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The names are great.The tales are wondrous.The tragedies are terrible.Perseus, Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus.They and many others faced the wrath and favor of ancient gods of awesome power. Here there be monsters: the Minotaur, Medusa, Cerberus and more.Through cunning and skill, the heroes blaze a trail of adventure from battle to shipwreck to monster's lair and on.And the hand of the gods is often upon them, for good or ill. Read here their tales of war, love, treachery, gloom and joy.The happy-ever-afters are few; but the trials and exultations ring true. ... Read more

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Six splendid full-color depictions of elegant society ladies by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) appear in this collection: The Acheson Sisters, Mrs. Henry White, Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children, Millicent, Dutchess of Sutherland, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, and Miss Helen Dunham.
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An anthology of nature poems by the author of Walden features poetry concerned with how one lives in nature and complemented by watercolor illustrations by Homer, Singer Sargent, and others. ... Read more

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A beautiful addition to any Thoreau library
This volume certainly isn't the first (or last) publication to match Henry David Thoreau's words with beautiful photos.The differences here are that (a) the text is solely Thoreau's poetry, and (b) the accompanying visuals are pieces from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.It is Thoreau's *prose* that is most often quoted and reprinted ad infinitum.In spite of the fact that he described himself as a poet by profession, today Thoreau's poetry is frequently dismissed as being sub-par or not worth considering at all.This treatment serves to remedy that situation.

Here, 52 poems are illustrated with the work of more than 20 artists.Sixteen of the paintings are from Winslow Homer and six are from John Singer Sargent.Putting Thoreau's words next to Homer's artwork is a perfect match.Both men were inspired by the natural world and conveyed their connectedness in their creations.

One of the most compelling entries is not Nature-oriented."I Am the Little Irish Boy" tells the story of a youngster whose father was a railroad worker.The facing page shows Jessie Wilcox Smith's red-haired tyke looking out from her illustration called "When Daddy was a Little Boy."The well-dressed boy in the picture is better off than the one described in the poem, and yet his eyes will catch you and make you think about the similarities instead.

This smallish coffee table book could be opened to a different poem and painting each day, it's that nice.Scoop one up if you can find it!

