparing scores, and interacting with other musicians, to how the sound and personality of the orchestra evolved over time, to the ways that we can all learn to listen better and hear more in the music we love. Featuring a foreword by fellow critic Alex Ross on the ethos and humor that informed Patner’s writing, as well as an introduction and extensive historical commentary by musicologist Douglas W. Shadle, this book offers a rich portrait of the musical life of Chicago through the eyes and ears of one of its most beloved critics.

The Remarkable Farkle McBride

Author : John Lithgow
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442442450

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The Remarkable Farkle McBride by John Lithgow Pdf

In his first book, actor and musician John Lithgow introduces a memorable character, a fickle yet lovable child prodigy who brings the sounds and rhythms of an orchestra to sprawling visual life. With a double gatefold showing the entire orchestra, this is the ultimate book for the music lover in all of us.

Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz

Author : Francesca Brittan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107136328

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Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz by Francesca Brittan Pdf

An exploration of fantastic soundworlds in nineteenth-century France, providing a fresh aesthetic and compositional context for Berlioz and others.

In Green's Jungles

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 142991548X

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In Green's Jungles by Gene Wolfe Pdf

Gene Wolfe's In Green's Jungles is the second volume, after On Blue's Waters, of his ambitious SF trilogy, The Book of the Short Sun. It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest from his home on the planet Blue in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Now Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itself complex, shifting from place to place, present to past. Horn recalls visiting the Whorl, the enormous spacecraft in orbit that brought the settlers from Urth, and going thence to the planet Green, home of the blood-drinking alien inhumi. There, he led a band of mercenary soldiers, answered to the name of Rajan, and later became the ruler of a city state. He has also encountered the mysterious aliens, the Neighbors, who once inhabited both Blue and Green. He remembers a visit to Nessus, on Urth. At some point, he died. His personality now seemingly inhabits a different body, so that even his sons do not recognize him. And people mistake him for Silk, to whom he now bears a remarkable resemblance. In Green's Jungles is Wolfe's major new fiction, The Book of the Short Sun, building toward a strange and seductive climax. "Wolfe's narrative glows, rich and seductive as ever."--Kirkus Reviews At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Weaver's Lament

Author : Elizabeth Haydon
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429949224

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The Weaver's Lament by Elizabeth Haydon Pdf

Acclaimed author Elizabeth Haydon returns with a heartbreaking tale of love and valor in The Weaver’s Lament, the ninth and final installment of her USA Today bestselling Symphony of Ages series that began with Rhapsody. For a thousand years, the lands ruled by the Cymrian Alliance have been at peace. When the brutal death of a dear friend catapults the kingdom to the brink of civil war, Rhapsody finds herself in an impossible situation: forced to choose between her beloved husband, Ashe, and her two oldest friends, Grunthor and Achmed. Choosing her husband will mean the death of thousands of innocents. Siding against him will cost Rhapsody the other half of her soul, both in this life and the next. In The Weaver's Lament, the lines between the past and future are irrevocably blurred, and the strength of true love is tested in unthinkable ways. Bestselling author Elizabeth Haydon has delivered a spectacular conclusion to the Symphony of Ages. "A full-scale tale of warfare and political intrigue that high-fantasy fans will enjoy. Fans of the series will be satisfied, and newcomers will find themselves welcome." —Booklist on The Hollow Queen At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Requiem For The Sun

Author : Elizabeth Haydon
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575105034

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Requiem For The Sun by Elizabeth Haydon Pdf

The continuing adventures of Rhapsody, The Brother and Grunthor, three of the most engaging characters of modern fantasy, will take the reader ever further into the extraordinarily imagined, complex and exciting world of Elizabeth Haydon's landmark fantasy books. This is a series that spans epochs of time in a richly imagined, carefully thought out, wholly entrancing world. Haydon is unusual in her ability to create great characters, original slants on fantasy standards and cohesive imaginary worlds. This is the standout fantasy series of the early 21st century.

Strings Attached

Author : Joanne Lipman,Melanie Kupchynsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471125768

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Strings Attached by Joanne Lipman,Melanie Kupchynsky Pdf

Strings Attachedis the story of a brilliant, but ferocious music teacher who came to be known as Mr K. A Ukrainian immigrant who survived an abusive childhood to become a noted resident and teacher, Mr K used music as a means of escape. The authors, who spent their childhoods in the late 60s and 70s, rehearsing and playing together as young musicians, bring the extraordinary character of Mr K to life - from his days as a forced Nazi labourer; to his home life as a husband to an invalid wife; to his heart-breaking search to find his missing daughter; to the terrifying challenges he hurtled from behind the music stand.

The Magic Flute (Story Orchestra)

Author : Katy Flint
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0711260133

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The Magic Flute (Story Orchestra) by Katy Flint Pdf

The Story Orchestra: The Magic Flute is a beautiful retelling of the famous opera set to the sound of Mozart's music.

Finding Spiritual Whitespace

Author : Bonnie Gray
Publisher : Revell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0800721799

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Finding Spiritual Whitespace by Bonnie Gray Pdf

Move beyond Coping and Surviving to a Rejuvenating Place of Soul Rest How many of us find ourselves exhausted, running on empty with no time for rest, no time for ourselves, no time for God? Bonnie Gray knows exactly what that's like. On the brink of fulfilling a lifelong dream, Bonnie's plans suddenly went off script. Her life shattered into a debilitating journey through anxiety, panic attacks, and insomnia. But as she struggled to make sense of it all, she made an important discovery: we all need spiritual whitespace. Spiritual whitespace makes room--room in one's heart for a deep relationship with God, room in one's life for rest, room in one's soul for rejuvenation. With soul-stirring vulnerability and heartbreaking honesty, Bonnie takes readers on a personal journey to feed their souls and uncover the deeper story of rest. Lyrical writing draws readers into Gray's intimate journey through overwhelming stress to find God in a broken story and celebrate the beauty of faith. Guided by biblical encouragement and thought-provoking prompts, Gray shows readers how to create space in the everyday for God, refreshment, and faith. She also offers practical steps and insights for making spiritual whitespace a reality, right in the midst of the stress-frayed stories in every season of life. "We live in a culture that brags and boasts about being busy. Into that reality steps Bonnie with a new idea. Whitespace is an important concept and Bonnie has captured it perfectly. If you're exhausted with being exhausted, read this book. If you feel too busy to read this book, then that's probably the best sign of all that you need it."--from the foreword by Jon Acuff, New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Christians Like

Anish Kapoor

Author : Anish Kapoor,Sandhini Poddar,Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin
Publisher : Guggenheim Museum
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015079356344

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Anish Kapoor by Anish Kapoor,Sandhini Poddar,Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin Pdf

Since the early 1980s, Anish Kapoor's investigations into objecthood, materiality and gravity have explored the concept of the void, or what he describes as "objects becoming space". His sculptures, installations and public art have been characterized by intensely tactile or reflective materials, including coloured pigments, wax, fibreglass, polished stainless steel and PVC, that resist any narrative reading. Deutsche Guggenheim's ambitious commission opens to the public in October 2008 and travels to New York in 2009. It is conceived as an intervention in the galleries that prevents any one complete viewing or experience of the work. Fabricated of Cor-Ten steel, with industrial hinges and flanges exposed, the work tests the boundaries between sculpture and painting, as one opening brings viewers into a cavernous, expansive paint field. This accompanying catalogue offers four points of entry into the work: through philosophy, postcolonial and architectural theory, and structural analysis, and is accompanied by preparatory sketches and architectural renderings.

The Book of Love

Author : Stanley Martin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847535191

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The Book of Love by Stanley Martin Pdf

....The year of a strange man living by the sea with his beloved wife who is "falling..".. ...To save her O. does many things, but mostly confronts his unconscious anima "Pandora..".. ....This war with his own self, him already a "King" ends in another Parallel, and the evocation of a being like Ted Hughes' "Crow..".. Stanley MARTIN is a theorist and ex-media teacher, and expert on "myth.."..

More Brilliant than the Sun

Author : Kodwo Eshun
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781784786748

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More Brilliant than the Sun by Kodwo Eshun Pdf

The classic work on the music of Afrofuturism, from jazz to jungle More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction is one of the most extraordinary books on music ever written. Part manifesto for a militant posthumanism, part journey through the unacknowledged traditions of diasporic science fiction, this book finds the future shock in Afrofuturist sounds from jazz, dub and techno to funk, hip hop and jungle. By exploring the music of such musical luminaries as Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Lee Perry, Dr Octagon, Parliament and Underground Resistance, theorist and artist Kodwo Eshun mobilises their concepts in order to open the possibilities of sonic fiction: the hitherto unexplored intersections between science fiction and organised sound. Situated between electronic music history, media theory, science fiction and Afrodiasporic studies, More Brilliant than the Sun is one of the key works to stake a claim for the generative possibilities of Afrofuturism. Much referenced since its original publication in 1998, but long unavailable, this new edition includes an introduction by Kodwo Eshun as well as texts by filmmaker John Akomfrah and producer Steve Goodman aka kode9.