Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Non-Fiction | 9 April 2009
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Though they were often ridiculed or ignored by their contemporaries, today astonishing sums are paid for their paintings. Their dazzling works are familiar to even the most casual art lovers—but how well does the world know the Impressionists as people?
Sue Roe's colorful, lively, poignant, and superbly researched biography, The Private Lives of the Impressionists, follows an extraordinary group of artists into their Paris studios, down the rural lanes of Montmartre, and into the rowdy riverside bars of a city undergoing monumental change. Vivid and unforgettable, it casts a brilliant, revealing light on this unparalleled society of genius colleagues who lived and worked together for twenty years and transformed the art world forever with their breathtaking depictions of ordinary life.
Nearly half of all adults participate in some form of adult education every year in an effort to keep up with changes in their fields and technological advances that may affect their lives in various ways. This thirst for knowledge creates many career opportunities for adult education teachers who can lead courses for career advancement, skills upgrading, and personal enrichment. The demand for qualified instructors is expected to increase as more adults seek additional training and education. Employment in adult education is expected to grow faster than the average of other fields over the next ten years.
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