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    Art & Fear

    Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 8 min

    What is your art really about? Where is it going? What stands in the way of getting it there?These are questions that matter, questions that recur at each stage of artistic development—and they are the source for this volume of wonderfully incisive commentary. Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    How to Be an Artist

    by Jerry Saltz ...
    Narrated by Jerry Saltz ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 20 min

    "Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for the artist or non-artist, for the person who gets plain English, for the person who understands that practical talk can coax out the mystical messages that lie underneath." —Steve MartinArt has the power to change our lives. For many, becoming an artist is a lifelong dream. But how to make it happen? ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Sexual Personae

    Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

    Narrated by Emily Durante ...

    Unabridged

    35 hours 15 min

    In this brilliantly original book, Camille Paglia identifies some of the major patterns that have endured in western culture from ancient Egypt and Greece to the present. According to Paglia, one source of continuity is paganism, which, undefeated by Judeo-Christianity, continues to flourish in art, eroticism, astrology, and pop culture. Others, she says, are androgyny, sadism, and the aggressive ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    Splinters

    Another Kind of Love Story

    Narrated by Leslie Jamison ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 32 min

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes “a blazing, unputdownable memoir” (Mary Karr, author of Lit), the “piercing, intimate” story (TIME Magazine) of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Playing to the Gallery

    Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood

    by Grayson Perry ...
    Narrated by Grayson Perry ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 47 min

    'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art' Lynn Barber, Sunday TimesNow Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Gallery and not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite'). Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    The Way I See It

    The landmark BBC art series in partnership with MoMA

    Unabridged

    6 hours 52 min

    30 leading cultural figures choose an artwork from the Museum of Modern Art's collection, and discuss the response it provokes in themArt critic and broadcaster Alastair Sooke, accompanied by some of the world's leading creative thinkers, takes an in-depth look at the outstanding exhibits in New York's MoMA, exploring how the way we 'see' art is shaped by our experiences and perspectives. His ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    The Reith Lectures

    10 of the best

    Unabridged

    7 hours 30 min

    Ten emblematic lectures by world-leading thinkers, specially selected by the series producer.Since 1948, the BBC's iconic annual lecture series has provided a platform for brilliant, entertaining individuals to discuss and develop their ideas on radio. The topics range from art and science to history, culture, politics and more, and each Reith Lecture - which is a little longer than a TED talk - ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    The Nature of Fashion

    A Botanical Story of Our Material Lives

    by Carry Somers ...
    Narrated by Carry Somers ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 23 min

    If plants have shaped fashion’s past, couldn’t they hold the secret to its future? Global leader in sustainable fashion and natural storyteller, Carry Somers takes us on a journey through time and place to meet the plants that have shaped our clothes and reveals the human stories of the visionaries and idealists, activists and obsessives, pioneers and their passion, profiteers and greed – to help ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Impact of Technology on Modern Art, The: From Photography to Digital Art

    by Ciro Irmici ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 39 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Impact of Technology on Modern Art: From Photography to Digital Art offers a deep dive into the fascinating evolution of art in the age of technological innovation. This compelling book takes readers on a journey from the birth of photography in the 19th century, which challenged the dominance of traditional painting, to the digital revolution of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    História da Arte, Volume 4.

    Arte Moderna

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adriano Vale ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 59 min

    Descubra "História da Arte. Tomo 4. Arte Moderna" de Élie Faure - uma viagem filosófica e poética ao coração da criação artística. Neste tomo final, Faure transcende as épocas para explorar a essência da arte como pulso vital da humanidade. Das esculturas africanas às obras-primas de Veneza, revela as conexões profundas entre culturas e expressões figurativas, analisando o ritmo alternado de ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Marking Time

    Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration

    Narrated by Adenrele Ojo ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 39 min

    More than two million people are currently behind bars in the United States. Incarceration not only separates the imprisoned from their families and communities; it also exposes them to shocking levels of deprivation and abuse and subjects them to the arbitrary cruelties of the criminal justice system. Yet, as Nicole Fleetwood reveals, America's prisons are filled with art. Despite the isolation ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Last Light

    How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph

    Narrated by Mack Sanderson ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 12 min

    One of the nation’s top art critics shows how six great artists made old age a time of triumph by producing some of the greatest work of their long careers—and, in some cases, changing the course of art history.Ordinarily, we think of young artists as the bomb throwers. Monet and Renoir were still in their twenties when they embarked on what would soon be called Impressionism, as were Picasso and ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    Kunstgeschichte Band 3.

