"in their figures. He experimented with flesh tones from his paint pots, enjoyed this culminating physical effort of bringing his figures to life, clothing them in warm-colored lemon-yellow and rose robes.” The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel) The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961) is a biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by American author Irving Stone. Stone lived in Italy for years visiting many of the locations in Rome and Florence, worked in marble quarries, and apprenticed himself to a marble sculptor. A primary source for the novel is Michelangelo's correspondence, all 495 letters of which Stone had translated from"
"Stone with several honorary awards for his cultural achievements highlighting Italian history. Stone wrote a number of biographical novels, but this one and ""Lust for Life"" are his best known, in large part because both had major Hollywood film adaptations. Part of the 1961 novel was adapted to film in ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"" (1965), starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. After Ghirlandaio looks at Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ drawn with a stonemason as the model, he tells Michelangelo the story of Donatello's showing his newly carved crucifix to Brunelleschi. Brunelleschi observes that"
"Irving Stone Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians and intellectuals; among the best known are ""Lust for Life"" (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"" (1961), about Michelangelo. Born Irving Tennenbaum, he was seven when his parents divorced. By the time he was a senior in high school, his mother had remarried. He legally changed his last name to ""Stone"", his stepfather's surname. Stone said his mother instilled a"
"Bruce Eisner Bruce Jay Ehrlich (February 26, 1948 – January 1, 2013), better known by his pen name Bruce Eisner, was an American writer, psychologist, and counterculture spokesman best known for his book ""Ecstasy: The MDMA Story"". Eisner was born in Brooklyn, New York. At age 2, he moved with his family to the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles where he lived for the next 25 years. His first publication was at age 16, when he won an LA County-wide essay contest. The essay, ""Democracy and What It Means to Me"" was published in the Congressional Record by Congressman"
"Mario Praz Mario Praz KBE (; September 6, 1896, Rome – March 23, 1982, Rome) was an Italian-born critic of art and literature, and a scholar of English literature. His best-known book, ""The Romantic Agony"" (1933), was a comprehensive survey of the erotic and morbid themes that characterized European authors of the late 18th and 19th centuries. See ""Femme fatale"" for a reference of one of his chapters. The book was written and published first in Italian as """" in 1930 [see Wikipedia page on Mario Praz in Italian], and the most recent edition was published in Firenze: Sansoni, 1996."
"librarian of the University of California at Los Angeles. He dedicated books to her and thanked her in several of his works. According to his afterword for ""Lust for Life"", Stone relied on Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo. Stone additionally did much of his research ""in the field"". For example, he spent many years living in Italy while working on ""The Agony and the Ecstasy,"" a novel about Michelangelo. The Italian government lauded Stone with several honorary awards during this period for his cultural achievements highlighting Italian history. Although best known for his novels, Stone also wrote a"
"Complex. Irving Stone is best renowned for his several biographical novels, the best known being ""Lust for Life"" and ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"" (about the artists Vincent Van Gogh and Michelangelo, respectively), which were both adapted into major Hollywood productions. Though less well known, ""Passions of the Mind"" was an American bestseller upon its release, spending 13 weeks at the top of the ""New York Times"" Bestseller List (fiction) in the spring of 1971, and nearly 30 weeks in the top 15. The Passions of the Mind The Passions of the Mind is a 1971 novel by American author"
"and Susan Hayward as Rachel Donelson Jackson. In 1956, a film version was made of ""Lust for Life"", based on his 1934 novel, starring Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh. In 1965, a film was made of ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"", starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. Stone's 1975 book ""The Greek Treasure"" was the basis for the German television production """" (""Hunt for Troy"", 2007). Irving Stone Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels"
"well publicized meeting in October 1947. Dunne married the former Amanda Duff (1914-2006) on July 13, 1939. They had three children, Miranda, Philippa, and Jessica. In 1980, he published his memoirs, ""Take Two: A Life in Movies and Politics"". Dunne died of cancer on June 2, 1992, in Malibu, California, aged 84. Dunne received two Academy Award nominations for screenwriting: ""How Green Was My Valley"" (1941) and ""David and Bathsheba"" (1951). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his 1965 screen adaptation of Irving Stone's novel ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"", as well as several peer awards from the"
"Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne (1823–1884) was a Civil War era American poet, playwright, and dime novelist. He is the author of ""Camps and Prison"" (1865), a vivid account of his Civil War experiences as a Union officer. ""Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave."" Duganne's lyrics were published in a number of labor papers in the 1840s. He kept the notion that the poet must write for and in the interests of the working class, his mission is clear"
"Brecht make the best reading in the world for a sexual criminal."" Around 1950, Kadar Jennö translated ""Neoclassic Taste"" into Hungarian; he asserts that comrade Praz is a harsh enemy of capitalism. Mario Praz Mario Praz KBE (; September 6, 1896, Rome – March 23, 1982, Rome) was an Italian-born critic of art and literature, and a scholar of English literature. His best-known book, ""The Romantic Agony"" (1933), was a comprehensive survey of the erotic and morbid themes that characterized European authors of the late 18th and 19th centuries. See ""Femme fatale"" for a reference of one of his chapters."
