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Book Love Looks Not with the Eyes  Thirteen Years with Lee Alexander McQueen

Download or read book Love Looks Not with the Eyes Thirteen Years with Lee Alexander McQueen written by Anne Deniau and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVLee Alexander McQueen (1969†“2010), whose design combined visionary aesthetics, emotional power, and extraordinary craft, was known for staging provocative shows that were as much performances as venues to display his couture creations. Charged with energy, informed by history and culture, and filled with fresh concepts, McQueen’s shows have become legends not only of fashion but also of art. Anne Deniau was the only photographer allowed backstage by McQueen for 13 years, beginning in September 1997 and ending with the final show in March 2010. She captured McQueen working with his close circle of collaborators—including designer Sarah Burton, milliner Philip Treacy, jewelry designer Shaun Leane, and model Kate Moss—to create his meticulously produced spectacles. Her book offers an inspiring homage, through the art of photography, to the work of a great artist. Praise for Love Looks Not With the Eyes: Thirteen Years With Lee Alexander McQueen: The pictures are evocative of the torture, the toughness and, most of all, the tenderness of Mr. McQueen.†? —New York Times “Deniau’s close connection to McQueen and her appreciation for his formidable talent is like many of the pieces he created: breathtaking.†? —San Francisco Chronicle “Thekinetic color and black-and-white photographs document the fantastical,shocking spectacle of a McQueen show in action: hairdos trussed up with birdsof prey; hubcaps strapped to foreheads; faces enhanced by extraterrestrialcheek prostheses. The images are sensual, spooky, and whimsical, playing up thedrama of McQueen’s vision; like one of the designer’s fabulous garments, thephotographs transform fashion into high art. The book is both an homage and amemorial; this celebration of McQueen’s vast, unique talent is also a eulogyfor his tragic loss.†? — “Haute couture has a reputation for spectacle, but Anne Deniau’s photographs remind us that it’s also the last bastion of craftsmanship in fashion—or it was, as practiced by designer Alexander McQueen (1969†“2010).†? —Wall Street Journal “Lush, previously unpublished backstage photographs from many of the late designer’s provocative fashion shows.†?—The Los Angeles Times “The kinetic color and black-and-white photographs document the fantastical, shocking spectacle of a McQueen show in action: hairdos trussed up with birds of prey; hubcaps strapped to foreheads; faces enhanced by extraterrestrial cheek prostheses. The images are sensual, spooky, and whimsical, playing up the drama of McQueen’s vision; like one of the designer’s fabulous garments, the photographs transform fashion into high art. The book is both an homage and a memorial; this celebration of McQueen’s vast, unique talent is also a eulogy for his tragic loss.†? —Publishers Weekly “Love Looks Not with the Eyes document[s] the intense work and equally intense emotions that played out behind the scenes of McQueen’s poetic, passionate, and provocative shows. . . . The intimacy is evident in the pictures.†? —Vogue “The haunting images offer a rarefied glimpse into the designer’s inner world.†? —Harper’s Bazaar “Deniau, in the process of documenting 26 McQueen presentations, captured images which, too, transcend photography—matching the decadent and grand world created by the hands of McQueen.†? —Time.com “Haute couture has a reputation for spectacle, but Anne Deniau’s photographs remind us that it’s also the last bastion of craftsmanship in fashion—or it was, as practiced by designer Alexander McQueen (1969†“2010).†? —Wall Street Journal  /div

Book A Midsummer Night s Dream

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Shakespeare; Ed. Jim Manis
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2012-07-30
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book A Midsummer Night s Dream written by William Shakespeare; Ed. Jim Manis and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Midsummer night s Dream

Download or read book A Midsummer night s Dream written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book  Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind   Shakespeare s Sonnets  Alchemy and Individuation

Download or read book Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind Shakespeare s Sonnets Alchemy and Individuation written by William Bishop and published by William Bishop. This book was released on 2012 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is my intention, in reading together literary critics, artists and theorists, to show how the development of Shakespeare's conception of his own subjectivity develops over the course of his sonnet sequence. I will discuss and utilise the Jungian concept of individuation, and the Lacanian concept of desire, as well as language from the lexicon of the fifteenth and sixteenth century alchemists to develop an understanding of how the intimately psychological nature of the production of art is being demonstrated by Shakespeare in his poems.