    Kunst der Renaissance

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    Dieser dritte Band der Kunstgeschichte von Élie Faure ist ein meisterhaftes Eintauchen in das Wesen der Renaissance, jene Ära der kreativen Wiedergeburt, in der die Kunst das Mittelalter überwindet, um Individualismus und Humanismus zu umarmen. Durch eine lebendige Analyse italienischer Zentren wie Florenz, Rom und Venedig entschlüsselt der Autor die ästhetischen Revolutionen, die von Giganten wie ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Historia e Artit, Vëllimi 4.

    Arti Modern

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    Zbuloni "Historinë e Artit. Vëllimi 4. Arti Modern" të Élie Faure, një udhëtim filozofik dhe poetik në zemrën e krijimtarisë artistike. Në këtë vëllim final, Faure tejkalon epokat për të eksploruar thelbin e artit si pulsimi vital i njerëzimit. Nga idhujt afrikanë në përjetimet e Venedikut, ai zbulon lidhjet e thella midis kulturave dhe shprehjeve figurative, duke analizuar ritmin alternues të ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Kunsthistorie, bind 4.

    Moderne kunst

    by Elie Fauré ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 52 min

    Oppdag "Kunsthistorie. Bind 4. Moderne kunst" av Élie Faure - en filosofisk og poetisk reise inn i kunstnerisk skapelse. I denne avsluttende boken overstiger Faure tidalder for å utforske kunstens essens som menneskehetens vitale puls. Fra afrikanske idoler til Venezias mesterverk avslører han dype bånd mellom kulturer og bildelige uttrykk, analyserer den vekslende rytmen av syntese og analyse som ... Read more

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    Exhibitions

    Essays on Art and Atrocity

    Narrated by Dina Pearlman ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 16 min

    What happens when beauty intersects with horror? In her newest nonfiction collection, Jehanne Dubrow interrogates the ethical questions that arise when we aestheticize atrocity. The daughter of US diplomats, she weaves memories of growing up overseas among narratives centered on art objects created while working under oppressive regimes. Ultimately Exhibitions is a collection concerned with how ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Kasaysayan ng Sining Tomo 3.

    Sining ng Renaissance

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 51 min

    Ang ikatlong tomo ng Kasaysayan ng Sining ni Élie Faure ay isang mahusay na paglubog sa diwa ng Renaissance, ang panahong ito ng malikhaing muling pagsilang kung saan ang sining ay lumampas sa Gitnang Panahon upang yakapin ang indibidwalismo at humanismo. Sa pamamagitan ng buhay na pagsusuri ng mga sentrong Italyano tulad ng Florence, Roma at Venice, binubuksan ng may-akda ang mga rebolusyong ... Read more

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    Kunsthistorie bind 2.

    Middelalderkunst

    by Elie Fauré ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    I dette fengslende bindet utforsker Élie Faure middelalderens kunst som en eksplosjon av åndelig og sanselig liv, født av sammenstøtet mellom etiske religioner og menneskelige instinkter. Fra indisk panteisme til khmertempler, fra kinesisk ro til japansk dynamikk, via bysantinske mosaikker, islamske arabesker og franske gotiske katedraler, avslører Faure hvordan kunsten har overvunnet dogmer og ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    История на изкуството, том 3.

