Böcker av Bhupinder Singh

Did you know that Realist painter Gustav Courbet was given a six-month prison sentence and a fine of 500 francs for destruction of Vendôme Column and later asked to pay instalments of 10,000 francs a year for the next 33 years?Did you know that Honoré Daumier made a caricature of King Louis-Phillip as the hungry giant Gargantua in 1831 in the anti-monarchist, newspaper Le Caricature and was imprisoned from 1832 to 1833?Did you know that Jean-François Millet was called "the wild man of the woods" by Academic painter Paul Delarouche?Did you know that animal painter Rosa Bonheur was the first woman to receive the prestigious Légion d'Honneur medal for achievement in the arts?Did you know that Edouard Manet's painting Lunch on the Grass (1863) was described by Emperor Napoleon III as "an offence against modesty"?Did you know that Oscar Wilde wrote his play Salome (1893) after being inspired by Moreau's painting The Apparition (1876)?The book French Painters: Corot to Manet includes many such nuggets of information. It is an introductory book about nineteenth century pre-Impressionist painters. Included in the book are painters from the Barbizon school followed by painters from the schools of Academicism, Realism, Orientalism, Naturalism and Symbolism. Some important painters included are Camille Corot, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jean-François Millet, Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet and Gustave Moreau. Each section is profusely illustrated with great paintings. A section deals with French paintings of various genres, including history, landscape, still life, and genre paintings. Many French paintings are based on literary texts. A chapter deals with such paintings. The book also includes interesting quizzes on Painters and paintings.

Hindi film music is the most popular music in India. Its golden period was from the 1930s to the 1960s. This book deals with Songs, Singers, Lyricists, Composers (music directors). and Actors. The singers included are from K L Saigal to Mahendra Kapoor. The lyricists included are D N Madhok to Gulzae. The composers included are from Ghulam Mohammed to R D Burman. There are questions on actors on whom the song or dance is picturized on. The songs are divided into v aroius categories such as Quwwalis, political songs, classical songs, rain songs and dance songs. This book has many interesting facts about Hindi film music, such as Which singer appeared as himself in the song "Wo apni yaad dilane ko" from "Jugnu (1947). Who was the leftist lyricist who was jailed in 1949 for two years for his anti-establishment poems? and who was the singer who sang a few songs under the name of Tapan Kumar?

Which actor in 1962 told Jean-Paul Belmondo: "Kid, you're me at 20.Who was the first man to figure on the cover of Elle magazine?Which actor was sentenced to death by a German military tribunal and executed, in 1944, at the age of 23?Which budding actress's life was cut short in a tragic car accident in 1967, at the age of 25?Which actress in 2009 became the face of the classic perfume brand Chanel No. 5?On which director's grave visitors leave buttons of many colors?Who founded a production company, Ciné-Tamaris, named after her cat?Which pioneering filmmaker is portrayed by Ben Kingsley in Martin Scorsese's 2011 film Hugo?You will find many such interesting facts in this book on French cinema: The reader will find information on actors (from Jean Gabin to Daniel Auteuil), actresses (from Danielle Darrieux to Marion Cotillard), directors (from Georges Méliès to Jacques Audiard).

Did you know that two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature (Hemingway and Faulkner) worked on the story of To Have and Have Not (1944)? Did you know that the origin of the term "paparazzi" comes from Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) which has a character called Paparazzo who photographs celebrities? Did you know that David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is the longest film which has no woman speaking part? Did you know that in the first Academy Award competition in 1929, Rin Tin Tin polled more votes than anyone else for the Best Actor, but his name was removed from the list of contenders because he was a dog? Did you know that the actress Hedy Lamarr invented the earliest known form of the telecommunication method known as "frequency hopping"? Did you know that D. W. Griffith was the first director to utter the catchphrase "Lights, camera, action!"? This book provides answers to all such questions, and more. Here is a book on world cinema in the form of a quiz. This book will be useful for a person who wants to know the essentials of world cinema succinctly. It also includes famous stars and directors of France, Germany, Russia, Italy, and other countries.