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Title: Painted Lives

Subtitle: David Hockney and Vanessa Bell

Author: Marina Vaizey

Narrator: Denise Kahn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-17

Publisher: Cv Publications

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

An in-depth study by Marina Vaizey explores the lives and art of David Hockney and Vanessa Bell, drawing on exhibitions at the Tate and Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Title: Breaking van Gogh

Subtitle: Saint-Rémy, Forgery, and the $95 Million Fake at the Met

Author: James Ottar Grundvig

Narrator: Jeff Cummings

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh's iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter's biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting's style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that the "most expensive purchase" housed in the Met is a fake.

The Wheat Field with Cypresses is traditionally considered to date to the time of van Gogh's stay in the Saint-Rémy mental asylum, where the artist produced many of his masterpieces. After his suicide, these paintings languished for a decade, until his sister-in-law took them to a family friend for restoration. The restorer had other ideas.

In the course of his investigation, Grundvig traces the incredible story of this piece from the artist's brushstrokes in sunlit southern France to a forger's den in Paris, the art collections of a prominent Jewish banking family and a Nazi-sympathizing Swiss arms dealer, and finally the walls of the Met. The riveting narrative weaves its way through the turbulent history of twentieth-century Europe, as the painting's fate is intimately bound with some of its major players.

Members Reviews:

Van No

As painter I bought this book for interest in Vincent Van Gogh. I have listened to this book four times. There is a lot of information. I will be buying a hard copy. I have learned a lot regarding how Vincent worked as a painter and his technique. There is a lot of information regarding the stolen paintings from World War 2. I would recommend this to anyone interested in painting and to all the Van Gogh enthusiasts.

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Title: Of Comics and Men

Subtitle: A Cultural History of American Comic Books

Author: Jean-Paul Gabilliet

Narrator: Scot Wilcox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic issues and critical biographies with the concerns of production, distribution, and audience reception, making it one of the few interdisciplinary studies of the art form. A thorough introduction by translators and comics scholars Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen brings the book up to date with explorations of the latest innovations, particularly the graphic novel.

The book is organized into three sections: a concise history of the evolution of the comic book form in America; an overview of the distribution and consumption of American comic books, detailing specific controversies such as the creation of the Comics Code in the mid-1950s; and the problematic legitimization of the form that has occurred recently within the academy and in popular discourse.

Viewing comic books from a variety of theoretical lenses, Gabilliet shows how seemingly disparate issues - creation, production, and reception - are in fact connected in ways that are not necessarily true of other art forms. Analyzing examples from a variety of genres, this book provides a thorough landmark overview of American comic books that sheds new light on this versatile art form.

The book is published by 2015 University Press of Mississippi.

Members Reviews:

Gabilliet's Triumph

Who knew that the finest book about American comic books would be written by a French American Studies scholar? C'est vrai! Gabilliet tells the history of the American industry and explores the means by which comics are produced and distributed. For anyone seriously interested in comics as a medium, this book is a must have.

Not light reading

In response to the complaint that the book is not illustrated, that is not what this particular book is designed to be. Of Comics and Men is exactly what the subtitle calls it, a cultural history of American comic books. As such, it is fantastic. Every important point from the beginnings of the industry to the end of the twentieth century is touched upon, as well as examinations of the cultures of the creators and consumers of comic books.

To be fair, this is a work of academic or scholarly writing, and illustrations would have been nice to break up the density of the text. However, I must assume that the costs of licensing the appropriate images from the various media giants who now own them would have been more than a small university press could afford to do.

If you want pictures, buy theComic Book History of Comics, it lacks the depth and rigor, but covers much the same territory as the first section of this book and does it in the medium it is telling you the history of.

NOT ILLUSTRATED

This book is over 300 pages long and does not have any illustrations or examples of American cartoons or comic books. None.

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Title: The Guardian of Mercy

Subtitle: How an Extraordinary Painting by Caravaggio Changed an Ordinary Life Today

Author: Terence Ward

Narrator: Fred Stella

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape retribution for killing a man in a brawl. Three years later he was in Naples, where he painted The Seven Acts of Mercy. A year later he died at the age of thirty-eight under mysterious circumstances. Exploring Caravaggio's singular masterwork, in The Guardian of Mercy Terence Ward offers an incredible narrative journey into the heart of his artistry and his metamorphosis from fugitive to visionary.