Book Shakespeare on Love

Download or read book Shakespeare on Love written by William Shakespeare and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1991-01-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright and poet in history not merely for his extraordinary gift for language, but more because "he was also the world's greatest psychologist, with an uncanny ability to see and describe people's most subtle emotional states," as renowned author, psychologist, and Shakespearean scholar George Weinberg says in his introduction to this volume. Nowhere are the Bard's insights more apparent than in his writings on that most sublime of human endeavors: love. No human being has ever captured the beauty, intensity, sadness, power, and magic of love so perfectly. All the wondrous guises of love are presented here, from courtship to parting, from passion to jealousy, from unrequited love to the kiss. Throughout, the special genius of William Shakespeare shines through.

Book William Shakespeare  Famous Loving Words  Tiny Book

Download or read book William Shakespeare Famous Loving Words Tiny Book written by Insight Editions and published by Insight Editions. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep the most romantic words of your favorite Shakespearean heroes and heroines right in your pocket with this tiny quote book. From his plays—“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind” (Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream)—to his sonnets—“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate” (Sonnet 18)—Shakespeare is recognized as one of the greatest love poets in English history. Even today, his words adorn cards, posters, and other gifts for special occasions. Now fans can relive William Shakespeare’s best works through this tiny book full of his most memorable and iconic quotes on love and romance. Part of a continuing series of miniature books celebrating the Bard’s best lines, this tiny book of loving words is the perfect gift for Shakespeare fans, theater students, or hopeless romantics.

Book Where the Wild Thyme Blows

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Shakespeare
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-02-14
  • ISBN : 9781940865911
  • Pages : 33 pages

Download or read book Where the Wild Thyme Blows written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this modern take on William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Demetrius is in love with Hermia because of her amazing math skills, but she only has eyes for Lysander. Helena is in love with Demetrius, who doesn't like her. Duke Theseus is on the cusp of marrying Hippolyta, a bridezilla who is making life difficult for her party planner, Philostrate. The fairy king and queen are in a lovers spat, causing chaos in the woods. Meanwhile, a crew of Mechanicals - the worst acting troupe in the land - are rehearsing a play for the Duke's wedding day. The fairies narrate the action in rhyming couplets, as the lovers take to the woods and get tangled up in magic charms, misplaced love, and misunderstanding. But all ends happily for lovers, actors, and wedding planners alike.

Book As You Like it

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Shakespeare
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1810
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 122 pages

Download or read book As You Like it written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Theatre of Envy

Download or read book A Theatre of Envy written by René Girard and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work a foremost literary and cultural critic turns to the major figure in English literature William Shakespeare and proposes a dramatic new way of reading and performing his works. The key to A Theatre of Envy is René Girards's original expression and application of what he calls Mimetic Theory. For Girard, people desire according to the desires of others. He sees this as fundamental to the human condition and works out its implications in a most convincing and ultimately, easily comprehensible way. Bringing his insights to bear on Shakespeare, Girard reveals the previously overlooked coherence of problem plays like Troilus and Cressida and makes a convincing argument for elevating A Midsummer Night's Dream from the status of entertaining chaotic comedy to a profound and original commentary on the human condition. Shakespeare transforms the crude literary form of revenge tragedy into a profound and prophetic unmasking of violence - even more relevant today than in his time. Throughout this impressively sustained reading of Shakespeare, Girard's prose is sophisticated enough for the academic as well as being accessible to the general reader. Anyone interested in literature, anthropology, psychology and particularly, theology as relevant to the overriding contemporary problems of violence in all its forms will want to read this challenging book. All those involved in theatrical productions and performance will find A Theatre of Envy full of exciting and practical ideas. 'In its enormous breathtaking scope, (René Girard's work) suggests...the projects of those 19th century intellectual giants (Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud) who still cast such long shadows today. By contrast, contemporary criticism seems paltry and fainthearted.' Comparative Literature René Girard was born in Avignon, read cultural history in Paris and in 1947 went to the USA where he has for the last 50 years held a number of prestigious academic posts. He has written more than half a dozen books, best known of which are, Violence and the Sacred, The Scapegoat, and Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, he has also been featured in many interviews and magazine articles. His Martin D'Arcy Lecture - "Victims, Violence and Christianity" - delivered in Oxford in November 1997, aroused the enthusiastic interest of a wide variety of British experts in many fields as well as those involved in the wider and increasingly significant world of contemporary spirituality in all its popular and peremptory expressions. While not giving a naive answer René Girard does provide a profound and practical way to unmask violence not only in Shakespeare's world, but in our own.

