Author: Arthur King Peters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Jean Cocteau and His World
Author: Arthur King Peters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Jean Cocteau
Author: Claude Arnaud
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300182163
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1039
Book Description
This passionate and monumental biography reassesses the life and legacy of one of the most significant cultural figures of the twentieth century Unevenly respected, easily hated, almost always suspected of being inferior to his reputation, Jean Cocteau has often been thought of as a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. In this landmark biography, Claude Arnaud thoroughly contests this characterization, as he celebrates Cocteau’s “fragile genius—a combination almost unlivable in art” but in his case so fertile. Arnaud narrates the life of this legendary French novelist, poet, playwright, director, filmmaker, and designer who, as a young man, pretended to be a sort of a god, but who died as a humble and exhausted craftsman. His moving and compassionate account examines the nature of Cocteau’s chameleon-like genius, his romantic attachments, his controversial politics, and his intimate involvement with many of the century’s leading artistic lights, including Picasso, Proust, Hemingway, Stravinsky, and Tennessee Williams. Already published to great critical acclaim in France, Arnaud’s penetrating and deeply researched work reveals a uniquely gifted artist while offering a magnificent cultural history of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300182163
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1039
Book Description
This passionate and monumental biography reassesses the life and legacy of one of the most significant cultural figures of the twentieth century Unevenly respected, easily hated, almost always suspected of being inferior to his reputation, Jean Cocteau has often been thought of as a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. In this landmark biography, Claude Arnaud thoroughly contests this characterization, as he celebrates Cocteau’s “fragile genius—a combination almost unlivable in art” but in his case so fertile. Arnaud narrates the life of this legendary French novelist, poet, playwright, director, filmmaker, and designer who, as a young man, pretended to be a sort of a god, but who died as a humble and exhausted craftsman. His moving and compassionate account examines the nature of Cocteau’s chameleon-like genius, his romantic attachments, his controversial politics, and his intimate involvement with many of the century’s leading artistic lights, including Picasso, Proust, Hemingway, Stravinsky, and Tennessee Williams. Already published to great critical acclaim in France, Arnaud’s penetrating and deeply researched work reveals a uniquely gifted artist while offering a magnificent cultural history of the twentieth century.
Jean Cocteau Coloring Book
Author: Jean Cocteau Committee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781551526409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A coloring book for adults (and others) that delves into the dizzying imagination of artist/playwright/filmmaker Jean Cocteau.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781551526409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A coloring book for adults (and others) that delves into the dizzying imagination of artist/playwright/filmmaker Jean Cocteau.
Professional Secrets
Author: Jean Cocteau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The Infernal Machine, and Other Plays
Author: Jean Cocteau
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811200226
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Four full-length plays by one of the greatest dramatists Europe has produced.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811200226
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Four full-length plays by one of the greatest dramatists Europe has produced.
Les Enfants Terribles
Author: Jean Cocteau
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099561379
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. Their room is where the Game is played, the Game being their own bizarre version of life. All that they do outside is effectively controlled by the rules of the Game: unfortunately the rules of the Game prescribe that the two children must die...
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099561379
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. Their room is where the Game is played, the Game being their own bizarre version of life. All that they do outside is effectively controlled by the rules of the Game: unfortunately the rules of the Game prescribe that the two children must die...
Jean Cocteau
Author: James S. Williams
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861893543
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Evaluating Cocteau’s career and his fascinating personal life on equal terms, James Williams offers here a groundbreaking analysis that sets them both within highly revealing historical and artistic contexts.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861893543
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Evaluating Cocteau’s career and his fascinating personal life on equal terms, James Williams offers here a groundbreaking analysis that sets them both within highly revealing historical and artistic contexts.
Diary of an Unknown
Author: Jean Cocteau
Publisher: Marlowe & Company
ISBN: 9781569249833
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
A collection of essays dealing with such topics as nature, New York City, beauty, poetry, the Nuremberg trials, freedom, and the death penalty
Publisher: Marlowe & Company
ISBN: 9781569249833
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
A collection of essays dealing with such topics as nature, New York City, beauty, poetry, the Nuremberg trials, freedom, and the death penalty
Cocteau: a Biography
Author: Francis Steegmuller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Du Cinématographe
Author: Jean Cocteau
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
ISBN: 9780714529745
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This posthumous collection of writings illuminates Cocteau's own work for the cinema with detailed discussions of his aims, responses to criticism and his reflections on the relationship between poetry, theatre and film. He also comments on the movie stars he admires - Marlene Dietrich, James Dean, Brigitte Bardot - together with such great directors as Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles.
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
ISBN: 9780714529745
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This posthumous collection of writings illuminates Cocteau's own work for the cinema with detailed discussions of his aims, responses to criticism and his reflections on the relationship between poetry, theatre and film. He also comments on the movie stars he admires - Marlene Dietrich, James Dean, Brigitte Bardot - together with such great directors as Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles.