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Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was American cinema's greatest import. Hailing from Austria, Wilder arrived in Hollywood in 1935 and, with his skilled eye and sharp wit, took the town by storm. Exploring nearly all of the silver screen's genres (slapstick comedy, eerie suspense, film noir, courtroom drama, romantic comedy...) and sometimes creating...

Ingrid Bergman nie tylko była ucieleśnieniem nieskalanej, czystej, wyrafinowanej zmysłowości, podczas II Wojny światowej oraz bezpośrednio po niej fascynującej widzów w takich filmach, jak: "Casablanca", "Gaslight", "Spellbound" oraz "Notorious". Pod koniec życia odniosła sukces w takich, filmowych dziełach, jak: "Anastasia", "The Inn of the Sixth...

In the mid-Fifties, Yves Klein (1928-1962) conquered the world of art, declaring that "a new world calls for a new man". His idiosyncratic style and huge charisma set him on a youthful career in the great art capital, Paris. Soon his famous blue pictures, large-format canvases conceived as spaces for meditation, were making him a name far beyond...

The still life, the most primordial of painting subjects, had its peak between the late Middle Ages and the 17th century. In this book, Norbert Schneider explores the still life's insights into changes of mentality and philosophy as well as its role in the history of scientific discoveries and the gradual replacement of the medieval concept of the...

In the whole history of classical music, is there anyone to equal Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Familiar with the pianoforte aged 3, composing at 5, if there is an argument for a genetic predisposition to genius, then surely this Austrian "meister" will be first on anyone's lips. His vast ouvre is equalled only by his turbulent and colourful life. The...

Rivera Diego (1886-1957), meksykański malarz, grafik, architekt. Twórca współczesnego malarstwa meksykańskiego oraz programu sztuki narodowej nawiązującej do tradycji prekolumbijskiej. Oprócz obrazów sztalugowych tworzył ścienne polichromie i mozaiki o tematyce historycznej i obyczajowej, nacechowane monumentalizmem, ekspresją i intensywnym...