Most commonly associated with the birth of the Impressionist movement in mid-19th-century Paris, Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) in fact defied easy categorization and instead developed a unique style, strongly influenced by Old Masters, the body in motion, and everyday urban life. The elder scion of a wealthy family, Degas cofounded a series of exhibitions of "Impressionist" art, but soon disassociated himself from the group in pursuit of a more realist approach. His subjects centered on the teeming, noisy streets of Paris, as well as its leisure entertainments, such as horse racing, cabarets, and, most particularly, ... |
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Учебната система "Reporteros internacionales" е предназначена за тийнейджъри. Интересната концепция включва истории за живота и испаноговорещите страни, разказани от различни репортери - група тийнейджъри от Испания и различни части на испанския свят. Всеки урок е посветен на определен младеж, който разказва за своя регион или град. Учебната система поставя сериозен фокус върху културните особености и взаимодействието между народите. Развиването на четирите умения е изведено на преден план. Нагледно представяне на граматичните правила и новата лексика с разнообразни упражнения за затвърждаване на наученото. ... |
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Over 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces trace the story of modern art's innovation and adventure. With explanatory texts for each work, and essays introducing each of the major modern movements, this is an authoritative overview of the ideas and the artworks that shook up standards, assaulted the establishment, and trailblazed new ideas. A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism. Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. ... |
