Comparisons and interactions within/across cultures from Ludmila Kostova, Iona Sarieva and Mihaela Irimia. ... |
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Anguished art: The tortured talents of a post-Impressionist master. Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) are among the most well-known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many, many paintings and drawings beyond, we recognize an artist uniquely dexterous in the portrayal of mood and place through paint, pencil, charcoal, or chalk. Yet as he was deploying the lurid colors, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms that would subsequently make his name and inspire generations of expressionist artists, van Gogh battled not only the disinterest of ... |
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It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the work's title and its loose stylistic rendering of light and motion upon water to deride this new, impressionistic, tendency in art. As with many seminal art movements, the critics got their comeuppance. Today, Impressionism is close contender for the world's favorite period of painting. With blockbuster exhibitions, record-breaking auction prices, and packed museums, the works once dismissed as unfinished or imprecise are now beloved for their ... |
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Светозар Иванов е пианист с успешна международна кариера. Концертира самостоятелно и като солист на оркестри в Европа и Северна Америка. Последните му участия са на фестивала „Петър Велики” в Холандия, Robert Helps International Festival в Merkin Concert Hall в New York City, Fox River Chamber Music Festival във Уисконсин, Chautauqua Music Festival в Ню Йорк, Sequoia Concerts в Сан Франциско, The Steinway Series и Encore Series във Флорида и многобройни серии от рецитали в различни университети в САЩ. Той e професор по пиано в университета в Южна Флорида, член на факултета по изкуствата в Green Mountain Chamber Music ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. While stationed in northern Italy, he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. Theirs is an intense, tender and passionate love affair overshadowed by the war. Ernest Hemingway spares nothing in his denunciation of the horrors of combat, yet vividly depicts the courage shown by so many. In writing "A Farewell to Arms", Hemingway was inspired by his own wartime experience as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. ... |
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"Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie the Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders... " The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood include Pooh Bear using a balloon to get honey, Piglet meeting a Heffalump, and Eeyore having a birthday. For nearly 70 years, Milne's classic story about young Christopher Robin and his adventures with his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood has captivated readers of all ages. ... |
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The Strandzha is Bulgaria's, and possibly Europe's, least known mountain range. It is a wild maze where you can easily get lost and a safe haven for species that survived the extinction of the last Ice Age. It is a mysterious place where century-old legends and stories cohabit with paganism, Christianity and modern mythology. It is dotted with ancient and latterday ruins. Yet, it is a lot more than that. Its pristine beaches at the Black Sea coast, its nature reserves, its rivers and its forests provide the intrepid traveller with countless opportunities to explore: from the perplexing ruins of Begliktash to the ... |
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A Guide to Communist Bulgaria meanders through the architectural, artistic and material heritage of the people's Republic of Bulgaria, and puts it in context. The book features the must-visit locations and monuments for anyone with an interest in the triumphs and failures of Bulgaria's recent past: from Buzludzha and Dimitrovgrad to Stalinist Sofiq, the Monuments of Communist guerrilla fighters and soviet soldiers, the abandoned military barracks and cinema theatres, the failed megaprojects and the nostalgia for the idealised communist past and its funny street signs."Communist ideology permeated the living ... |
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Преди 2000 години земите на днешна България станали част от една от най-великите империи в историята на света: Римската империя. Това съдбоносно събитие променило културата, пейзажа и населението на Балканите. Появили се нови градове, пътища и акведукти, работилници и пищни храмове, посветени на божества, пристигнали от близо и далеч. Улиците гъмжали от траки и от преселници от Гърция, Близкия Изток, Средна Европа и Апенините. Когато имало мир, провинциите процъфтявали под закрилата на войниците по дунавската граница на империята. Търговци правели бизнес с всички краища на империята, заможни граждани финансирали строежа ... |
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Second, expanded & updated edition. ... This book is for everyone with an interest in Jewish history in Bulgaria and the Balkans, and in the general history of southeastern Europe. It is designed to be a journey through both territory and time, illuminating the sometimes very complex backgrounds while guiding through the topography. Many of the monuments described in it are hard to find and in various stages of disrepair: poignant reminders of a long-disappeared culture, but also pointers to the present and the future. Unless travellers know exactly where they are going and what they are seeking, these landmarks of ... |
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Explore Plovdiv's millennia-spanning history from its ancient ruins and 19th century houses to its Communist heritage and vibrant modern cityscape. Combining stunning photography and erudite text, this book unveils the city's gorgeous Roman mosaics, elegant neoclassical and modernist buildings, art and hidden gems, churches, mosques and synagogues created by generations of Plovdiv residents. With a special chapter on the must-see attractions around Plovdiv. By the authors of "A Guide to Jewish Bulgaria", "A Guide to Ottoman Bulgaria", "A Guide to Thracian Bulgaria", "A Guide ... |
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About 4000 years ago the lands of modern Bulgaria were inhabited by people who built fortifications and cities, buried their dead in monumental tombs, drank wine from gold and silver cups, and warred, traded and did politics with the ancient Greeks and Romans, with the Persians, the Scythians and the ancient Macedonians. Who were these people? What do we know about them? This book will take you to all of the sites related to Thracians, a mysterious nation that had no written language but that left behind a lot of marvelous heritage. It will guide you from their rock niches in the Rhodope to the richly decorated royal ... |
