Friedl & the Children of Terezin by Susan G. Rubin @ Art & Architecture book

Friedl & the Children of Terezin by Susan G. Rubin
Description not available.Recounts how Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp.

AUTHOR: Susan G. Rubin
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Love's Labours Lost by John Arthos, Trevor Gilchrist, William Shakespeare
When the King of Navarre commits himself and his gentlemen-in-waiting, Longaville, Dumaine, and Berowne, to three years of secluded study, barring all interactions with women, he forgot that a French envoy consisting of the Princess of France and her three ladies-in-waiting, Maria, Katharine, and Rosaline, were imminently expected. The King agrees to temporarily relax his restrictions in the name of politics, but when the flirting begins, it's in the name of love that the King changes his policy altogether. As a scholarly atmosphere has been legislated by the King, much pedantic banter is exchanged. Indeed, among the themes the play explores is the conflict between true erudition and mere posturing. The overwrought language some of the characters use mocks sophistry and lampoons those who glean their knowledge from study instead of from life. Written around 1595, LOVE'S LABORS LOST has no known literary sources, but the political material in the play echoes events of the day, including the French Wars of Religion in which the real King of Navarre, who later became King Henri IV of France, participated. A masquerade featuring a group of gentlemen dressed as Russians (emulated in the drama by the gentlemen-in-waiting) occurred in 1594, no doubt inspiring Shakespeare's depiction. Records indicate that the play was performed for Queen Elizabeth's court in 1597, but it was likely performed even earlier. Documentation suggests it remained in favor well into the 17th century before becoming dormant for about 200 years. A play entitled LOVE'S LABOR'S WON is listed in an important catalogue of Shakespeare's works compiled in 1598. This counterpart may be a lost play, or another play, such as THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, listed under an alternative title.

AUTHOR: John Arthos, Trevor Gilchrist, William Shakespeare
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Bright Earth by Philip Ball
A British science writer considers the question of color and how it has been used in art from the earliest times to the 21st century--specifically, how the particular color sources available to artists at any given time in history have affected the way they paint. He explores such questions as why the color orange was used so sparsely in Renaissance art, how Turner's color effects were dependent on newly available (and highly experimental) pigments, and why Degas's works have weathered the years so well.

AUTHOR: Philip Ball
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Ranch House Style by Katherine Ann Samon
The many virtues of ranch houses--those ubiquitous structures from the `50s and the `60s--are celebrated in this useful and unusual book, which not only explores the traditional style but provides ideas for bringing ranches up to date.

AUTHOR: Katherine Ann Samon
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Bamboozled at the Revolution by John Motavalli
Examining the rise (and sometimes fall) of media giants including Steve Case of AOL, Bob Pittman and Gerald Levin of Time Warner, and Candace Carpenter of iVillage, Motavalli draws a profile of the dot.com boom.

AUTHOR: John Motavalli
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Racing Demon by David Hare
Four Church of England clergymen work in South London--this play details their conflicts and their sense of mission.

AUTHOR: David Hare
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture