La revolución francesa contada para niños

The idea of the Roaring '20s conjures up images of speakeasies, women with short, saucy hairdos, and hot jazz. Readers will learn about the historical events that define this decade, including the devastating war that preceded it. An explanation about project-based learning will help readers understand how it can help them research their topic in unique and interesting ways. Constructive suggestions offer ideas for projects, while encouraging readers to take their studies in new and interesting directions.

Trained originally in the French classical manner, Matisse was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create a style that brought out the beauty of color, form and line by reducing them to the bare essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn't interested in being associated with any school or trend. A family man who worked 'office hours' in his studio, he defies the image of the artist as a tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge...

À 6 ans, Dalí voulait être cuisinière, au féminin, à 7 Napoléon. Son ambition n'a cessé de croître ensuite comme ses excentricités en tous genres. Peintre de génie, personnage haut en couleur, il a réussi son pari : être célèbre dans le monde entier. Un ouvrage sur le peintre espagnol le plus extravagant de l'histoire de l'art.

Sobradamente conocida es la inspiración homosexual de un buen número de los plásticos modernos (Warhol, Hockney, Bacon, en el campo de la pintura, Duane Michals o Mapplethorpe en el de la fotografía artística, por citar sólo los más famosos), pero ni se había establecido una lista completa de los artistas modernos determinados por su opción sexual, ni nadie había delimitado hasta la fecha, con la precisión y finura interpretativa de E. Cooper, el alcance de la influencia del sexo en la práctica de los artistas homosexuales, ni la tradición cultural que dichos artistas a la vez...