Book Sonnets

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Shakespeare
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2014-12-16
  • ISBN : 1443441554
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Sonnets written by William Shakespeare and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most enduring poetry of all time, William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets address such eternal themes as love, beauty, honesty, and the passage of time. Written primarily in four-line stanzas and iambic pentameter, Shakespeare’s sonnets are now recognized as marking the beginning of modern love poetry. The sonnets have been translated into all major written languages and are frequently used at romantic celebrations. Known as “The Bard of Avon,” William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest English-language writer known. Enormously popular during his life, Shakespeare’s works continue to resonate more than three centuries after his death, as has his influence on theatre and literature. Shakespeare’s innovative use of character, language, and experimentation with romance as tragedy served as a foundation for later playwrights and dramatists, and some of his most famous lines of dialogue have become part of everyday speech. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Book Shakespeare  Alchemy and the Creative Imagination

Download or read book Shakespeare Alchemy and the Creative Imagination written by Margaret Healy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healy demonstrates how Renaissance alchemy shaped Shakespeare's bawdy but spiritual sonnets, transforming our understanding of Shakespeare's art and beliefs.

Book The Comedy of Errors

Download or read book The Comedy of Errors written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tragedies

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Shakespeare
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1864
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 806 pages

Download or read book Tragedies written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Midsummer Night s Dream  Illustrated Classic Edition

Download or read book A Midsummer Night s Dream Illustrated Classic Edition written by Wiliam Shakespeare and published by SeaWolf Press. This book was released on 2019-01-26 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. The play follows the actions of four young Athenian lovers and six amateur actors (who are controlled by fairies) cavorting in the local forest.

Book Normal People

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sally Rooney
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 2020-02-18
  • ISBN : 1984822187
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Normal People written by Sally Rooney and published by Crown. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan). “[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.”—The Washington Post ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: People, Slate, The New York Public Library, Harvard Crimson Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins. A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship, and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t. WINNER: The British Book Award, The Costa Book Award, The An Post Irish Novel of the Year, Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Vox, The Paris Review, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country

Book Copp   d Hills Towards Heaven Shakespeare and the Classical Polity

Download or read book Copp d Hills Towards Heaven Shakespeare and the Classical Polity written by Howard B. White and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1970-07-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The departmentalism of American universities has doubtless much to recommend it. It indicates that exuberance is not a sufficient sub stitute for scholarship, that, for better or for worse, every scholar today must be something of a specialist. But when any great writer and great thinker reaches out and grasps the whole of human life, the study of his work transcends specialization. And while exuberance may not replace scholarship, it may accompany it. Most of my work has been done in the history of political philosophy. I have dared to overstep departmental boundaries, because I believe that Shakespeare has something to say to political philosophy. I am not the first to express this view. Whether I express it well or badly, I shall not be the last. I want to thank Leo Strauss, my teacher. He has read the manus cript and given me the benefit of his insight and judgment. I want to thank Richard Kennington, who has taken so much time from his own work to comment meticulously and constructively on this work as on other things I have written. His help has been generous, and my appreciation is deep. I must, in particular, thank my colleague, Adolph Lowe. He has perused this study, much of it in several versions. Through long walks in Manchester, Vermont, we have discussed my work and his comments. Usually his comments have been compelling. I can regret only that I am completely unqualified to reciprocate.

Book A Midsummer Night s Dream

Download or read book A Midsummer Night s Dream written by James L. Calderwood and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: