Artists

The lives of painters, musicians, filmmakers, and performers come alive in this genre, where creativity, obsession, and the relentless pursuit of a vision take center stage. Whether exploring the private struggles of a rock legend, the meticulous genius of a Renaissance master, or the cultural forces that shaped an icon, these books offer an intimate look at what it truly means to make art.

Artists Shrnutí knih

The Clown

od Heinrich Böll • 1963

A clown in postwar Bonn unravels after the woman he loves leaves him for a Catholic.

3.93

32 000+

Literární fikce

Klasika

Literatura

Romány

Německo

The Clown

A clown in postwar Bonn unravels after the woman he loves leaves him for a Catholic.

od Heinrich Böll 1963 272 stran

3.93

32 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Klasika

Literatura

Romány

Německo

Walt Disney

od Neal Gabler • 2006

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

4.07

11 000+

Biografie

Historie

Podnikání

Film

Americké

Walt Disney

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

od Neal Gabler 2006 851 stran

4.07

11 000+ hodnocení

Biografie

Historie

Podnikání

Film

Americké

Understanding John Lennon

od Francis Kenny • 2020

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

4.00

Biografie

Hudba

Historie

Psychologie

Culture

Understanding John Lennon

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

od Francis Kenny 2020 320 stran

4.00

9 hodnocení

Biografie

Hudba

Historie

Psychologie

Culture

Deliver Me from Nowhere

od Warren Zanes • 2023

Why Bruce Springsteen's darkest album was a home demo he never meant to release.

4.33

4 000+

Hudba

Biografie

Historie

Spojené státy

Americké

Deliver Me from Nowhere

Why Bruce Springsteen's darkest album was a home demo he never meant to release.

od Warren Zanes 2023 320 stran

4.33

4 000+ hodnocení

Hudba

Biografie

Historie

Spojené státy

Americké

The Lost Painting

od Jonathan Harr • 2005

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

3.87

35 000+

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Detektivky

Biografie

Itálie

The Lost Painting

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

od Jonathan Harr 2005

3.87

35 000+ hodnocení

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Historie

Detektivky

Biografie

Itálie

Tune In

od Mark Lewisohn • 2013

Before Beatlemania, there was a songwriting rivalry, a visionary manager, and six-hour Hamburg sets.

4.72

4 000+

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Biografie

Historie

Popkultura

Umění

Tune In

Before Beatlemania, there was a songwriting rivalry, a visionary manager, and six-hour Hamburg sets.

od Mark Lewisohn 2013 944 stran

4.72

4 000+ hodnocení

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Biografie

Historie

Popkultura

Umění

Face the Music

od Paul Stanley • 2014

A deformed ear. Partial deafness. Face paint to hide them both. Then it became a rock god's armor.

4.13

5 000+

Hudba

Rock

Biografie

Memoáry

Autobiografie

Face the Music

A deformed ear. Partial deafness. Face paint to hide them both. Then it became a rock god's armor.

od Paul Stanley 2014 462 stran

4.13

5 000+ hodnocení

Hudba

Rock

Biografie

Memoáry

Autobiografie

Ice

od Ice-T • 2011

Orphaned at twelve, he became a South Central hustler. Then hip-hop made him a TV cop.

3.88

1 000+

Biografie

Memoáry

Hudba

Film

Skutečné zločiny

Ice

Orphaned at twelve, he became a South Central hustler. Then hip-hop made him a TV cop.

od Ice-T 2011 304 stran

3.88

1 000+ hodnocení

Biografie

Memoáry

Hudba

Film

Skutečné zločiny

Becoming Leonardo

od Mike Lankford • 2017

Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.

4.00

320

Biografie

Historie

Umění

Artists

Italian

Becoming Leonardo

Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.

od Mike Lankford 2017 304 stran

4.00

320 hodnocení

Biografie

Historie

Umění

Artists

Italian

Beethoven

od Edmund Morris • 2005

A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.

4.02

1 000+

Biografie

Hudba

Historie

Německo

Umění

Beethoven

A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.

od Edmund Morris 2005 256 stran

4.02

1 000+ hodnocení

Biografie

Hudba

Historie

Německo

Umění

Shakey

od Jimmy McDonough • 2002

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

4.09

8 000+

Biografie

Hudba

Artists

Culture

Kanada

Shakey

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

od Jimmy McDonough 2002 786 stran

4.09

8 000+ hodnocení

Biografie

Hudba

Artists

Culture

Kanada

The Ensemble

od Aja Gabel • 2018

Four musicians form a string quartet, then spend thirty years learning what it costs to stay.

3.48

10 000+

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Hudba

Pro dospělé

Romány

The Ensemble

Four musicians form a string quartet, then spend thirty years learning what it costs to stay.

od Aja Gabel 2018 352 stran

3.48

10 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Hudba

Pro dospělé

Romány

The Story of Art Without Men

od Katy Hessel • 2022

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

4.29

4 000+

Umění

Historie

Feminismus

Artists

Culture

The Story of Art Without Men

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

od Katy Hessel 2022 352 stran

4.29

4 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Historie

Feminismus

Artists

Culture

Glory Days

od Dave Marsh • 1987

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

3.78

387

Hudba

Biografie

Popkultura

Americké

Historie

Glory Days

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

od Dave Marsh 1987 424 stran

3.78

387 hodnocení

Hudba

Biografie

Popkultura

Americké

Historie

Heavier Than Heaven

od Charles R. Cross • 2001

Childhood trauma, punk ambition, and heroin fueled his rise and his meticulously planned fall.

4.12

35 000+

Biografie

Hudba

Historie

Duševní zdraví

Závislost

Heavier Than Heaven

Childhood trauma, punk ambition, and heroin fueled his rise and his meticulously planned fall.

od Charles R. Cross 2001 381 stran

4.12

35 000+ hodnocení

Biografie

Hudba

Historie

Duševní zdraví

Závislost

The Painted Girls

od Cathy Marie Buchanan • 2012

Three sisters struggle for survival in the Paris Opéra's wings, while one poses for Degas.

3.61

36 000+

Historická fikce

Historické

Francie

Umění

Literární fikce

The Painted Girls

Three sisters struggle for survival in the Paris Opéra's wings, while one poses for Degas.

od Cathy Marie Buchanan 2012 357 stran

3.61

36 000+ hodnocení

Historická fikce

Historické

Francie

Umění

Literární fikce

The Moon And Sixpence, By W. Somerset Maugham, Unabridged 6 Audio Cassettes, Narrated By Neil Hunt

od W. Somerset Maugham • 1919

A stockbroker walks out on everything to paint. No mistress. Only hunger, genius, and wreckage.

4.12

27 000+

Klasika

Literární fikce

Historická fikce

Umění

Romány

The Moon And Sixpence, By W. Somerset Maugham, Unabridged 6 Audio Cassettes, Narrated By Neil Hunt

A stockbroker walks out on everything to paint. No mistress. Only hunger, genius, and wreckage.

od W. Somerset Maugham 1919 6 stran

4.12

27 000+ hodnocení

Klasika

Literární fikce

Historická fikce

Umění

Romány

Van Gogh

od Ingo F. Walther • 1988

Every painting, one volume: the failed preacher who transformed painting, told through 871 canvases.

4.10

58 000+

Umění

Biografie

Historie

Referenční

Design

Van Gogh

Every painting, one volume: the failed preacher who transformed painting, told through 871 canvases.

od Ingo F. Walther 1988 720 stran

4.10

58 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Biografie

Historie

Referenční

Design

Frida

od Hayden Herrera • 1983

Two hundred self-portraits, one body in revolt. Frida Kahlo turned a lifetime of surgeries into art.

4.02

75 000+

Biografie

Umění

Historie

Feminismus

Women

Frida

Two hundred self-portraits, one body in revolt. Frida Kahlo turned a lifetime of surgeries into art.

od Hayden Herrera 1983 528 stran

4.02

75 000+ hodnocení

Biografie

Umění

Historie

Feminismus

Women

Colored Pencil Painting Bible

od Alyona Nickelsen • 2009

Colored pencils that rival oil paint: solvent, layering, and texturing for luminous realism.

4.22

1 000+

Umění

Referenční

Vzdělávání

Design

Color

Colored Pencil Painting Bible

Colored pencils that rival oil paint: solvent, layering, and texturing for luminous realism.

od Alyona Nickelsen 2009 192 stran

4.22

1 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Referenční

Vzdělávání

Design

Color

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