Past Present: Historicism in Art from Donatello to Picasso (UNA’s Lectures)

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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Customer Review: Fly High
San Francisco is a one of a kind city. I fell in love with the spirit of the city long before I ever visited and once there fell in love with it all over again. There are so many things about the city that people can associate with and although it is quite a bit of a tourist mecca there is much more to the life of the city than meets the eye. It was in this spirit that I approached thiis film, having been referred to it on my last visit where I took an alternative route up and down from Coit Tower involving many, many steps. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill has a certain charm and naievete much like the city where it was shot. Perhaps San Francisco is the only city in the world where wild birds could bring about a career from nothing from a self-confessed Dharma Bum. Beautifully shot with considerable care and obvious affection for each and every one of the subjects including the humans, this beautiful little movie is full of life and hope. If there was ever a spirit of the sixties it lives on in the tolerance the locals have for the birds and their admirers and perhaps there is a lesson for all environmentalists here in the faceof global warming. It is a beautiful and at once a sad tale and throughout we come to recognise the individual birds almost as people with whom we share some growing up time. If anything it is a film which celebrates the uniqueness of San Francisco and it’s many inhabitants which makes it quite unlike any other city on this earth.

Picasso: Magic Sex Death [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays Customer Review: a simple comedic masterpiece.
being a fan of steve martin’s bare faced, honest, goofy humour, i was happily surprised to read the gem that is ’shopgirl’, a sweet tale of ordinary people in ordinary lives finding each other out of the ordinary. if you’ve read that book, and if not, i highly recommend that you do, and noted martin’s knack for observing the mundane in a multicoloured and somewhat neurotic light, then this collection of plays of bizarre scenes will delight you. an unpretentious set of pieces that will come to life inside your head and truly make you laugh. hilarious characters in almost normal situations, somehow their outlandish attitudes and behaviours are so familiarly human.
subtly satirical and, quite simply, very very funny. a must for anyone who enjoys real comedy
Customer Review: a master of comedy. simple, delightful.
being a fan of steve martin’s bare faced, honest, goofy humour, i was happily surprised to read the gem that is ’shopgirl’, a sweet tale of ordinary people in ordinary lives finding each other out of the ordinary. if you’ve read that book, and if not, i highly recommend that you do, and noted martin’s knack for observing the mundane in a multicoloured and somewhat neurotic light, then this collection of plays of bizarre scenes will delight you. an unpretentious set of pieces that will come to life inside your head and truly make you laugh. hilarious characters in almost normal situations, somehow their outlandish attitudes and behaviours are so familiarly human.
subtly satirical and, quite simply, very very funny. a must for anyone who enjoys real comedy.

Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form (Art & Design S.)

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Customer Review: Brief history of the lost cities being re-discovered
This book tells of the ‘modern world’ discovering the lost cities of the Maya. It lists the sequence of modern travellers to the district, starting with the Spanish explorers, and the progressive compilation and understanding of the discoveries made at the sites through to the 20th century. It has some excellent early photographs of the cities prior to their recovery from the jungle and makes some interesting comparisons of the views each explorer made. While providing an account of who, how and when these discoveries were made it holds little information on the cities themselves. Thus this is not a book for those looking to get in depth information on the Mayans and understand what is believed to have happened in these cites. One other interesting factor of the book is that it contains the transcripts of early documents written by the explorers - including letters to the Spanish king - which give a good idea of how impressive these cities were to the earliest discoverers.
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Picasso’s War: The Extraordinary Story of an Artist, an Atrocity and a Painting That Shook the World Customer Review: Fascinating story of a masterpiece
As all the reviews have said, this is a fascinating story of a masterpiece. The Spanish Civil War and Picasso’s life are well explainedto put the story of the painting itself into both contexts.
I’ll justadd that the book is let down by a lack of illustrations (the only one isof the painting itself), and by the lack of an index.
Customer Review: Flawed masterpiece
As ‘Guernica’ was the painting that introduced me to the works of Picasso, I was really looking forward to this book.

And it’s a convincing tale well told - with such a work of art (still) inextricably linked to international politics and war (both world and civil) Russell Martin does a competent job of placing the work into the necessary socio-political context.

The illustrations don’t do the painting justice - but how can you adequately illustrate Guernica in a small book anyway? Even weighty art books about the painting stuggle with this.

It’s a history of ‘Guernica’ as symbolic art rather than an analysis of the painting per se, whereas some fans may want to know more about the creative processes behind the production of the painting.

More ‘art’ and a larger format may have made this a great book, but as it stands it’s certainly a good book about the trials and tribulations of a great painting.

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Barcelona and Modernity: Gaudi, Picasso, Miro, Dali

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Picasso and Jacqueline

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Pablo Ruiz Picasso: A Biography

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Customer Review: First in the Charlie Priest Series
Stuart Pawson had a career as a mining engineer He followed this with a spell working for the probation service, before he became a full-time writer. He lives in the pleasant waterside village of Fairburn in Yorkshire. The plot revolves around a now well respected businessman, a pillar of the community everyone might say. That is everyone except Inspector Charlie Priest who has more than an inkling that he was involved in international art fraud. But if he takes his suspicions to the limit he is taking on an enemy with friends in high places. Charlie Priest is not one to be put off by a man’s status in society and when he comes up with a link with heroin, not threat, no matter from what source or how high up is going to stop him. Art fraud is one thing pedaling lethal drugs is another . . .
Customer Review: A great start
A great start to a very enjoyable set of DI Charlie Priest novels. Plausable story lines with nice “one liners” that make you smile and occasionally laugh out loud. Highly recommend these books to anyone looking for a good read.
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Sketchbook of Picasso Je Suis Le Customer Review: Sshh…. work in progress…
While enduring the labours of my Scottish Higher in Art and Design I came across this book lying on my tutor’s desk. Upon my first flick, I became immediately detached from my studies to spend the rest of my afternoon reading. This book left me in awe (at the age of 17 I had only begun to study famous artists and their impact upon movements in art) I felt that I had gained a tremendous insight into the way Picasso thought.

His sketchbooks contain alot of beautiful work. There are many portraits and figurative studies which evolve throughout the book. They gradually become more deformed and abstract; something that you do not get to see in “overview” books. The enormous significance of these sketchbooks is hard to absorb, after all, they are the blue-prints of some of the most famous paintings ever created.

Buy this book, and you will be captivated. Do it now.

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Dora Maar - With and Without Picasso: A Biography

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Customer Review: Excellent Art, Science and Integration of the Two
Professor Miller’s book demonstrates an impressive knowledge across the histories of art and science, a knowledge that is sufficiently deep to allow a clarity of expression that contains some of the best writing I have seen on art history, and that is also very good on theories of physics. Miller argues strongly that Picasso’s Demoiselles was influenced, amongst other things, by ideas of Non-Euclidean Geometry and the Fourth Dimension, transmitted via the writings of Poincare and via Princet - the “mathematician in residence” of the Cubists. Whilst he paints a more detailed and convincing story of this than does Linda Henderson’s seminal work on the topic, I was personally left unconvinced that these ideas of mathematics and science were necessary components of Picasso’s startling insights. That shouldn’t detract from reading an extremely well written book, that is both very descriptive of two fields of human endeavour, and pleasingly integrative between them. I was particularly pleased by the emphasis given to the aesthetic (and anti-positivist) nature of leading scientific thought - this is a message that needs to be conveyed to those whose grasp of the meaning of science is dangerously flawed. Above all, the linking theme between Einstein and Picasso is their humanity - or perhaps their “super” humanity, their common ability to process information in astounding and breakthrough ways - this is a message that needs to be clearly transmitted and received at a time when increasing specialisation across disciplines can lead to unhelpful stereotyping, and self-fulfilling prophecy. People who know a bit about art, or physics will gain a lot of insight into the other world from this book. People who think scientists are rational calculating machines, and people who think Picasso couldn’t paint (you know who you are), should be bought this as a gift by those who know differently!
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Picasso’s War: The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece That Changed the World
Customer Review: Fascinating story of a masterpiece
As all the reviews have said, this is a fascinating story of a masterpiece. The Spanish Civil War and Picasso’s life are well explainedto put the story of the painting itself into both contexts.
I’ll justadd that the book is let down by a lack of illustrations (the only one isof the painting itself), and by the lack of an index.

