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Dianne L. Durante
At age five, I won my first writing award: a three-foot-long fire truck with an ear-splitting siren. I've been addicted to writing ever since. Today I'm an independent researcher, freelance writer,...ver másAt age five, I won my first writing award: a three-foot-long fire truck with an ear-splitting siren. I've been addicted to writing ever since. Today I'm an independent researcher, freelance writer, and lecturer. The challenge of figuring out how ideas and facts fit together, and then sharing what I know with others, clearly and concisely - that's what makes me leap out of bed in the morning. Janson's *History of Art*, lent to me by a high-school art teacher, was my first clue that art was more than the rock-star posters and garden gnomes that I saw in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, and that history wasn't just a series of names, dates, and statistics. Soon afterwards I read Ayn Rand's fiction and nonfiction works, and discovered that art and history - as well as politics, ethics, science, and all fields of human knowledge - are integrated by philosophy. My approach to studying art is based on Rand's *The Romantic Manifesto*. (See my review of it on Amazon.) As an art historian I'm a passionate amateur, and I write for other passionate amateurs. I love looking at art, and thinking about art, and helping other people have a blast looking at it, too. *Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide* (New York University Press, 2007), which includes 54 sculptures, was described by Sam Roberts in the *New York Times* as "a perfect walking-tour accompaniment to help New Yorkers and visitors find, identify and better appreciate statues famous and obscure" (1/28/2007). Every week I issue four art-related recommendations to my supporters, which have been collected in *Starry Solitudes* (poetry) and *Sunny Sundays* (painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, and more). For more of my works, see https://diannedurantewriter.com/books-essays .ver menos
Libros de Dianne L. Durante
How to Analyze and Appreciate Paintings Getting More Enjoyment from Sculpture You Love Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesInnovators in Painting Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesFinancial Programs of Alexander Hamilton Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesFrom Portraits to Puddles: New York Memorails from the Civil War to the World Trade Center Memorial (Reflecting Absence) Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesInnovators in Sculpture Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesYemen, In Brief Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesTimeline 1900-2021 Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesAlexander Hamilton: A Brief Biography Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesStarry Solitudes, a collection of inspiring and thought-provoking poetry Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificacionesDr. James Marion Sims, with Notes on New York's Sculpture of Sims Calificación: 0 de 5 estrellas0 calificaciones