Ward's guide in this journey is a contemporary artist whose own life was transformed by the painting, a simple man named Angelo who shows him where it still hangs in a small church in Naples and whose story helps him see its many layers. As Ward unfolds the structure of the painting, he explains each of the seven mercies and its influence on Caravaggio's troubled existence. Caravaggio encountered the whole range of Naples's vertical social layers, from the lowest ranks of poverty to lofty gilded aristocratic circles, and Ward reveals the old city behind today's metropolis. Fusing elements of history, biography, memoir, travelogue, and journalism, his narrative maps the movement from estrangement to grace, as we witness Caravaggio's bruised life gradually redeemed by art.

Members Reviews:

A Generous Dose of Mercy

A beautifully intertwined modern/ancient tale of beauty and heartbreak, faith and deceit, love and mercy. Caravaggio's true genius is revealed-- transcending time and redeeming himself and others. Audible 20 Review Sweepstakes Entry

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Titel: Swiss made

Untertitel: Architektur und Design aus der Schweiz

Autor:: Gabrielle Boller

Erzähler: Heiner Hitz

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 5 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 05-11-17

Herausgeber: Dornbusch Medien AG

Kategorien: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

In manchen Bereichen ist die kleine Schweiz ganz groß - und weltberühmt. Zu ihnen gehören - nicht zuletzt - die Architektur und das Design. Wenige Länder von vergleichbarem Format können, wenn es um bodenständige Produkte der Kreativität geht, um Architektur, Grafikdesign, Produktdesign, mit einer so etablierten Szene aufwarten, die über derart lange Zeit international beachtet, bewundert - und kopiert wurde.

©2017 Dornbusch Medien AG (P)2017 Dornbusch Medien AG

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Titel: Nathan der Weise von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Autor:: Alessandro Dallmann

Erzähler: Michael Freio Haas

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 22 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-11-17

Herausgeber: Kompendio

Bewertung: 1 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ganz klassisch kommt daher, was gegen ein Verbot aufbegehren wollte. Mit einem seiner früheren Werke war der Philosoph vor der erhöhten Warte einer Hamburger Kanzel derart in Ungnade gefallen, dass entscheidende Passagen nicht veröffentlicht werden durften. Im Grunde deshalb betritt Nathan als reicher Kaufmann aus Jerusalem die Bühne. Sein Erscheinen soll zur Aufklärung von etwas beitragen, das von anderer Seite her im Dunkeln zu halten war.

Der weise Nathan ist Lessings Spätwerk, es ist an Reife nicht zu überbieten, Kernstück die Suche nach der einzig seligmachenden Religion. Die Frage kristallisiert in der berühmt gewordenen Ringparabel, umringt von bewährten Elementen der Dramatik. Dazu zählen neben seinem Aufbau in fünf Akten Rhetorisches, Sprecher, die sich abwechseln und abgebrochene Sätze. Stellenweise zu lustig, um eine Tragödie zu sein, andererseits aber zu versöhnlich, um einen tragischen Ausgang nehmen zu können, wird hierin der Zeitraum des Waffenstillstands während des Dritten Kreuzzugs einen besonderen Sinn ergebend erhellt und auf seine Bedeutung für die weitere Entwicklung hin abgeklopft.

Es ist ein Lehrstück, das sich Grundsatzfragen widmet, zugleich ein flammendes Plädoyer dafür, bestehende Gräben zuzuschütten und Mauern einzureißen, an denen mancher sein gewaltsames Ende fand, weil er sich zu seinem Glauben bekannte.

©2016 Kompendio (P)2016 Kompendio

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

False advertising

It's not Nathan der weise but rather a commentary on the play. I would not recommend this.

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Title: IMMA Foundation: Launch of the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Author: Nicholas James

Narrator: Joseph Tabler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-17

Publisher: Cv Publications

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

David Rose interviews Declan MacGonagle about his appointment as the primary director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham. They discuss in detail the director's view of a contemporary museum of art and his ambitions for its program within its local and international context. The dialogue probes previous appointments in Derry and at the ICA London.