The perfect combination
Winslow Homer's watercolors perfectly complement Thoreau's works.For someone new to Thoreau's poetry, it is an enchanting collection sure to engage, capturing the essence of New England nature, and Transcendentalist philosophy.It is a beautiful tribute to two who were masters of their crafts. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Madame X, Rosina Ferrara, Filles D'edward Darley Boit, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : John Singer Sargent est un peintre américain, né en 1856 à Florence (Italie) et mort en 1925 à Londres. Élève de Carolus-Duran et de Léon Bonnat, il étudie à l'école des Beaux Arts de Paris. Il est un ami ou un proche de grands artistes de l'époque, comme Claude Monet, Paul Helleu, Gabriel Fauré ou encore Edmund Gosse. Sargent est particulièrement connu pour son habileté dans les portraits, caractérisés par un style sophistiqué, une virtuosité visuelle et une certaine audace théâtrale. Il réalise sur commande les portraits des hommes et des femmes les plus célèbres, riches ou puissants d'Europe ou des États-Unis, comme ceux de l'académicien Édouard Pailleron et de son épouse, Auguste Rodin, John D. Rockefeller, Robert Louis Stevenson, ou encore ceux des présidents, Theodore Roosevelt et Woodrow Wilson. Au cours de sa carrière, il créa environ 900 toiles et plus de 2 000 aquarelles, ainsi que d'innombrables croquis et dessins. Son œuvre documente ses voyages à travers le monde, de Venise au Tyrol, de Corfou au Moyen-Orient, ou encore du Montana à la Floride. Portrait de John Singer Sargent par Giovanni Boldini vers 1890, collection particulière. Avant sa naissance, son père, Fitz William est chirurgien ophtalmique au Wills Hospital de Philadelphie. Après la mort de sa sœur aînée, âgée de deux ans, sa mère Mary (née Singer) fait une dépression nerveuse et le couple décide de partir à l'étranger pour se remettre du choc. Ils restent des nomades expatriés tout au long de leur existence. Bien qu'ayant un pied-à-terre à Paris, les parents de Sargent se déplacent avec les saisons à l...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Jan Van Eyck, Girodet-Trioson, Diego Vélasquez, John Singer Sargent, Gustav Klimt, Francisco de Goya, Jean Valade, Alphonse Hippolyte Joseph Leveau, Bernard Van Orley, Eugène Ernest Hillemacher, François Sodar, Louis René Vialy, Alexandre Kucharski, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Lucian Freud, Louis Dulongpré, Éloy Chapsal, Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, Henriette Lorimier, Antonio de La Gandara, Ary Scheffer, Tamara de Lempicka, Marie-Anne Collot, Pierre Imbert Drevet, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Léon Désiré Alexandre, Charles Louis Gratia, Augustin Pajou, Thomas Gainsborough, Louis de Silvestre, Raphaël Mengs, William Merritt Chase, Charles Simonneau, Jean-Pierre Granger, Simon Charles Miger, Charles William Ross, Piotr Sokolov, Ferdinand Roybet, Michel Haumant, François Dumont, Henry Raeburn, Jean Urbain Guérin, Ariane Laroux, Louis Rivier, John Singleton Copley, Claude Hoin, Antoine Ranc, Philipp Otto Runge, Gaspard Rigaud, Joseph Coosemans, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Philip Alexius de Laszlo, Louis Dupré, Claudius Popelin, Konstantin Somov, Jean-François Samsois, Susanna Blunt, Charles Gomien, Isaac Oliver, Lysippe, Ernest Hébert, Oreste Kiprensky, Jean-Louis Fesch, Langlois de Sézanne, David Hockney, Jens Juel, Angelica Kauffmann, August Édouart, Paul Gomien, Georges Rouget, George Catlin, Francis Rose, Henri Millot, John Collier, Thomas Lawrence, Antoine Vestier, Tobias Stimmer, Moritz Michael Daffinger, William Orpen, Daniel Gagnon, Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Memin, Fedor Rokotov, Alexandre Petrovitch Sokolov, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Raimundo de Madrazo Y Garreta, Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, Ozias Humphry, Daniel Schultz, Jean Vignaud, Joseph Albrier, José de Madrazo Y Agudo, Allan Ramsay, Nanine Vallain, ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Great exhibition catalog featuring the work of American artist John Singer Sargent.65 color and black and white illustrations of works by Sargent - paintings, watercolors, drawings. Illustrations of portraits, landscapes, figures.Includes notes / bibliography. Exhibition checklist. List of collections with Sargent works. Published by Coe Kerr Gallery for exhibition May 28-June 27 1980. LIMITED EDITION OF 3,000 COPIES - STATED. Softcover. Unpaginated - about 120 pages. Measures 8 1/4 by 10 1/2 inches. Interesting catalog, nicely illustrated. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "John Singer Sargent," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have John Singer Sargent in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with John Singer Sargent when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name John Singer Sargent, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Theodore Robinson, William Merritt Chase, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Julian Alden Weir, Joseph Raphael, Dennis Miller Bunker, Lilla Cabot Perry. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : John Singer Sargent est un peintre américain, né en 1856 à Florence (Italie) et mort en 1925 à Londres. Élève de Carolus-Duran et de Léon Bonnat, il étudie à l'école des Beaux Arts de Paris. Il est un ami ou un proche de grands artistes de l'époque, comme Claude Monet, Paul Helleu, Gabriel Fauré ou encore Edmund Gosse. Sargent est particulièrement connu pour son habileté dans les portraits, caractérisés par un style sophistiqué, une virtuosité visuelle et une certaine audace théâtrale. Il réalise sur commande les portraits des hommes et des femmes les plus célèbres, riches ou puissants d'Europe ou des États-Unis, comme ceux de l'académicien Édouard Pailleron et de son épouse, Auguste Rodin, John D. Rockefeller, Robert Louis Stevenson, ou encore ceux des présidents, Theodore Roosevelt et Woodrow Wilson. Au cours de sa carrière, il créa environ 900 toiles et plus de 2 000 aquarelles, ainsi que d'innombrables croquis et dessins. Son œuvre documente ses voyages à travers le monde, de Venise au Tyrol, de Corfou au Moyen-Orient, ou encore du Montana à la Floride. Portrait de John Singer Sargent par Giovanni Boldini vers 1890, collection particulière. Avant sa naissance, son père, Fitz William est chirurgien ophtalmique au Wills Hospital de Philadelphie. Après la mort de sa sœur aînée, âgée de deux ans, sa mère Mary (née Singer) fait une dépression nerveuse et le couple décide de partir à l'étranger pour se remettre du choc. Ils restent des nomades expatriés tout au long d...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! JohnSinger Sargent (January 12, 1856 - April 14,1925) was an Americanpainter, and a leadingportrait painter of his era.During his career, hecreated roughly 900 oil paintings and more than2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches andcharcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwidetravel, from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the MiddleEast, Montana, Maine, and Florida. ... Read more