Library of Luminaries: Frida Kahlo

Library of Luminaries: Frida Kahlo
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 135
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781452162102
ISBN-13 : 1452162107
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Library of Luminaries: Frida Kahlo by : Zena Alkayat

Step into the world of one of history's most celebrated artists and feminist icons: Frida Kahlo. This beautifully illustrated biography is full of colorful details that illuminate the woman behind the artwork, including excerpts from Kahlo's personal letters and diaries on her childhood dreams of becoming a doctor, the accident that changed the course of her life, and her love affairs with famous artists. Featuring handwritten text alongside lovely illustrations, Library of Luminaries: Frida Kahlo provides a captivating window into the vibrant life, work, and creative vision of the beloved Mexican artist.

On Being Human

On Being Human
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781524743574
ISBN-13 : 1524743577
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis On Being Human by : Jennifer Pastiloff

An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how hearing loss taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness. Centered around the touchstone stories Jen tells in her popular workshops, On Being Human is the story of how a starved person grew into the exuberant woman she was meant to be all along by battling the demons within and winning. Jen did not intend to become a yoga teacher, but when she was given the opportunity to host her own retreats, she left her thirteen-year waitressing job and said “yes,” despite crippling fears of her inexperience and her own potential. After years of feeling depressed, anxious, and hopeless, in a life that seemed to have no escape, she healed her own heart by caring for others. She has learned to fiercely listen despite being nearly deaf, to banish shame attached to a body mass index, and to rebuild a family after the debilitating loss of her father when she was eight. Through her journey, Jen conveys the experience most of us are missing in our lives: being heard and being told, “I got you.” Exuberant, triumphantly messy, and brave, On Being Human is a celebration of happiness and self-realization over darkness and doubt. Her complicated yet imperfectly perfect life path is an inspiration to live outside the box and to reject the all-too-common belief of “I am not enough.” Jen will help readers find, accept, and embrace their own vulnerability, bravery, and humanness.

Frida in America

Frida in America
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 291
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250113399
ISBN-13 : 1250113393
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Frida in America by : Celia Stahr

The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today "[An] insightful debut....Featuring meticulous research and elegant turns of phrase, Stahr’s engrossing account provides scholarly though accessible analysis for both feminists and art lovers." —Publisher's Weekly Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental. Only twenty-three and newly married to the already world-famous forty-three-year-old Diego Rivera, she was at a crossroads in her life and this new place, one filled with magnificent beauty, horrific poverty, racial tension, anti-Semitism, ethnic diversity, bland Midwestern food, and a thriving music scene, pushed Frida in unexpected directions. Shifts in her style of painting began to appear, cracks in her marriage widened, and tragedy struck, twice while she was living in Detroit. Frida in America is the first in-depth biography of these formative years spent in Gringolandia, a place Frida couldn’t always understand. But it’s precisely her feelings of being a stranger in a strange land that fueled her creative passions and an even stronger sense of Mexican identity. With vivid detail, Frida in America recreates the pivotal journey that made Senora Rivera the world famous Frida Kahlo.

Frida Kahlo Paper Dolls

Frida Kahlo Paper Dolls
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1452108250
ISBN-13 : 9781452108254
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Frida Kahlo Paper Dolls by : Francisco Estebanez

Frida fans of all ages will delight in this fabulous paper doll set celebrating the artist and fashion icon. Included here are thirty of her signature ensembles, plus a bonus paper doll of husband Diego Rivera with two outfits of his own.

I Will Never Forget You

I Will Never Forget You
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0811856925
ISBN-13 : 9780811856928
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis I Will Never Forget You by : Salomon Grimberg

A collection of photographs of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo by the Hungarian-born photographer Nickolas Muray. Kahlo met Muray in Mexico in 1931, and they began an affair that was to continue over several years, sustained at a distance by an exchange of paintings, photographs and passionate love letters, a selection of which are included here.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Total Pages : 162
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781613741832
ISBN-13 : 1613741839
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera by : Carol Sabbeth

Children will find artistic inspiration as they learn about iconic artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in these imaginative and colorful activities. The art and ideas of Kahlo and Rivera are explored through projects that include painting a self-portrait Kahlo-style, creating a mural with a social message like Rivera, making a Day of the Dead ofrenda, and crafting an Olmec head carving. Vibrant illustrations throughout the book include Rivera's murals and paintings, Kahlo's dreamscapes and self-portraits, pre-Columbian art and Mexican folk art, as well as many photographs of the two artists. Children will learn that art is more than just pretty pictures; it can be a way to express the artist's innermost feelings, a source of everyday joy and fun, an outlet for political ideas, and an expression of hope for a better world. Sidebars will introduce children to other Mexican artists and other notable female artists. A time line, listings of art museums and places where Kahlo and Rivera's art can be viewed, and a list of relevant websites complete this cross-cultural art experience.

Playing with Pop-ups

Playing with Pop-ups
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Publisher : Quarry Books
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 9781627880329
ISBN-13 : 1627880321
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Playing with Pop-ups by : Helen Hiebert

DIVEnter the enchanting world of pop-ups and handmade paper crafts. Join author Helen Hiebert as she guides you through materials, tools and pop-up basics including parallel folds, angle folds, combinations and variations, and layered pop-ups. Enjoy creating 20 projects to play with ranging from cards and books to buildings, graphic design pieces, and more. Featuring a high-end gallery of artists, whose beautiful work will inspire you to make your own amazing paper art, Playing with Pop-Ups will teach you to create interactive pieces that everyone will enjoy./div

Frida Kahlo Colouring Book

Frida Kahlo Colouring Book
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Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Total Pages : 32
Release :
ISBN-10 : 379133994X
ISBN-13 : 9783791339948
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Frida Kahlo Colouring Book by : Doris Kutschbach

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines. 16 colour illustrations

The Lacuna

The Lacuna
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 680
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780571252657
ISBN-13 : 0571252656
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lacuna by : Barbara Kingsolver

**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD** TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Lush.' Sunday Times 'Superb.' Daily Mail 'Elegantly written.' Sunday Telegraph From award-winning and internationally bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy. Born in America and raised in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. When he starts work in the household of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo - where the Bolshevik leader, Lev Trotsky, is also being harboured as a political exile - he inadvertently casts his lot with art, communism and revolution. A compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Trotsky in the midst of the Mexican revolution. A violent upheaval sends him back to America; but political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach - the lacuna - between truth and public presumption.

Adult Jigsaw Puzzle William Morris Gallery - Golden Lily

Adult Jigsaw Puzzle William Morris Gallery - Golden Lily
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Publisher : Flame Tree Gift
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 1787558967
ISBN-13 : 9781787558960
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Adult Jigsaw Puzzle William Morris Gallery - Golden Lily by : Flame Tree Studio

Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with the charming William Morris Gallery: Golden Lily. This 1000 piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Finished Jigsaw size 735 x 510mm/29 x 20 ins. William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best, however, from his superb furnishings and textile designs, intricately weaving together natural motifs in a highly stylized two-dimensional fashion influenced by medieval conventions.