Barbara Stok Knihy

"The turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh is a constant source of inspiration and intrigue for artists and art lovers. In this beautiful graphic biography, artist and writer Barbara Stok documents the brief and intense period of creativity Van Gogh spent in Arles, Provence. Away from Paris, Van Gogh falls in love with the landscape and light of the south of France. He dreams of setting up an artists' studio in Arles - somewhere for him and his friends to paint together. But attacks of mental illness leave the painter confused and disorientated. When his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin refuses to reside permanently at the Yellow House, Van Gogh cuts off part of his ear. The most notorious event of art history has happened - and Van Gogh's dreams are left in tatters. However, throughout this period of intense emotion and hardship, Vincent's brother Theo stands by him, offering constant and unconditional support. Stok has succeeded in breathing new life into one of the most fascinating episodes of art history." --Publisher description.

Vincent goes out in search of a new subject to paint. But what should he choose? There's something beautiful to see wherever he looks, even in things that most people just pass by and ignore: the knotty branches of a tree, some blades of grass, the wet earth after a rain shower... Then Vincent passes a garden full of sunflowers. Sunflowers! That's what he wants to paint!

The life and times of Hipparchia, one of the first female philosophers

Im 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. lebt die wohlhabende Hipparchia, die sich gegen ihre Zwangsehe und für Bildung einsetzt. Inspiriert von dem Philosophen Krates, stellt sie gesellschaftliche Normen infrage und trifft eine mutige Entscheidung. Barbara Stok erzählt eindringlich von Hipparchias Leben und ihren zeitlosen Ideen zur Gleichberechtigung.