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 Ringkasan Buku

The Clown

oleh Heinrich Böll • 1963

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

3.93

32.000+

Fiksi Sastra

Klasik

Sastra

Novel

Jerman

The Clown

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

oleh Heinrich Böll 1963 272 halaman

3.93

32.000+ penilaian

Fiksi Sastra

Klasik

Sastra

Novel

Jerman

Walt Disney

oleh Neal Gabler • 2006

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

4.07

11.000+

Biografi

Sejarah

Bisnis

Film

Amerika

Walt Disney

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

oleh Neal Gabler 2006 851 halaman

4.07

11.000+ penilaian

Biografi

Sejarah

Bisnis

Film

Amerika

Understanding John Lennon

oleh Francis Kenny • 2020

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

4.00

Biografi

Musik

Sejarah

Psikologi

Culture

Understanding John Lennon

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

oleh Francis Kenny 2020 320 halaman

4.00

9 penilaian

Biografi

Musik

Sejarah

Psikologi

Culture

Deliver Me from Nowhere

oleh Warren Zanes • 2023

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

4.33

4.000+

Musik

Biografi

Sejarah

Amerika Serikat

Amerika

Deliver Me from Nowhere

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

oleh Warren Zanes 2023 320 halaman

4.33

4.000+ penilaian

Musik

Biografi

Sejarah

Amerika Serikat

Amerika

The Lost Painting

oleh Jonathan Harr • 2005

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

3.87

35.000+

Seni

Sejarah

Misteri

Biografi

Italia

The Lost Painting

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

oleh Jonathan Harr 2005

3.87

35.000+ penilaian

Seni

Sejarah

Misteri

Biografi

Italia

Tune In

oleh Mark Lewisohn • 2013

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

4.72

4.000+

Musik

Biografi

Sejarah

Budaya Pop

Seni

Tune In

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

oleh Mark Lewisohn 2013 944 halaman

4.72

4.000+ penilaian

Musik

Biografi

Sejarah

Budaya Pop

Seni

Face the Music

oleh 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+

Musik

Rock

Biografi

Memoar

Autobiografi

Face the Music

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

oleh Paul Stanley 2014 462 halaman

4.13

5.000+ penilaian

Musik

Rock

Biografi

Memoar

Autobiografi

Ice

oleh Ice-T • 2011

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

3.88

1.000+

Biografi

Memoar

Musik

Film

Kejahatan Nyata

Ice

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

oleh Ice-T 2011 304 halaman

3.88

1.000+ penilaian

Biografi

Memoar

Musik

Film

Kejahatan Nyata

Becoming Leonardo

oleh Mike Lankford • 2017

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

4.00

320

Biografi

Sejarah

Seni

Artists

Italian

Becoming Leonardo

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

oleh Mike Lankford 2017 304 halaman

4.00

320 penilaian

Biografi

Sejarah

Seni

Artists

Italian

Beethoven

oleh Edmund Morris • 2005

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

4.02

1.000+

Biografi

Musik

Sejarah

Jerman

Seni

Beethoven

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

oleh Edmund Morris 2005 256 halaman

4.02

1.000+ penilaian

Biografi

Musik

Sejarah

Jerman

Seni

Shakey

oleh Jimmy McDonough • 2002

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

4.09

8.000+

Biografi

Musik

Artists

Culture

Kanada

Shakey

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

oleh Jimmy McDonough 2002 786 halaman

4.09

8.000+ penilaian

Biografi

Musik

Artists

Culture

Kanada

The Ensemble

oleh Aja Gabel • 2018

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

3.48

10.000+

Fiksi Sastra

Kontemporer

Musik

Dewasa

Novel

The Ensemble

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

oleh Aja Gabel 2018 352 halaman

3.48

10.000+ penilaian

Fiksi Sastra

Kontemporer

Musik

Dewasa

Novel

The Story of Art Without Men

oleh Katy Hessel • 2022

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

4.29

4.000+

Seni

Sejarah

Feminisme

Artists

Culture

The Story of Art Without Men

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

oleh Katy Hessel 2022 352 halaman

4.29

4.000+ penilaian

Seni

Sejarah

Feminisme

Artists

Culture

Glory Days

oleh Dave Marsh • 1987

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

3.78

387

Musik

Biografi

Budaya Pop

Amerika

Sejarah

Glory Days

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

oleh Dave Marsh 1987 424 halaman

3.78

387 penilaian

Musik

Biografi

Budaya Pop

Amerika

Sejarah

Heavier Than Heaven

oleh Charles R. Cross • 2001

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

4.12

35.000+

Biografi

Musik

Sejarah

Kesehatan Mental

Kecanduan

Heavier Than Heaven

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

oleh Charles R. Cross 2001 381 halaman

4.12

35.000+ penilaian

Biografi

Musik

Sejarah

Kesehatan Mental

Kecanduan

The Painted Girls

oleh Cathy Marie Buchanan • 2012

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

3.61

36.000+

Fiksi Sejarah

Sejarah

Prancis

Seni

Fiksi Sastra

The Painted Girls

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

oleh Cathy Marie Buchanan 2012 357 halaman

3.61

36.000+ penilaian

Fiksi Sejarah

Sejarah

Prancis

Seni

Fiksi Sastra

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

oleh W. Somerset Maugham • 1919

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

4.12

27.000+

Klasik

Fiksi Sastra

Fiksi Sejarah

Seni

Novel

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.

oleh W. Somerset Maugham 1919 6 halaman

4.12

27.000+ penilaian

Klasik

Fiksi Sastra

Fiksi Sejarah

Seni

Novel

Van Gogh

oleh Ingo F. Walther • 1988

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

4.10

58.000+

Seni

Biografi

Sejarah

Referensi

Desain

Van Gogh

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

oleh Ingo F. Walther 1988 720 halaman

4.10

58.000+ penilaian

Seni

Biografi

Sejarah

Referensi

Desain

Frida

oleh Hayden Herrera • 1983

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

4.02

75.000+

Biografi

Seni

Sejarah

Feminisme

Women

Frida

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

oleh Hayden Herrera 1983 528 halaman

4.02

75.000+ penilaian

Biografi

Seni

Sejarah

Feminisme

Women

Colored Pencil Painting Bible

oleh Alyona Nickelsen • 2009

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

4.22

1.000+

Seni

Referensi

Pendidikan

Desain

Color

Colored Pencil Painting Bible

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

oleh Alyona Nickelsen 2009 192 halaman

4.22

1.000+ penilaian

Seni

Referensi

Pendidikan

Desain

Color

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