The Difficulty of Being pdf

Fu poeta, drammaturgo, romanziere, designer, regista, artista visivo e critico francese. È stato uno dei più importanti designer dei movimenti surrealisti, pionieri e dadaisti. E una delle figure più influenti nell'arte del primo Novecento nel suo insieme. L'Osservatorio nazionale ha suggerito che "dalla generazione artistica la cui audacia ha dato vita all'arte del ventesimo secolo, Cocteau è arrivato vicino all'essere un uomo del Rinascimento".

The Difficulty of Being pdf da Jean Cocteau

Reflections on life and art from the legendary filmmaker-novelist-poet-genius. By the time he published The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Jean Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century, and had worked with the foremost artists of his time, including Proust, Gide, Picasso and Stravinsky. This memoir tells the inside account of those achievements and of his glittering social circle. Cocteau writes about his childhood, about his development as an artist, and the peculiarity of the artist’s life, about his dreams, friendships, pain, and laughter. He probes his motivations and explains his philosophies, giving intimate details in soaring prose. And sprinkled throughout are anecdotes about the elite and historic people he associated with. Beyond illuminating a truly remarkable life, The Difficulty of Being is an inspiring homage to the belief that art matters.