<p>As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)</p>

Die Flexion Des Substantivs in Den Sltesten Metrischen Denkmalern Des Franzosischen Und Im Charlemag (German Edition)

History

Schneider, Bernhard

Europe

BiblioLife

Amedeo Modigliani led the dissipated, extravagant life of a bohemian in Paris at the beginning of this century. Yet in this apparently glittering and restless life, which came to a sudden end when he was just 35, is not reflected in his work at all. Modigliani's paintings and sculptures are marked by cool detachment, with often archaically austere depictions of the human figure and acutely characterized portraits. The avant-garde movements of the time, such as Cubism, Fauvism, and Futurism, had little effect on his art.It is not theory, but the human being that lies at the center of Modigliani's work. He drew inspiration from artists of the Renaissance and the Rococo periods for his distanced, dignified portraits. His preferred models were friends and his companion Jeanne Hebuterne, but he also depicted simple country people.The author provides a sympathetic interpretation of Modigliani's career. She charts the artist's development from the penetrating psychological studies of his early portraits, through images of a more decorative nature - the graceful figures with the famous almond-shaped eyes and swan-like necks - to his mature depictions of nudes, which remain valid icons of femininity.

Amedeo Modigliani (Pegasus Library)

Arts & Photography

Taylor, Mark C.

Kruszynski, Anette

History & Criticism

Prestel

Daniel Libeskind Judisches Museum Berlin /allemand

Reference

<p>Scarcely any other contemporary building has been the focus of so much attention and heated discussion as the Jewish Museum in Berlin. This guide to the museum's architecture sheds light on its symbolism as well as on the philosophy behind it. The historic and social significance of this museum extends far beyond the bounds of the city. Its already famous zigzag structure challenges the very way we regard architecture. German, Japanese, French and Italian versions available.</p>

Daniel Libeskind: Jewish Museum Berlin

Libeskind, Daniel

Das Ardennen Artefakt

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Wurdack Verlag

Die Ziqqurrat Von Nippur Im 1 (marru, 12) (German Edition)

Ancient Civilizations

Zaphon

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