Customer Review: Flawed masterpiece
As ‘Guernica’ was the painting that introduced me to the works of Picasso, I was really looking forward to this book.

And it’s a convincing tale well told - with such a work of art (still) inextricably linked to international politics and war (both world and civil) Russell Martin does a competent job of placing the work into the necessary socio-political context.

The illustrations don’t do the painting justice - but how can you adequately illustrate Guernica in a small book anyway? Even weighty art books about the painting stuggle with this.

It’s a history of ‘Guernica’ as symbolic art rather than an analysis of the painting per se, whereas some fans may want to know more about the creative processes behind the production of the painting.

More ‘art’ and a larger format may have made this a great book, but as it stands it’s certainly a good book about the trials and tribulations of a great painting.

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Making Modernism: Picasso and the Creation of the Market for Twentieth-Century Art

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Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham and Gandhi
Customer Review: Best Overview of Similarities in Creative Lives
Many have written about creativity, but few have considered creativity in the context of a cognitive model. Professor Gardner has added greatly to my understanding of what creative people’s lives are like, by focusing on people from a variety of fields (from politics, to dance, to music, to physics, to poetry).

A key lesson for me was that creativity can cause problems for the creative person. Having seen some of the bad habits outlined in this book, we can each see how we can become more creative and also avoid some of the pitfalls. Clearly, creativity can become an obsession, since it turns out to be so pleasurable to creative people. Creative people would clearly benefit from a series of questions that prompt them into considering the relevance and approriateness of their lives. I especially liked how Professor Gardner suggested what additional research should be done. I hope someone is working on these questions, now.

I am a business person, and did not expect to learn much that would help in business. I was happily surprised to find that I did. An important lesson is that creative people need the right kind of emotional and social support in order to be most effective in not only creating more, but also in making their creations more useful for us all. I also recommend CREATIVITY IN CONTEXT and CORPORATE CREATIVITY, as good books for business people to read on the subject of creativity.

But having read many dozens of books on creativity, I still recommend that you start with this one.

Customer Review: An interesting book examining the creative process.
I found this book to be a very interesting read. As a public educator, I a enjoy books that take me out of the framework or box that I view the learning process. Creative Minds made me examine and understand the creative process over a span of a lifetime and mentally note the types of blockers in the early lives of these extraordinary individuals. The book also emphasized for me the differing intelligences in the human race and the conditions necessary for creative breakthroughs. Creating Minds is an excellent reflective read for public educators

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Paris Opera Ballet: Picasso and Dance - Le Tricorne/Le Train Bleu [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Balls to Picasso

The Tragedy art print by Pablo Picasso, 72cm x 57cm

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Picasso, Provence and Douglas Cooper Customer Review: Insightful, Amusing and Repugnant
Looking for a biography of Picasso, I came across this: A memoir of life in 1950’s Provence with collector Douglass Cooper, the said artist, and his clique. The first section merely a stuffing of self-indulgence and bitchy anecdotes about the art world, Richardson has centred the final part of the book on Picasso - the only point of interest here - who was at this time towards the end of his life. Thus, after 200 pages of solid irrelevance and voyeurism, I was bored and ready to stop reading, remembering that I hate memoirs. The Picasso chapters approaching I read on and was rewarded; for the memoirieness subsides under a painful end-of-epoch feeling as Richardson, his style becoming less rigid, constructs an intimate profile of Picasso, detailing his labyrinthine relationships with Dora Maar and Jacqueline Roque. Insightful: It’s almost tragic and almost worthwhile. I got what I had wanted and astounded myself at enjoying such a vulgar, decadent book.

Pablo Picasso: A Revolutionary Painter from Spain

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Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays
Customer Review: a simple comedic masterpiece.
being a fan of steve martin’s bare faced, honest, goofy humour, i was happily surprised to read the gem that is ’shopgirl’, a sweet tale of ordinary people in ordinary lives finding each other out of the ordinary. if you’ve read that book, and if not, i highly recommend that you do, and noted martin’s knack for observing the mundane in a multicoloured and somewhat neurotic light, then this collection of plays of bizarre scenes will delight you. an unpretentious set of pieces that will come to life inside your head and truly make you laugh. hilarious characters in almost normal situations, somehow their outlandish attitudes and behaviours are so familiarly human.
subtly satirical and, quite simply, very very funny. a must for anyone who enjoys real comedy

Customer Review: a master of comedy. simple, delightful.
being a fan of steve martin’s bare faced, honest, goofy humour, i was happily surprised to read the gem that is ’shopgirl’, a sweet tale of ordinary people in ordinary lives finding each other out of the ordinary. if you’ve read that book, and if not, i highly recommend that you do, and noted martin’s knack for observing the mundane in a multicoloured and somewhat neurotic light, then this collection of plays of bizarre scenes will delight you. an unpretentious set of pieces that will come to life inside your head and truly make you laugh. hilarious characters in almost normal situations, somehow their outlandish attitudes and behaviours are so familiarly human.
subtly satirical and, quite simply, very very funny. a must for anyone who enjoys real comedy.

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Picasso’s Women

Picasso’s War: The Extraordinary Story of an Artist, an Atrocity and a Painting That Shook the World
Customer Review: Fascinating story of a masterpiece
As all the reviews have said, this is a fascinating story of a masterpiece. The Spanish Civil War and Picasso’s life are well explainedto put the story of the painting itself into both contexts.
I’ll justadd that the book is let down by a lack of illustrations (the only one isof the painting itself), and by the lack of an index.

Customer Review: Flawed masterpiece
As ‘Guernica’ was the painting that introduced me to the works of Picasso, I was really looking forward to this book.

And it’s a convincing tale well told - with such a work of art (still) inextricably linked to international politics and war (both world and civil) Russell Martin does a competent job of placing the work into the necessary socio-political context.

The illustrations don’t do the painting justice - but how can you adequately illustrate Guernica in a small book anyway? Even weighty art books about the painting stuggle with this.

It’s a history of ‘Guernica’ as symbolic art rather than an analysis of the painting per se, whereas some fans may want to know more about the creative processes behind the production of the painting.

More ‘art’ and a larger format may have made this a great book, but as it stands it’s certainly a good book about the trials and tribulations of a great painting.

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Pablo Picasso. All of Picasso’s artwork from the rare 1920 edition of the 31 colour plates from one of the greatest works in a ballet history.
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The Picasso Papers

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by Mary Ann Caws - 2005 - Art - 173 pages

Picasso and Jacqueline

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Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time and the Beauty That Causes Havoc
Customer Review: Excellent Art, Science and Integration of the Two
Professor Miller’s book demonstrates an impressive knowledge across the histories of art and science, a knowledge that is sufficiently deep to allow a clarity of expression that contains some of the best writing I have seen on art history, and that is also very good on theories of physics. Miller argues strongly that Picasso’s Demoiselles was influenced, amongst other things, by ideas of Non-Euclidean Geometry and the Fourth Dimension, transmitted via the writings of Poincare and via Princet - the “mathematician in residence” of the Cubists. Whilst he paints a more detailed and convincing story of this than does Linda Henderson’s seminal work on the topic, I was personally left unconvinced that these ideas of mathematics and science were necessary components of Picasso’s startling insights. That shouldn’t detract from reading an extremely well written book, that is both very descriptive of two fields of human endeavour, and pleasingly integrative between them. I was particularly pleased by the emphasis given to the aesthetic (and anti-positivist) nature of leading scientific thought - this is a message that needs to be conveyed to those whose grasp of the meaning of science is dangerously flawed. Above all, the linking theme between Einstein and Picasso is their humanity - or perhaps their “super” humanity, their common ability to process information in astounding and breakthrough ways - this is a message that needs to be clearly transmitted and received at a time when increasing specialisation across disciplines can lead to unhelpful stereotyping, and self-fulfilling prophecy. People who know a bit about art, or physics will gain a lot of insight into the other world from this book. People who think scientists are rational calculating machines, and people who think Picasso couldn’t paint (you know who you are), should be bought this as a gift by those who know differently!

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