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"Picasso. Una biografía" de John Richardson explora la vida del artista a través de su amistad con él, diarios personales y acceso a su estudio. Este primer volumen, con más de 700 fotos, abarca su juventud en España y su formación en París, así como sus relaciones con figuras clave del arte. Una obra fundamental.
Hugh Martin... leads us to a fuller and richer understanding of the person, ministry and sacrifice of Jesus - and with that a deeper faith and a more fervent love for him. This, then, is a work to treasure, one that repays reading and re-reading. Sinclair B. Ferguson
The first volume of this biography emphasized Picasso's Spanish roots from Malaga to Barcelona. This second volume covers ten pivotal years of Picasso's life. It describes his relationship with Cocteau, his affair with Fernande Olivier, and the influence of women on his art.
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This title in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together some of the most influential and stimulating essays on Nietzsche's philosophy to have appeared over the last three decades. Including a substantial editorial introduction by John Richardson, this volume covers Nietzsche's major interpretative positions and gives an argued examination of each.
The author is pre-eminent in local history: his Encyclopedia sold over 30,000 copiesNew diorama 3-D maps show seven recreations of London
Focusing on Philip Glass's third opera in his renowned trilogy, this analysis explores the story of an androgynous monarch who instigates radical reforms. John Richardson delves into Glass's innovative approach to music theater and its reflection of contemporary social issues. By employing new theoretical models, he effectively interprets Glass's nontraditional musical syntax, minimalist style, and ambiguous tonality, offering insights into the composer's unique ideational orientation during this period.
Presents an introduction to Heidegger's life and work. This book introduces and assesses the key arguments of Being and Time under three key headings: pragmatism; existentialism; and the themes of time and being.
The author introduces material on the artist's early training in religious art, and establishes his passion for Barcelona and Catalan "modernisme". There are also portraits of Apollinaire, Max Jacob and Gertrude Stein who made up "The Picasso Gang". The book won the 1991 Whitbread biography award.
This book challenges the popular recent view of Nietzsche as an anti-systematic, anti-traditional thinker, and argues that his work is in fact highly systematic, and therefore congruent with the main traditions of western philosophy.