"The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner. It employs a number of narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, ""The Sound and the Fury"" was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immediately successful. In 1931, however, when Faulkner's sixth novel, ""Sanctuary"", was published—a sensationalist story, which Faulkner later claimed was written only for money—""The Sound and the Fury"" also became commercially successful, and Faulkner began to receive critical attention. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked ""The Sound and the Fury"" sixth on its list of"
"Burst agonized and clear! </poem> The poem was written in 1859 and first published anonymously in the ""Brooklyn Daily Union"" on April 27, 1864. It was republished in the anthology ""A Masque of Poets"" (1878) as part of a series of books published without writers' names. The book, edited by George Parsons Lathrop, was published by Roberts Brothers. Helen Hunt Jackson, who contributed her own writing to the book, urged Dickinson to contribute in a letter dated August 20, 1876. She then traveled to Amherst, Massachusetts to speak with Dickinson in person on the same topic on October 10. Dickinson"
"The Rage and the Pride The Rage and the Pride (""La Rabbia e l’Orgoglio"" in Italian) is a book written in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks by the late Italian journalist and author Oriana Fallaci. It questions stated tenets of Islam and its practices, condemns totalitarian forces bent on destroying liberal Western society and civilisation, and rails against apathy regarding the immediate threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism. Fallaci's book was originally a series of articles written for the national Italian newspaper ""Corriere della Sera"". The book has been a bestseller in Italy and Europe, where it has"
"result justifies his belief that coloured inks would allow readers to follow the strands of the novel more easily, without compromising the ‘thought-transference’ for which he argued so passionately."" The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner. It employs a number of narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, ""The Sound and the Fury"" was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immediately successful. In 1931, however, when Faulkner's sixth novel, ""Sanctuary"", was published—a sensationalist story, which Faulkner later claimed was written only for money—""The Sound and"
"Philip Dunne (writer) Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was a Hollywood screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox crafting well regarded romantic and historical dramas, usually adapted from another medium. Dunne was a leading Screen Writers Guild organizer and was politically active during the ""Hollywood Blacklist"" episode of the 1940s-1950s. He is best known for the films ""How Green Was My Valley"" (1941), ""The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"" (1947), ""The Robe"" (1953) and ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"" (1965)."
"Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness (Dutch: ""Extaze. Een boek van geluk"") is a novel written by Louis Couperus and published in 1892 by L.J. Veen in a first edition of 1,250–1,500 copies. A second edition was printed in 1894 (1,250 copies) and a third in 1905 (2,000 copies). ""Ecstasy"" was the first book of Couperus that was published by L.J. Veen, later his regular publisher. Couperus received a wage of 550 guilders for the first edition. ""Ecstasy"" was first published in the Dutch literary magazine ""The Gids"". The book was translated into English by Alexander"
"Charles Mackay (author) Charles Mackay (27 March 1814 – 24 December 1889) was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novellist, and songwriter, remembered mainly for his book ""Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds"". Charles Mackay was born in Perth, Scotland. His father, George Mackay, was a bombardier in the Royal Artillery, and his mother Amelia Cargill died shortly after his birth. His birthdate was 26 March 1812, although he always gave it as 27 March 1814. Mackay was educated at the Caledonian Asylum, in London. In 1828 he was placed by his father at a school in Brussels,"
"received the Pulitzer Prize. Alumna and professor Susan Rasky won the Polk Award for journalism in 1991. USC Professor and UC Berkeley alumna Viet Thanh Nguyen's (PhD 1997) first novel ""The Sympathizer"" won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Alumni have also written novels and screenplays that have attracted Oscar-caliber talent, including ""The Call of the Wild"" author Jack London. Irving Stone (BA 1923) wrote the novel ""Lust for Life"", which was later made into an Academy Award–winning film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas as Vincent van Gogh. Stone also wrote ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"", which was"
"during his Glasgow editorship, to Rosa Henrietta Vale, by whom he had three sons and a daughter; and secondly to Mary Elizabeth Mills, who was likely a servant in the household previously. His first wife died on 28 December 1859, and his second wife in 1875. The novelist Marie Corelli was an illegitimate daughter, presumably conceived while her mother was working in the household. Charles Mackay (author) Charles Mackay (27 March 1814 – 24 December 1889) was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novellist, and songwriter, remembered mainly for his book ""Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds"". Charles"
"The Power and the Glory The Power and the Glory (1940) is a novel by British author Graham Greene. The title is an allusion to the doxology often recited at the end of the Lord's Prayer: ""For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen."" It was initially published in the United States under the title The Labyrinthine Ways. Greene's novel tells the story of a renegade Roman Catholic 'whisky priest' (a term coined by Greene) living in the Mexican state of Tabasco in the 1930s, a time when the Mexican government was attempting to"
"""Ecstasy"" was translated in German and other languages and Couperus was rather upset and not amused by the review of Van Deyssel, because, as Couperus later wrote: ""Van Deyssel claimed that ""Ecstasy"" was sublime, but that I had written it by mistake, and that one of them should have written it."" Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness (Dutch: ""Extaze. Een boek van geluk"") is a novel written by Louis Couperus and published in 1892 by L.J. Veen in a first edition of 1,250–1,500 copies. A second edition was printed in 1894 (1,250 copies) and a third"
"as professor of English, French, and German in 1886, and retired as professor of French and Spanish languages and literature during 1906. The University of North Dakota's MacNie Hall was named after him. MacNie published ""A Treatise on the Theory and Solution of Algebraic Equations"" in 1876, and ""Elements of Geometry, Plain and Solid"" in 1895. He died in Hennepin, Minnesota. John MacNei John MacNie (1844 – 31 October 1909), also known by his pen name Ismar Thiusen under which he wrote the novel ""The Diothas"" , was an educator and science fiction writer. Born in Scotland in 1844, he"
"Statism and Anarchy Statism and Anarchy (, ""Gosudarstvennost' i anarkhiia"", literally ""Statehood and Anarchy"") was the last work by the Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. Written in the summer of 1873, the key themes of the work are: the likely impact on Europe of the Franco-Prussian war and the rise of the German Empire, Bakunin's view of the weaknesses of the Marxist position, and an affirmation of anarchism. ""Statism and Anarchy"" was the only one of Bakunin's major anarchist works to be written in Russian, and was primarily aimed at a Russian audience, with an initial print run of 1,200 copies"
"Denes Agay Denes Agay (June 10, 1911 - January 24, 2007) was a Hungarian-born American composer, arranger and author. Agay was born and raised in a small village near Budapest and began playing piano at the age of three. In 1934 he completed his musical studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Agay conducted the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of a symphony which he composed. He worked as a film composer; one film assignment was writing the background music for Hedy Lamarr's nude scene in the 1933 film ""Ecstasy"". Agay was a Jew, and after the rise"
"Rosalind and Helen Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; With Other Poems is a poem collection by Percy Bysshe Shelley published in 1819. The collection also contains the poems ""Lines written on the Euganean Hills"", ""Hymn to Intellectual Beauty"", and ""Sonnet. Ozymandias"". The collection was published by C. and J. Ollier in London. The poem was begun at Marlowe in the summer of 1817. Shelley sent a copy to the publisher in March, 1818, before leaving England. It was completed in August, 1818 at the Baths of Lucca in Italy and published in the spring of 1819. The themes in"
"in 2009 at age 82. Bruce died on New Year's Day 2013 at his home in Las Vegas from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage. He was working on his online book, ""Future Culture: How to Make New Memes to Change the World"", when he died. Bruce Eisner Bruce Jay Ehrlich (February 26, 1948 – January 1, 2013), better known by his pen name Bruce Eisner, was an American writer, psychologist, and counterculture spokesman best known for his book ""Ecstasy: The MDMA Story"". Eisner was born in Brooklyn, New York. At age 2, he moved with his family to the San Fernando Valley"
"Alex Comfort Alexander Comfort (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual, ""The Joy of Sex"" (1972). He was an author of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as a gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, and conscientious objector. Comfort was educated at Highgate School in London. While a student there, he attempted to develop a superior concoction of gunpowder. During his experiments he inadvertently exploded his left hand, of which only the thumb remained. (Later in life, he claimed that his left hand proved ""very useful for performing uterine inversions"".)"
"The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1961 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped ""The New York Times"" Fiction Best Seller list in 1961. The most popular titles of the year were ""Hawaii"" by ""James Michener"", ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"", by Irving Stone and ""Franny and Zooey"" by J.D. Salinger with respectively 12, 27 and 10 weeks at the top, ""Hawaii"" continuing from a very long run in 1960, and ""Franney and Zooey"" continuing into 1962 at the top of the list. The only other book to top the list that year was ""The"
"The Masque of Anarchy ""The Masque of Anarchy"" (or ""The Mask of Anarchy"") is a British political poem written in 1819 (see 1819 in poetry) by Percy Bysshe Shelley following the Peterloo massacre of that year. In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent resistance. The poem was not published during Shelley's lifetime and did not appear in print until 1832 (see 1832 in poetry), when published by Edward Moxon in London with a preface by Leigh Hunt. Shelley had sent the manuscript in 1819 for publication in ""The Examiner"". Leigh"
"a Man"", the character played by Jeff Hordley, Stan Keaton, quotes the last verse in its entirety whilst standing outside the Aidensfield Arms with his fellow sacked workers. The Masque of Anarchy ""The Masque of Anarchy"" (or ""The Mask of Anarchy"") is a British political poem written in 1819 (see 1819 in poetry) by Percy Bysshe Shelley following the Peterloo massacre of that year. In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent resistance. The poem was not published during Shelley's lifetime and did not appear in print until 1832 (see 1832"
"Ozymandias ""Ozymandias"" ( ) is the title of two poems published in 1818. English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) wrote a sonnet, first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of ""The Examiner"" in London. It was included the following year in Shelley's collection ""Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems"" (1819) and in a posthumous compilation of his poems published in 1826. ""Ozymandias"" is Shelley's most famous work and is frequently anthologised. Shelley wrote the poem in friendly competition with his friend and fellow poet Horace Smith (1779–1849), who also wrote a sonnet on the same"
"Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007), was an Italian film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story author. Best known for his ""trilogy on modernity and its discontents"" — ""L'Avventura"" (1960), ""La Notte"" (1961), and ""L'Eclisse"" (1962), as well as the English-language ""Blowup"" (1966)—Antonioni ""redefined the concept of narrative cinema"" and challenged traditional approaches to storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. He produced ""enigmatic and intricate mood pieces"" and rejected action in favor of contemplation, focusing on image and design over character and story. Antonioni received numerous awards and"