Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman (Marciari John)(Paperback)

Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman (Marciari John)(Paperback)

Accompanying an exhibition of drawings by Guercino from the collection of the Morgan Library & Museum, Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman offers an overview of the artist's graphic work, ranging from his early genre studies and caricatures, to the dense and dynamic preparatory studies for his paintings,

Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice (Marciari John)(Pevná vazba)

Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594) was among the most distinctive artists of the Italian Renaissance. Yet, although his bold paintings are immediately recognizable, his drawings remain unfamiliar even to many scholars. Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice offers a complete overview of Tintoretto as a

The Virtuoso Teacher: The Inspirational Guide for Instrumental and Singing Teachers (Harris Paul)(Paperback)

By considering The Virtuoso Teacher and how a teacher might attain virtuoso status, renowned educator and writer Paul Harris delves into the core issues of being a teacher and the teaching process. A fascinating look at topics such as: self-awareness and the importance of emotional intelligence,

La Esposa Virtuosa (Dillow Linda)(Paperback)

Piensas que te ser a imposible llegar a ser como la mujer virtuosa de Proverbios 31? Piensas que es una meta demasiado alta para ti? Nada es imposible para Cristo Este libro es un gran aporte para la mujer casada, resultando un beneficio para el matrimonio. Escrito a modo de gu a para la mujer

Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises: Complete (Hanon C. L.)(Paperback)

The Virtuoso Pianist with Downloadable Mp3s (Hanon Charles-Louis)(Paperback)

Almost anyone who has played piano for more than two years has encountered The Virtuoso Pianist, an essential part of the repertoire for more than a century. In this edition, author and musician David Dutkanicz distills the essence of the original book's core exercises to create a vital guide that

Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen: His Extraordinary Skills Uncovered and Explained (Karolyi Tibor)(Paperback)

The Iliad (Homer)(Paperback)

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer's timeless epic of the Trojan WarComposed around 730 B.C., Homer's Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and

Every Note Played (Genova Lisa)(Paperback / softback)

A virtuoso performance by the bestselling author of Still Alice, Lisa Genova delivers a stunning novel of finding harmony amidst the most tragic of situations. An accomplished concert pianist, Richard has already suffered many losses in his life: the acrimonious divorce from his ex-wife, Karina;

Jazz Hanon (Hanon Charles-Louis)(Paperback)

(Music Sales America). Inspired by Charles-Louis Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist the essential technical method for any classical player these new volumes present a modern-day equivalent for the musician seeking to play the key piano styles of the 20th century. Each book develops basic technique and

alphabet (Christensen Inger)(Paperback / softback)

Inger Christensen (1935-2009) was both a virtuoso and a paradox. Her fiction, drama, essays and children's books won her wide acclaim in Denmark and other European countries, but it is her poetry spanning a forty-year period that best reveals her versatility and depth. Her poetry reflects a

Laughable Loves (Kundera Milan)(Paperback)

'An intellectual heavyweight and a pure literary virtuoso, Milan Kundera takes some of Freud's most cherished complexes and irreverently whirls them about in acts of legerdemain that capture our darkest, deepest human passions. . . . The tales in Laughable Loves surprise and illuminate

Hellenistic Sculpture (Smith R. R. R.)(Paperback)

A The exuberant realism and virtuoso technique of Hellenistic sculpture formed the basis of European art. Under Alexander and his cosmopolitan successors, sculptors enriched the classical Greek repertoire with a whole range of new subjects - hermaphrodites, putti, peasants, boxers - and new styles

South Sea Tales (Stevenson Robert Louis)(Paperback)

In South Sea Tales Stevenson shows himself to be a virtuoso of narrative styles. But beyond their generic diversity the stories are linked by their concern with representing the multiracial society of which their author had become a member. In this collection--the first to bring together all his

Hope Without Optimism (Eagleton Terry)(Paperback / softback)

In a virtuoso display of erudition, thoughtfulness and humour, Terry Eagleton teases apart the concept of hope as it has been (often mistakenly) conceptualised over six millennia, from ancient Greece to today. He distinguishes hope from simple optimism, cheeriness, desire, idealism or adherence to

The Bear Comes Home (Zabor Rafi)(Paperback)

The hero of this sensational debut novel is an alto-sax virtuoso trying to evolve a personal style out of Coltrane and Rollins. He also happens to be a walking, talking, Blake- and Shakespeare-quoting bear whose musical, spiritual, and romantic adventures add up to perhaps the best novel, ursine or

Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso (Smyslov Vasily)(Paperback)

The endgame is a subtle phase of the game many ordinary players would like to improve. In taking the reader through over 150 instructive examples, taken mostly from his own games, Smyslov covers a very broad range of positions - and provides an excellent overall insight into the endgame as a whole

John Mayer: Heavier Things (Mayer John)(Paperback)

Virtuoso: Film Performance and the Actor's Magic (Pomerance Murray)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Taylor's electrifying performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The milkshake scene in There Will be Blood. Leonardo DiCaprio's turn as Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? What makes these performances so special? Eloquently written and engagingly laid out, Murray Pomerance answers

Poetry of John Keats (Keats John)(Paperback / softback)

John Prine Beyond Words (Prine John E.)(Paperback)

Crossing - Cormac McCarthy

'Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . .McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.' - Anne Enright-----The Crossing forms the second part of the late Cormac McCarthy's critically

Alkan: The Man/The Music (Smith Ronald)(Paperback)

Alkan: lonely 19th century genius, virtuoso pianist and also composer of some of the most difficult and disturbingly powerful piano music. After a long period of neglect his piano music is being discovered by an ever-widening public and played and recorded by some of the world's leading pianists

Me - Elton John Official Autobiography (John Elton)(Paperback / softback)