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Title: Photography and the Everyday

Subtitle: A History

Author: Anne Blood

Narrator: Hayley Kelley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-24-17

Publisher: Cv Publications

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

The photographers discussed in depth in this essay have all engaged with the everyday or the quotidian, yet they are a small sampling of the numerous photographers who have engaged with this subject. Work by Dorothea Lange, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Struth, Nan Goldin, or Wolfgang Tillmans, to name a few, could have easily been included. Any history of photography is also a history of photographic technology, but it also a history of photography's distribution - where it was reproduced and how it was used. This history involves the rise (and fall) of picture magazines, such as Life, and the entrance of photography into the art museum and the art market. Even within the art world itself there is an interesting history of the use and influence of photographs (and photographers), such as the celebration of Eugene Atget's work by the Surrealists or the adoption of Bernd and Hilla Becher by conceptual artists in the 1870s.

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Title: Artist Recordings 1

Subtitle: 1988-96 Arman to Wilding

Author: Nicholas James

Narrator: Denise Kahn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-17

Publisher: Cv Publications

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

A collection of recordings made between 1988 and 1996 with emerging and established artists, from Anthony Caro and Arman to James Turrell and Rachel Whiteread. In considering their work, often in the context of a current exhibition, they discuss their ideas in formation and factors which informed their development.

Includes: Arman, Anthony Caro, Denis Bowen, Stuart Brisley, Helen Chadwick, Brian Eno, Rose Garrard, Garry Fabian Miller, Phillip King, Karen Knorr, John Latham, Hughie O'Donoghue. Gloria Ortega, Eduardo Paolozzi, Michael Porter, June Redfern, Amikam Toren, James Turrell, Rachel Whiteread, and Alison Wilding.

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Title: Photography Business: "Making Money in the Music Business as a Photographer" and "How to Make Money and Grow Your Business with Portrait Parties"

Author: T Whitmore

Narrator: Derek Botten

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-17

Publisher: Terrence Wood

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts

Publisher's Summary:

This book contains valuable information on starting your own photography business in the music industry, and also how to grow a photography business through portrait parties.

It's truly an advantage if you are a photographer by profession, but if not, it doesn't mean that you could not open your own small business. This book can help you get the ball rolling with your startup.

Despite the fact that people now own smart phones with great cameras, nothing can beat the skill of a professional photographer - they just know the nuts and bolts of taking photos, editing, and printing. They know about the correct angle, the right amount of light, and even the appropriate gesture and expression. Professional photographers are just more organized, more effective, and they give better-looking images that you can proudly post online.

I know that starting a photography business - any business, in fact - is not a walk in the park. It's also not roses and rainbows; there will be difficulties along the way and maybe at one point you might even think of quitting. Lower your chances of being discouraged by being equipped - one way to do that is to listen to, savor, and finish this book.

Here are a few things you will learn from this book:

Members Reviews:

Not about portrait parties

What disappointed you about Photography Business: "Making Money in the Music Business as a Photographer" and "How to Make Money and Grow Your Business with Portrait Parties"?

Didn't have much information on portrait parties. He stressed frames more than he did anything.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Narrator was okay.

Good Ideas to get Started

Where does Photography Business: "Making Money in the Music Business as a Photographer" and "How to Make Money and Grow Your Business with Portrait Parties" rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Top 2

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The necessary knowledge to advertise your business, to lift it off the ground, and to create a sustainable income stream.

Tips for how to differentiate yourself from your competition and attract more clients.

Any additional comments?

A lot of methods a photographer could employ to sell his or her art online. The methods are not very detailed and require a lot more research before implementation, but the instructions provide a good overview budding sellers may choose from. The prose is written in a friendly and personal style making it easy to listen..

To make money at something you have to work for it. There's no avoiding that. This book will help you understand where to focus those efforts and it does a very good job of doing it. One of the better "how to make money with your hobby" books out there. Well written.

Awesome Guide!

What does Derek Botten bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Yes i enjoyed the book Derek Botten was an awesome. He manage to narrate this book nicely. I just liked what he does.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No

Any additional comments?

Loved this one. I've always been curious how to turn my love of photography into a business let alone one in centered around the music business.