Author: Suzanne Farrell
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059321
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. This memoir, first published in 1990 and reissued with a new preface by the author, recounts Farrell's transformation from a young girl in Ohio dreaming of greatness to the realization of that dream on stages all over the world. Central to this transformation was her relationship with George Balanchine, who invited her to join the New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 and was in turn inspired by her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts. He created masterpieces for her in which the limits of ballet technique were expanded to a degree not seen before. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent in the history of ballet. One third of her repertory of more than 100 ballets were composed expressly for her by such notable choreographers as Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Maurice Bejart. Farrell recalls professional and personal attachments and their attendant controversies with a down-to-earth frankness and common sense that complements the glories and mysteries of her artistic achievement.
Holding On to the Air
Author: Suzanne Farrell
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059321
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. This memoir, first published in 1990 and reissued with a new preface by the author, recounts Farrell's transformation from a young girl in Ohio dreaming of greatness to the realization of that dream on stages all over the world. Central to this transformation was her relationship with George Balanchine, who invited her to join the New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 and was in turn inspired by her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts. He created masterpieces for her in which the limits of ballet technique were expanded to a degree not seen before. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent in the history of ballet. One third of her repertory of more than 100 ballets were composed expressly for her by such notable choreographers as Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Maurice Bejart. Farrell recalls professional and personal attachments and their attendant controversies with a down-to-earth frankness and common sense that complements the glories and mysteries of her artistic achievement.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059321
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. This memoir, first published in 1990 and reissued with a new preface by the author, recounts Farrell's transformation from a young girl in Ohio dreaming of greatness to the realization of that dream on stages all over the world. Central to this transformation was her relationship with George Balanchine, who invited her to join the New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 and was in turn inspired by her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts. He created masterpieces for her in which the limits of ballet technique were expanded to a degree not seen before. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent in the history of ballet. One third of her repertory of more than 100 ballets were composed expressly for her by such notable choreographers as Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Maurice Bejart. Farrell recalls professional and personal attachments and their attendant controversies with a down-to-earth frankness and common sense that complements the glories and mysteries of her artistic achievement.
The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period
Author: Percy Macquoid
Publisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Dictionary of English Furniture by Ralph Edwards (1954 Revised Edition) is the most authoritative general work on English antique furniture ever published. The first edition of this work was published 1924-27. It was instantly recognised as the primar
Publisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Dictionary of English Furniture by Ralph Edwards (1954 Revised Edition) is the most authoritative general work on English antique furniture ever published. The first edition of this work was published 1924-27. It was instantly recognised as the primar
Arthur Dove
Author: Debra Bricker Balken
Publisher: Mit Press
ISBN: 9780262024334
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
in collaboration with William C. Agee and Elizabeth Hutton Turner The American artist Arthur Dove (1880-1946), purportedly the first artist to have produced an abstract painting, has always occupied a central place in writings on early American modernism. This book accompanies the first major exhibition on Dove since 1974. The exhibition, organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Phillips Collection, covers the period from 1908, the year after Dove took up painting, through 1946, the year of his death. It is comprised of approximately eighty paintings, collages, pastels, and charcoal drawings.Along with Georgia O'Keeffe and John Marin, Dove was touted for more than three decades by photographer and dealer Alfred Stieglitz as an American original, one whose work was prescient in its opposition to the materialism of a newly industrialized America. Essays by Balken, Agee, and Turner discuss Dove's interactions with Stieglitz and others in his circle, including O'Keeffe, Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Paul Strand, and re-examine Dove in the context of early twentieth-century intellectual and cultural history. The book contains color plates of all the works in the exhibition; the essays are profusely illustrated with black-and-white images not included in the exhibition. Apart from an out-of-print catalogue raisonné, this book is the largest and most comprehensive publication to date on Dove's work.Copublished with the Addison Gallery of American Art in association with the Phillips Collection
Publisher: Mit Press
ISBN: 9780262024334
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
in collaboration with William C. Agee and Elizabeth Hutton Turner The American artist Arthur Dove (1880-1946), purportedly the first artist to have produced an abstract painting, has always occupied a central place in writings on early American modernism. This book accompanies the first major exhibition on Dove since 1974. The exhibition, organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Phillips Collection, covers the period from 1908, the year after Dove took up painting, through 1946, the year of his death. It is comprised of approximately eighty paintings, collages, pastels, and charcoal drawings.Along with Georgia O'Keeffe and John Marin, Dove was touted for more than three decades by photographer and dealer Alfred Stieglitz as an American original, one whose work was prescient in its opposition to the materialism of a newly industrialized America. Essays by Balken, Agee, and Turner discuss Dove's interactions with Stieglitz and others in his circle, including O'Keeffe, Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Paul Strand, and re-examine Dove in the context of early twentieth-century intellectual and cultural history. The book contains color plates of all the works in the exhibition; the essays are profusely illustrated with black-and-white images not included in the exhibition. Apart from an out-of-print catalogue raisonné, this book is the largest and most comprehensive publication to date on Dove's work.Copublished with the Addison Gallery of American Art in association with the Phillips Collection
The Musee D'Orsay, Paris
Author: Mus Ee Dorsay
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Compass in Hand
Author: Christian Rattemeyer
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN: 9780870707452
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This collection of drawings was acquired by MOMA in 2005, and it as an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 works on paper. This exhibition presents over 300 of these works and includes a number of works that use collage, assemblage, appropriation and montage.
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN: 9780870707452
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This collection of drawings was acquired by MOMA in 2005, and it as an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 works on paper. This exhibition presents over 300 of these works and includes a number of works that use collage, assemblage, appropriation and montage.
Holbein
Author: Hans Holbein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Discusses the life and work of Hans Holbein the Younger, the artist most responsible for preserving in his portraits the court of King Henry VIII.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Discusses the life and work of Hans Holbein the Younger, the artist most responsible for preserving in his portraits the court of King Henry VIII.
English and American Furniture, Oil Paintings, Georgian Silver, Tapestries, Oriental Rugs
Author: American Art Association
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331064162
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Excerpt from English and American Furniture, Oil Paintings, Georgian Silver, Tapestries, Oriental Rugs: Property of Herbert H. Sonn, From the Collection of the Late George W. Riggs, Property of J. C. Harvey, Boston, Mass, Mrs. L. R. Bennet, New York, Estate of the Late John J. Campbell, New York Unless the sale is advertised and announced as an unrestricted sale, or a sale without reserve, owners reserve the right to bid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331064162
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Excerpt from English and American Furniture, Oil Paintings, Georgian Silver, Tapestries, Oriental Rugs: Property of Herbert H. Sonn, From the Collection of the Late George W. Riggs, Property of J. C. Harvey, Boston, Mass, Mrs. L. R. Bennet, New York, Estate of the Late John J. Campbell, New York Unless the sale is advertised and announced as an unrestricted sale, or a sale without reserve, owners reserve the right to bid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Hildegard Bachert
Author: Hildegard Bachert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780910810289
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Hildegard Bachert's Memoir, published to commemorate her 70th year at the Galerie St. Etienne.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780910810289
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Hildegard Bachert's Memoir, published to commemorate her 70th year at the Galerie St. Etienne.
Old English & Continental Furniture
Author: Inc Anderson Galleries
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014411273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014411273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Armand Hammer Collection
Author: John Walker
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 9780810910690
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 9780810910690
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description