Ämnen & motiv

Tilldelad Augustpriset 2023, i den facklitterära klassen Anders Zorn var inte bara målarfursten i Mora som blev rik på att måla kullor och badande kvinnor, inte heller enbart magikern som med sin pensel trollade fram ljusreflexer och frasande tyge...

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This introduction to light for students and visual artists explores the way light can be used to create realistic and fantastical effects in a wide range of media. Divided into three parts, the clearly written text explains: the fundamental proper...

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This illustrated ebook, in the Collins Artist's Studio series, is aimed at the intermediate painter and explains how to loosen up your watercolours and develop a more spontaneous style of painting.Judi Whitton has specialized in teaching and paint...

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Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artists of the Baroque age. In Artemisia Gentileschi, critic and historian Jonathan Jones discovers how Artemisia overcame a turbulent past to become one of the foremost painters of her day. As a young...

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Ett samtal utan slut En ung man som inte vet vad han ska bli, utföra eller uppföra sig, och mår dåligt och misslyckas gång på gång, skriver ner detta i väntan på vad som egentligen kommer att ske. Det är början på en mans liv, som sedan blev en av...

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For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series. In Release Me, powerful multimillionaire Damien Stark made Southern belle Nikki Fairchild an unforgettable indecent proposal which she couldn't resist. Now their sensual, erotic, powerfull...

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'In a class of its own . . . An outstanding book and a definite page turner for any Fifty Shades fan!' Irresistible. Erotic. Emotionally charged. The unforgettable multi-million copy selling series, which started with an unforgettable indecent pro...

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År 2010 stod över 750 000 människor i kö till Marina Abramovic stora retrospektiva utställning på Museum of Modern Art i New York för att få chansen att tysta sitta mittemot henne i ett performance som pågick i över 700 timmar. I över femtio år ha...

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A brand-new, stunningly produced collection of over 500 erotic art photographs, featuring the work of over 70 leading photographers from the US, UK and elsewhere, who have made a name for themselves with their nude and erotic work.Photographers in...

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I Ai Weiweis memoarbok skildras hundra år av Kinas historia - genom berättelsen om hans eget, extraordinära liv, och genom arvet efter hans far, landets mest hyllade poet. Lika ambitiös som personlig belyser "Tusen år av glädje och sorg" den myria...

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Typography, the art of designing printed words, was once the domain of an elite few artists but has become an area with which millions of people engage daily. The widespread usage of digital devices from laptops to tablets and smart phones which a...

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Välkommen till Lilla Hyttnäs, hem åt två av de största konstnärskapen Sverige någonsin sett. När Carl och Karin Larsson flyttade hem till Sverige efter flera år utomlands, fick de en liten stuga i Sundborn av Karins far. Stugan i Dalarna blev Carl...

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Fredrik Sjöberg fick 2004 sitt stora litterära genombrott med Flugfällan. Tillsammans med Flyktkonsten (2006) och Russinkungen (2009) bildar den en halvt självbiografisk trilogi, befolkad av äventyrliga naturforskare och glömda konstnärer, däribla...

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Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the top...

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The Smell of Summer Grass is based partly on the long out of print 'Perch Hill'. It is the story of the years spent in finding and building a personal Arcadia, sometimes a dream, sometimes a nightmare, by writer Adam Nicolson and his wife, cook an...

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As Britain's most successful and high profile make-up artist, for the past 15 years Gary Cockerill has glossed the lips, curled the lashes and shared the secrets of the famous and fabulous.With his unique style of super-sexy, uber-glamorous make-u...

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'Fanny Hill' scandalised thousands of Victorians with its vivid descriptions of sexual pleasure, and landed its author in court a year after publication on charges of 'corrupting the King's subjects'. This only heightened its allure - and today it...

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'The Autobiography of a Flea' was initally published in 1887, and inspired a film directed by one of the first female pornographic directors from the 1970s. Starring the inimitable John C Holmes, it is recognised as a classic example of the x-rate...

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'My Secret Life' is a dark work of Victorian erotica, and an explicit memoir of unspoken desires in the English class system - encapsulating the joy of hidden sins in an age of moral fervour.Would you undress with the curtains open?A champagne-dri...

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This edition does not include illustrations.The first major life of the outstanding British painter - and Jack the Ripper suspect - Walter Sickert (1860-1942), by the highly acclaimed biographer of Aubrey Beardsley.Walter Richard Sickert is perhap...

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Natural history, perhaps more than any other pursuit or study, has always relied heavily on books. Without their basic function of enabling the different kinds of animals and plants to be described in adequate detail, the subject could never have ...

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson.Aged 21, Nicolson inherited the Shiants, three lonely Hebridean islands set in a dangerous sea off the Isle of Lewis. W...

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young... If it was only the other way!'Wilde's first and only published nov...

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Introducing Human Design, the revolutionary system that reveals the personality 'blueprint' of who you were born to be. Using the precise details of your birth, it's more accurate than astrology. And by downloading the free software, you can map y...

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Focusing on the art of self-portraiture, this effortlessly engaging exploration of the lives of artists sheds fascinating light on some of the most extraordinary portraits in art history.Self-portraits catch your eye. They seem to do it deliberate...

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This edition does not include illustrations.Please note that due to the level of detail, the family tree is best viewed on a tablet.The wayward life (1898-1979) of the voracious art collector and great female patron of world-famous artists.'Mrs Gu...

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Insect Natural History introduces the reader to some of the latest discoveries and ideas about British Insects.This volume deals with the natural history of British insects, and introduces the reader to some of the latest discoveries and ideas abo...

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New Naturalist Wildfowl provides a much-anticipated overview of the fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas.Wildfowl - swans, geese and ducks - have been the subject of poetry, fables, folklore and music, and a...

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Another volume in the widely-read New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.Often overlooked due to the reputation of natural habitat in other parts of the count...

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The stunning, specially commissioned cover illustrations are one of the great joys of the New Naturalist series, lending it a distinctive style which has inspired nature enthusiasts for many decades.The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest...

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