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FATHER AND SON ISSUES: The Secret History of Spider-Man is the true story of someone with a great power, and a great responsibility. That man, artist John Romita, was the best comics artist no one had ever heard of. After Spider-Man's creators had a falling out, Jazzy John (as Stan Lee called him) had to become the new tale-spinner for the web-spinner.

Lee Miller, 1927 - New York: A classically beautiful young woman, she is discovered by Condé Nast. Lee Miller, 1929 - Paris: Protégé and lover of Man Ray, she invents with him the solarization technique of photography, develops into a brilliant Surrealist photographer, and plays the statue in Cocteau's film Blood of a Poet. Lee Miller, 1939-45 - Europe: Living at times with her future husband, the painter Roland Penrose, she becomes a US war correspondent and covers the siege of St Malo and the liberation of Paris. 

Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and universal genius: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter and sculptor: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Albrecht Dürer, painting genius: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Pocas personalidades en la historia han trascendido de tal modo que solo su nombre de pila es suficiente para evocar su personalidad y trayectoria. Miguel Ángel es una de esas figuras esenciales. Michelangelo Buonarroti fue un arquitecto, escultor y pintor italiano del Renacimiento que desarrolló una extensa carrera a lo largo de setenta años a las órdenes de mecenas como la familia Medici de Florencia o los sucesivos papas de Roma.

Salvador Dalí, (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989), was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Dali also wrote a novel, Hidden Faces (1944), poetry, essays, art criticism, and a technical manual on art. The following recording is from a 1955 interview.

Gustav Mahler, star conductor and legendary composer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Frida Kahlo, Mexand painter and tragic heroine: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Salvador Dalì, Spanish painter and surrealist: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

¿Genio, locura, fachada? La controvertida vida y personalidad de Salvador Dalí no desmerece, sin embargo, la abundante, transversal y original producción artística que cosechó en vida. Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, marqués de Dalí de Púbol, nació en Figueras en 1904 y murió en 1989. Pasó una infancia acomodada, aunque a los 16 tuvo que sufrir la muerte de su madre, algo que lo marcaría para el resto de su vida.

Rembrandt, painting genius: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Gustav Klimt, painting genius of art déco: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Vincent van Gogh, misunderstood painting genius: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Marc Chagall, Maler und Kosmopolit: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.

Picasso, el revolucionario de la pintura. Picasso, el maltratador de mujeres. El que retrató a la humanidad sufriente en el “Guernica”. El comunista cuyo nombre se convirtió en una marca global. Esta biografía ayuda a comprender cómo convivían en él todas estas facetas. Pablo Picasso creó junto a otros un nuevo modo de pintar, el cubismo, que estuvo cercano a las propuestas de los surrealistas (no sin tensiones). Luego atravesó una serie de períodos propios. En esas etapas fue soltando infinidad de dibujos, esculturas y, sobre todo, cuadros.

El muralismo mexicano cambió para siempre la manera de experimentar el arte público, y no solo en Latinoamérica, sino alrededor del mundo. Diego Rivera emerge como uno de los pintores más descollantes de aquel movimiento artístico. Alimentado de las tradiciones aztecas y de las vanguardias de su tiempo, Rivera plasmó su arte en obras fulgurantes como “El mercado de Tlatelolco” y “Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central”.

Renowned art conservator Rosa Lowinger spent a difficult childhood in Miami among people whose losses in the Cuban revolution, and earlier by the decimation of family in the Holocaust, clouded all family life. After moving away to escape the “cloying exile’s nostalgia,” Lowinger discovered the unique field of art conservation, which led her to work in Tel Aviv, Philadelphia, Rome, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Charleston, Marfa, South Dakota, and Port-Au-Prince.

In Bis es nicht mehr schlägt taucht der Musiker "Zate" tief in seine bewegende Vergangenheit ein und enthüllt die unglaublichen Ereignisse seiner Kindheit im rauen Herzen von Berlin - Neukölln. Von der tragischen Ermordung seiner engsten Freundin bis hin zu seinem Aufstieg zur landesweiten Bekanntheit durch seine zutiefst berührende Musik. all das wird in diesem Buch schonungslos und mitreißend erzählt. Hier wird die brutale Realität nicht verschleiert, sondern in all ihrer Intensität offenbart. Tauche ein in eine Geschichte voller Höhen und Tiefen, die dich von der ersten Seite an fesseln wird.

Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!