451 results for '"Collet, Pierre'

A biography of the French artist Pierre Joseph Redoute, known for his beautiful paintings of flowers.

A rendering into modern English of the John Ball translation of the work by Petrus Gyllius (Pierre Gilles), documenting his visit to Constantinople in 1544.

Contributors include biographers of Messiaen and a number of the foremost interpreters of his music: Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin, Peter Hill, Messiaen's widow, pianist Yvonne Loriod, and others.

La Libération a-t-elle été " trahie " - comme nombre de résistants l'ont déploré ? Le dynamisme de la France libre et des maquis n'a-t-il pas été gâché en 1944 et dans les années suivantes ? Les...

With a consuming enthusiasm for the paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), art collector Sterling Clark assembled one of the greatest private collections of Renoir's work during the first...

Through the captivating pages of this new graphic novel, discover the intertwined destinies of a father and son in search of truth through art.“Reality is always magical.” —Jean Renoir, 1957 Art is...

The World According to Roger Ballen', co-authored with Colin Rhodes, looks at Ballen's career in the wider cultural context beyond photography, including his connections with and collections of Art...

An examination of self-representation in US culture. Drawing on studies of the history of the book, Pierre Bourdieu's sociology, and ethnic and gender revisionism, it focuses on the processes of...

From one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists comes his greatest masterpiece—a stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother...

Proposing an open-ended systems approach to ecclesiology, with the goal of sustaining the relevance and--paradoxically--the permanence of the church, Bracken synthesizes the work of Pierre Teilhard...

Pierre Miquel évoque un Tour de France à travers cette France qui sortait du Front populaire pour entrer, deux ans plus tard, dans la seconde guerre mondiale. Cette année-là, couraient Gino Bartali,...

Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists, David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography...

A delectable novel of a man's lifelong devotion to erotic exploration, The Arch of Desire is based very loosely on the life of the artist Pierre Molinier, admired by the surrealists and creator of a...

In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many...

Papers from the Symposium on Literary Style, Bellagio, Italy, 1969. Published by Oxford University Press, Twenty papers. 427 pages. International scholars. Includes Roland Barthes; JOSEPHINE MILES;...

In 'Alligators all around', a family of alligators introduces the alphabet. In 'Chicken soup with rice', a boy lists the months of the year and explains why he likes to eat chicken soup with rice in...

People and Places is a delightful collection of 22 articles and reviews written by Richard Cobb over the past ten years. The selections-- many appearing here for the first time--include recollections...

People and Places includes essays on such eminent authors and historians as Georges Simenon, Pierre Loti, and Raymond Queneau, as well as warm recollections of Cobb's old University friends, Jack...

Democracy Past and Future is the first English-language collection of Pierre Rosanvallon's most important essays on the historical origins, contemporary difficulties, and future prospects of...

Après une carrière de banquier, Pierre de Longuemar a consacré vingt-cinq ans à l'histoire des banques et à la sauvegarde des archives bancaires, notamment au sein de la banque Paribas, puis du...