American Dirt

"Основы живописи" является логическим продолжением предыдущего проекта – «Основы рисунка», осуществленного тем же автором и отмеченного Медалью Российской Академии художеств. Данное пособие представляет интерес для всех, кто желает овладеть основами живописи, столь необходимыми в процессе совершенствования этого сложного явления культуры. В популярной и доступной форме говорится об особенностях, принципах, приемах создания произведений живописи. Большое значение придается вопросам методики преподавания специальных дисциплин. В книге хорошо подобран иллюстративный материал, много внимания уделяется постижению лучших образцов мирового и отечественного искусства, развиваются традиции русской реалистической школы живописи. Одобрено и рекомендовано кафедрой рисунка Санкт-Петербургского государственного академического Института живописи, скульптуры и архитектуры им. И. Е. Репина PAX. В 2017 году присуждена золотая медаль РАХ.

This is the 3rd and last textbook in the series of "Fundamentals of Art". The previous two editions are dedicated to Fundamentals of Drawing and Fundamentals of Painting. In the book Fundamentals of Composition, the author, on the basis of his own creative work and experience working with students, tried to show and explain how the painting is born. On the examples of outstanding Russian and foreign artists, he shows the process of working on sketches and explains the importance of collecting material when creating a realistic work. Professor V.A. Mogilevtsev introduces the reader to visual means and talks about the most important of them. The text is accompanied by a large number of illustrations. The visual information carries the main information load, which makes this book the most understandable and convincing for young artists. This textbook will be interesting for anyone who wants to comprehend the secrets of professional art excellence.

From one of the most original new voices in modern fiction comes a startling vision of a world where you can get away with anything… Theo Miller knows the value of human life - to the very last penny. Working in the Criminal Audit Office, he assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full. But when his ex-lover is killed, it’s different. This is one death he can’t let become merely an entry on a balance sheet. Because when the richest in the world are getting away with murder, sometimes the numbers just don’t add up. From the award-winning Claire North comes an electrifying and provocative new novel which will resonate with readers around the world.

Nick Stone is back in London but if he thought he was home for a break, he’s very, very wrong. Backed into a corner by a man he knows he cannot trust, ex-deniable operator Nick Stone strikes a devil’s bargain. In exchange for his own safety – a life for a life – Stone is charged with locating someone who doesn’t want to be found, currently hiding out in the one of the remotest corners of the UK. And for the first time in a long time, he’s not operating alone. But Stone and his team don’t find just anyone. They find a world-class hacker, so good that her work might threaten the stability of the western world as we know it. These are dangerous waters and Stone is quickly in over his head. Before he finally knows which way to turn, the choice is ripped out of his hands. Most people might think of home as safety but Nick Stone isn’t most people. For him and his team, it’s just another place to get caught in the line of fire…

Here is Paris as you have never seen it before – a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadows of Vichy and Algeria.American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both are susceptible to the daylight ghosts of Paris. Hannah listens to the extraordinary witness of women who were present under the German Occupation; in her desire to understand their lives and through them her own, she finds a city bursting with clues and connections. Out in the migrant suburbs, Tariq is searching for a mother he barely knew. For him in his innocence each boulevard, Metro station and street corner is a source of surprise. In this urgent and deeply moving novel, Faulks deals with questions of empire, grievance and identity. With great originality and a dark humour, Paris Echo asks how much we really need to know if we are to live a valuable life. .