The Secret Portrait

Author : Lillian Stewart Carl
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781557429230

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The Secret Portrait by Lillian Stewart Carl Pdf

Fleeing an academic scandal and a broken marriage, Jean Fairbairn has come to Scotland to work for an Edinburgh-based history and travel magazine. But when Jean heads for the Highlands to investigate the 18th century mystery of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure, she finds herself involved in a contemporary murder case - and not as an innocent bystander, either. Alasdair Cameron, the police detective in charge, has his own perspective on reality and illusion. The American dot-com millionaire living out his tartan fantasies in a restored mansion is the loosest of loose cannons. His trophy wife isn't necessarily standing by her man. Their housekeeper knows what's going to happen before it does. And their youth piper is a kilted daydream, even though his parents are nightmares. If butting heads - not to mention hearts - with Cameron isn't enough to do Jean in, then a killer is waiting and watching, with a motive for murder not hidden nearly deeply enough in the past.

Author : Ilaria Bernardini
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643136196

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The Portrait by Ilaria Bernardini Pdf

“Electric. A wildly astute plunge into the depths of love, rivalry, betrayal and the power of women.”—Bill Clegg An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martìn Acla, a prominent businessman. When his sudden stroke makes headlines, her world implodes; the idea of losing him is terrifying. Desperate to find a way to be present during her lover's final days, Valeria commissions his artist wife, Isla, to paint her portrait—insinuating herself into Martìn's family home and life. In the grand, chaotic London mansion where the man they share—husband, father, lover—lies in a coma, Valeria and Isla remain poised on the brink, transfixed by one another. Day after day, the two women talk to each other during the sittings, revealing truths, fragilities and strengths. But does Isla know of the writer's long involvement with Martìn? Does Valeria grasp the secrets that Isla harbors? Amidst their own private turmoil, the stories of their lives are exchanged, and as the portrait takes shape, we watch these complex and extraordinary women struggle while the love of their lives departs, in an unforgettable, breathless tale of deception and mystery that captivates until the very end.

Author : Julia L. Kay
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781607749974

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Portrait Revolution by Julia L. Kay Pdf

Based on the popular international collaborative art project, Julia Kay's Portrait Party, this book features hundreds of portraits in multiple mediums and styles teamed with tips and insights on the artistic process. The human face is one of the most important subjects for artists, no matter their chosen medium. Pulling from 50,000 works of portraiture created by the artists of the international online collaborative project Julia Kay’s Portrait Party, Portrait Revolution presents a new look at this topic—one that doesn’t limit itself to one medium, one style, one technique, or one artist. By presenting portraits in pencil, pen, charcoal, oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, mixed media, digital media, collage, and more, Julia Kay and co. demonstrate the limitless possibilities available to aspiring artists or even to professional artists who are looking to expand creatively. Along with works in almost every conceivable medium, Portrait Revolution shines a spotlight on different portrait-making techniques and styles (featuring everything from realism to abstraction). With tips, insights, and recommendations from accomplished portrait artists from around the globe, this all-in-one inspiration resource provides everything you’ll need to kick-start your own portrait-making adventure.

Author : George P. BURNHAM
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026549362

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Memoirs of the United States Secret Service ... With Accurate Portraits of Prominent Members of the Detective Force ... and a Brief Account of the Life of Col. H. C. Whitley, Etc by George P. BURNHAM Pdf

Author : Daniel Silva
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062834928

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Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva Pdf

In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over the day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are discreetly enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. For his part, Gabriel spends his days wandering the streets and canals of the watery city, bidding farewell to the demons of his tragic, violent past. But when the eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood asks Gabriel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rediscovery and lucrative sale of a centuries-old painting, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems. Gabriel soon discovers that the work in question, a portrait of an unidentified woman attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, is almost certainly a fiendishly clever fake. To find the mysterious figure who painted it—and uncover a multibillion-dollar fraud at the pinnacle of the art world—Gabriel conceives one of the most elaborate deceptions of his career. If it is to succeed, he must become the very mirror image of the man he seeks: the greatest art forger the world has ever known. Stylish, sophisticated, and ingeniously plotted, Portrait of an Unknown Woman is a wildly entertaining journey through the dark side of the art world—a place where unscrupulous dealers routinely deceive their customers and deep-pocketed investors treat great paintings as though they were just another asset class to be bought and sold at a profit. From its elegant opening to the shocking twists of its climax, the novel is a tour de force of storytelling and one of the finest pieces of heist fiction ever written. And it is still more proof that, when it comes to international intrigue and suspense, Daniel Silva has no equal.

Author : Chris Orwig
Publisher : Rocky Nook, Inc.
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781681983486

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Authentic Portraits by Chris Orwig Pdf

The most successful portraits take us well beyond the surface of how someone looks and show us the inner essence of who someone is. They reveal character, soul, and depth. They uncover hidden hopes and profound truths, revealing that authentic and deeply human light that shines within. And while technical expertise is undoubtedly important, it’s not the light, camera, or pose that creates a great portrait. It’s you, and it’s the connection you create with the subject that makes all the difference. In Authentic Portraits, photographer Chris Orwig teaches you that the secret to creating meaningful portraits is simple: curiosity, empathy, kindness, and soul…plus a bit of technique. While Chris spends significant time on the fundamentals of “getting the shot”—working with natural light, nailing focus, dialing in the correct exposure, effectively posing and directing the subject, intentionally composing the frame—he also passionately discusses the need for personal development, creative collaboration, and connection with the subject. Because who you are directly and deeply affects what you create, and it is only through cultivating your own inner light that you will be able to bring it out in your subjects. Filled with instruction, insight, and inspiration, Authentic Portraits is an honest and personal book about creating better frames. It’s also about becoming your best self. Take the journey, and you’ll learn to find your vision and voice, bring intention to your photography and your life, embrace mystery, and understand the importance of gratitude and empathy. Along the way, you will teach the camera to see in a way that replicates how you feel, and you’ll find you have all you need to create work of lasting significance.

Author : Edwin Bormann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4500360

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The Shakespeare-secret by Edwin Bormann Pdf

Author : Michal Peled Ginsburg
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780823262618

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Portrait Stories by Michal Peled Ginsburg Pdf

What makes stories about portraits so gripping and unsettling? Portrait Stories argues that it is the ways they problematize the relation between subjectivity and representation. Through close readings of short stories and novellas by Poe, James, Hoffmann, Gautier, Nerval, Balzac, Kleist, Hardy, Wilde, Storm, Sand, and Gogol, the author shows how the subjectivities of sitter, painter, and viewer are produced in relation to representations shaped by particular interests and power relations, often determined by gender as well as by class. She focuses on the power that can accrue to the painter from the act of representation (often at the expense of the portrait’s subject), while also exploring how and why this act may threaten the portrait painter’s sense of self. Analyzing the viewer’s relation to the portrait, she demonstrates how portrait stories problematize the very act of seeing and with it the way subjectivity is constructed in the field of vision.

Author : M. J. Rose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476778129

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The Library of Light and Shadow by M. J. Rose Pdf

Sought by society patrons who admire her ability to create stunning "shadow portraits" revealing her subjects' most scandalous secrets, a mystical artist in 1925 Manhattan renounces her gift in the wake of a tragedy and flees to southern France.

Author : Jules Beaujoint
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590065007

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The secret memoirs of madame la marquise de Pompadour by Jules Beaujoint Pdf

Author : Mark Cleghorn
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Photography
ISBN : 157990548X

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Portrait Photography by Mark Cleghorn Pdf

All great portraits, whether they are taken on film or digitally, depend on the photographer's ability to use light and pose the subject. Learn the essential techniques of these two important elements and you'll produce remarkable images every time. Book jacket.

Author : Susan S. Williams
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781512808872

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Confounding Images by Susan S. Williams Pdf

Susan Williams recovers the literary and cultural significance of early photography in an important rereading of American fiction in the decades preceding the Civil War. The rise of photography occurred simultaneously with the rapid expansion of magazine publication in America, and Williams analyzes the particular role that periodicals such as Godey's Lady's Book, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and Atkinson's Casket played in defining how photography was received. At the center of the book are readings of a stunning array of fiction by forgotten and canonical writers alike, including Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and Sarah Hale, as well as extended interpretations of Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables and The Marble Faun and Herman Melville's Pierre. In a concluding section, Williams offers a view of the fictional portrait in the later nineteenth century, when the proliferation of illustrated books once again transformed the relation between word and image in American culture.

Author : Maurice Leblanc
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Secret Tomb by Maurice Leblanc Pdf

The Secret Tomb is the twelfth novel in the Arsene Lupin series of books by French author Maurice Leblanc. The French version was called 'Dorothée, Danseuse de Corde'.

Author : Audrey Geisel
Publisher : Random House
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995-10-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780679434481

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The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Audrey Geisel Pdf

These fabulous, whimsical paintings, created for his own pleasure and never shown to the public, show Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) in a whole new light. Depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly settings, the paintings use a dazzling rainbow of hues not seen in the primary-color palette of his books for children, and exhibit a sophisticated and often quite unrestrained side of the artist. 65 color illustrations.

Author : Anne-Louise Willoughby
Publisher : Fremantle Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781925815214

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Nora Heysen: A Portrait by Anne-Louise Willoughby Pdf

Hahndorf artist Nora Heysen was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize, and Australia's first female painter to be appointed as an official war artist. A portraitist and a flower painter, Nora Heysen's life was defined by an all-consuming drive to draw and paint. In 1989, aged 78, Nora re-emerged on the Australian art scene when the nation's major art institutions restored her position after years of artistic obscurity. Extensively researched, and containing artworks and photographs from the painter's life, this is the first biography of the artist, and it has been enthusiastically embraced by the Heysen family. This authorized biography coincides with a major retrospective of the works of Nora and her father, landscape painter Hans Heysen, to be held at the National Gallery of Victoria in March 2019.