    Ренесансово изкуство

    by Ели Фор ...
    Narrated by Адриан Вейл ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    Този трети том от „История на изкуството“ на Ели Фор е майсторско потапяне в същността на Ренесанса, тази епоха на творческо възраждане, в която изкуството надхвърля Средновековието, за да приеме индивидуализма и хуманизма. Чрез жива анализа на италианските центрове като Флоренция, Рим и Венеция, авторът разкрива естетическите революции, носени от гиганти като Микеланджело, Леонардо да Винчи, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Letters to Gwen John

    by Celia Paul ...
    Narrated by Rachel Bavidge ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 40 min

    Celia Paul's Letters to Gwen John centers on a series of letters addressed to the Welsh painter Gwen John (1876–1939), who has long been a tutelary spirit for Paul. John spent much of her life in France, making art on her own terms and, like Paul, painting mostly women. John's reputation was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother, Augustus John, and her lover Auguste Rodin. Through the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    ประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ เล่ม 2

    ศิลปะยุคกลาง

    Unabridged

    ในเล่มน่าติดตามเล่มนี้ Élie Faure สำรวจศิลปะยุคกลางราวกับการระเบิดของชีวิตทางจิตวิญญาณและความรู้สึกที่เกิดจากการปะทะกันระหว่างศาสนาที่มีจริยธรรมและสัญชาตญาณของมนุษย์ จากลัทธิพานเทอัสในอินเดียไปจนถึงวัดเขมร จากความสงบของจีนไปจนถึงพลังงานของญี่ปุ่น ผ่านโมเสกไบแซนไทน์ อาราเบสก์อิสลาม และมหาวิหารกอธิกฝรั่งเศส เขาเผยให้เห็นว่าศิลปะได้ก้าวข้ามหลักศาสนาและความทุกข์ทรมานเพื่อเฉลิมฉลองความกลมกลืนสากล Faure ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Sanat Tarihi, Cilt 4.

    Modern Sanat

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    "Sanatın Tarihi. Cilt 4. Modern Sanat" adlı Élie Faure'un eserini keşfedin - sanatsal yaratılışın kalbine yapılan felsefi ve şiirsel bir yolculuk. Bu son ciltte, Faure sanatın insanlığın hayati nabzı olarak özünü keşfetmek için çağları aşar. Afrikalı putlarından Venedik şaheserlerine kadar, kültürler ve figüratif ifadeler arasındaki derin bağları ortaya koymakta, Tarihi harekete geçiren sentez ve ... Read more

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    미술사 1권

    고대 예술

    by 엘리 포르 ...
    Narrated by 애드리안 베일 ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 53 min

    엘리 포르의 시리즈 예술의 역사 제1권은 인간 상상력의 근원으로 향하는 놀라운 여정을 그린다. 이 책은 인간의 시선이 태어난 순간을 추적하며, 구석기 시대의 동굴에서부터 이집트의 거상들, 아시리아의 날개 달린 황소들, 빛이 가득한 그리스의 신전들, 그리고 돌과 도로의 천재 로마에 이르기까지 여행한다.시적인 이야기꾼이자 통찰력 있는 역사가인 포르는 예술 작품이 단순한 장식이 아니라 살아있는 힘의 체계임을 밝힌다. 여기서 형태는 기능과 결합하고, 사상은 육체가 된다 — 예술은 인류가 공유하는 언어이자, 민족의 숨결, 세계의 기억이다.독자는 들소가 뛰노는 동굴, 태양에 달궈진 기둥, 파나테네아 행진이 조각된 프리즈, 그리고 건축이 순수한 의지로 변하는 로마의 경기장을 거닌다 — 각 페이지는 하나의 장면, 각 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Kunstiajalugu 2. köide.

    Keskaegne kunst

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 4 min

    Selles haaravas köites uurib Élie Faure keskaegset kunsti kui vaimse ja meelelise elu plahvatust, mis sündis eetiliste religioonide ja inimlike instinktide kokkupõrkest. India panteismist kuni khmeeri templiteni, Hiina rahust kuni Jaapani dünaamikani, läbi Bütsantsi mosaiikide, islami araabeskide ja Prantsuse gooti katedraalide, näitab Faure, kuidas kunst ületas dogmad ja kannatused, et tähistada ... Read more

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