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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A biography of the painter and decorative artist set against the background of the Victorian era, examining his sometimes controversial personal life, his friendship with other contemporary painters, and assessing his artistic career. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
I was terribly disappointed with this recently printed paperback. Not only is it a cheap reproduction, but there are insertions that say "illustration" and the spot is empty! Since this is an ART BOOK, and I bought it for a class, it created a very frustrating experience.Better no modern reproduction than one like this!

Lessons from the master
James A. MnN. Whistler had many talents. His best-known, today, was his skill as a painter, exploring new uses for the medium once photography started to claim literal realism for itself. In his day, though, Whistler achieved some fame for his ability to irritate the art establishment of the time, and for his knack of keeping himself at the forefront of public awareness. This book documents those secondary skills.

Nearly all of the content reproduces series of letters to editors of major newspapers, arranged here by Whistler to ensure that he has the last word in each debate. It seems to be a lost art these days, but mighty battles were once waged in the letters columns, with volley after volley of thrust and counterthrust, all in correspondence that drips with elegant vitriol. One could almost see the borders of the news-sheet as the ropes around a boxing ring, with a editorial referee ensuring a clean fight and an entertaining public spectacle.

Although many critics attracted Whistler's public scorn, John Ruskin capped Whistler's career as enemy-maker. After Ruskin maligned one of Whistler's "Nocturnes" in public, Whistler sued him for libel. Whistler won the judgment. With typically British understatement, however, it chastised him as well: he was awarded an entire farthing in damages, a fraction of a cent, but was nearly bankrupted by court costs.

Whistler composed this collection largely as a tribute to the glory of Whistler, and that contributes to its enduring entertainment value. Artists from Benvenuto Cellini to the current day have autobiographically publicized themselves; self-publicity seems a required skill for any successful artist. Whistler's unique skill lay in garnering publicity through these refined and public matches of wit against acid wit. These don't just amuse, however, they also help modern readers realize the artistic and social context in which Whistler redefined what painting could be.

- wiredweird

snoozefest
for a book with such a great title, this volume was a total letdown, and I didn't read all of it. life is too short! an egomaniac raving about people now forgotten, it's hard to relate. I suggest you pass over this one and read his nemesis, Wilde, or George Moore or. . . Theophile Gaultier, or Rachilde. . . or one of the real writers of the era. Honestly this is one of the most mortal tomes I've ever hefted. and the expiration date on this carton of eggswas a loooong time ago! ... Read more

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Text block pristine - Text in English; 339 pages; more than 100 black and white illustrations. ... Read more

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Chapters: Bette Davis, Jack Kerouac, James Abbott Mcneill Whistler, an Wang, George Washington Dixon, Adelbert Ames, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Ed Mcmahon, William Henry O'connell, George Whitefield Chadwick, Marty Meehan, Paul Tsongas, Mark Desaulnier, Walker Lewis, Niki Tsongas, Michael Chiklis, Olympia Dukakis, Adelbert Ames, Jr., Mark Goddard, Nancy Donahue, Nathan Appleton, Willard Metcalf, John Nesmith, Richard M. Linnehan, Milton Selzer, Maurice K. Goddard, Micky Ward, Michael Ansara, Charles Herbert Allen, Billy Sullivan, Scott Grimes, Paul Moody, David Neeleman, Boney James, Frederic T. Greenhalge, Francis Cabot Lowell, Kirk Boott, Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, Jr., Calixa Lavallée, Michael Casey, Ray Mclean, Gustavus Fox, Joseph R. Ouellette, Roger Morin, Robert Tessier, Vince Vouyer, Christopher Makos, Gary Hoey, Ezekiel A. Straw, James B. Francis, Clarence Edwin Ayres, Frank B. Morse, Agnes Varis, Tom Hayes, Benjamin Dean, Bill Cooke, Alfred Ordway, Mary Hallaren, Art Whitney, Ray Goulding, George Charrette, Denny Driscoll, Henry O. Studley, John Jacob Rogers, Edwin M. Truell, John Bernard Delany, Dennis Murphy, Pervez Taufiq, Patrick Tracy Jackson, Frank Mclaughlin, Deborah Hopkinson, Frederick Ayer, James Cook Ayer, Tom Sexton, Jack Corcoran, Elinor Lipman, Marty Sullivan, Milton Green, Elisha Huntington, Lyrical, George Bassett Clark, Luther Lawrence, Lance Wilder, Blanche Ames Ames. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 393. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasio...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=63517 ... Read more

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Chapters: Michelangelo, William Blake, Albrecht Dürer, Miyamoto Musashi, Giorgio Vasari, James Abbott Mcneill Whistler, Joshua Reynolds, Benvenuto Cellini, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Filippo Baldinucci, David Hockney, Barbara Rosenthal, Nicholas Hilliard, Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Hajime Sorayama, Amédée Ozenfant, Coulton Waugh, Sonia King, Elaine M. Goodwin, John Pule, Hans Sebald Beham, Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Theophilus Presbyter, James Bisset, Carlo Ridolfi, Hasip Pektas, Hasan Hourani, Antonio Palomino, James Mcmullan, Harvey Dinnerstein, Walter Dexter, Sliman Mansour, Ernst Zacharias Platner, Paolo Pino. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 242. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Blake (28 November 175712 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Although he lived in London his entire life except for three years spent in Felpham he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "Human existence itself". Considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterized as part of both the Romantic movement and "Pre-Romantic", for its large appearance in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hos...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=33175 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Jack Kerouac, Bette Davis, James Abbott Mcneill Whistler, Michael Chiklis, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Scott Grimes, Charles Sweeney, Vince Vouyer, Richard M. Linnehan, Paul Tsongas. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Jack Kerouac (prononcez ) (né le 12 mars 1922 à Lowell, dans le Massachusetts, mort le 21 octobre 1969 à St. Petersburg, en Floride) est un écrivain et poète américain. Considéré aujourd'hui comme l'un des auteurs américains les plus importants du siècle, il est même pour la communauté beatnik le ». Son style rythmé et immédiat, auquel il donne le nom de « prose spontanée », a inspiré de nombreux artistes et écrivains et en premier lieu le chanteur américain Bob Dylan. Les œuvres les plus connues de Kerouac, Sur la route, considéré comme le manifeste de la beat generation, Les Clochards célestes, Big Sur ou Le Vagabond solitaire, narrent de manière romancée ses voyages à travers les États-Unis. Le genre cinématographique du road movie est directement influencé par ses techniques et par son mode de narration. Jack Kerouac a passé la majeure partie de sa vie partagé entre les grands espaces américains et l'appartement de sa mère à Lowell dans le Massachusetts. Ce paradoxe est à l'image de son mode de vie : confronté aux changements rapides de son époque, il a éprouvé de profondes difficultés à trouver sa place dans le monde, ce qui l'a amené à rejeter les valeurs traditionnelles des années 1950, donnant ainsi naissance au mouvement des beatniks. Ses écrits reflètent cette volonté de se libérer des conventions sociales étouffantes de son époque et de donner un sens à son existence. Un sens qu'il a cherché dans des drogues comme la marijuana et la benzédrine, dans l'alcool également, dans la...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more