Report to Greco
Report to Greco

Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-09-18

Total Pages: 573

ISBN-13: 1476706867

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Disarmingly personal and intensely philosophical, Report to Greco is a fictionalized account of Greek philosopher and writer Nikos Kazantzakis’s own life, a sort of intellectual autobiography that leads readers through his wide-ranging observations on everything from the Hegelian dialectic to the nature of human existence, all framed as a report to the Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco. The assuredness of Kazantzakis’s prose and the nimbleness of his thinking as he grapples with life’s essential questions—who are we, and how should we be in the world?—will inspire awe and more than a little reflection from readers seeking to answer these questions for themselves.

Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek

Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1996-12-20

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0684825546

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A stimulating excursion into the sunnier areas of the human spirit.

Buddha
Buddha

Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

Publisher: San Diego : Avant Books

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Saint Francis
Saint Francis

Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-09-04

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1476706832

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Like The Last Temptation of Christ, Saint Francis is a fictionalized biography of a widely venerated Christian figure: Francis of Assisi, whose renunciation of his young man’s life of leisure and founding of a religious order dedicated to living in poverty and sharing the Gospels with all living things profoundly influence the ways in which Christians the world over worship and give service to their god even today. Recounted in Nikos Kazantzakis’s striking prose through the eyes of the saint’s brother, Leo, the life of Saint Francis shines in these pages as a heroic example of inspirational leadership and boundless love for God and all His creatures.

Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek

Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-12-23

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1476782814

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First published in 1946, "Zorba the Greek," is, on one hand, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba, a passionate lover of life, the unnamed narrator who he accompanies to Crete to work in a lignite mine, and the men and women of the town where they settle. On the other hand it is the story of God and man, The Devil and the Saints; the struggle of men to find their souls and purpose in life and it is about love, courage and faith.

El Greco and Modernism
El Greco and Modernism

Author: Judith F. Dolkart

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783775733274

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The sensational oeuvre of El Greco (1541-1614) was first introduced to a broader German audience in 1910 through Julius Meier-Graefe's journal, "The Spanish Journey". Numerous artists subsequently caught "Greco fever" when they first saw larger groups of his works in exhibitions in Munich in 1911 and Düsseldorf in 1912. Max Beckmann, Oskar Kokoschka, Max Oppenheimer, Ludwig Meidner, and especially members of the Blaue Reiter-August Macke, Franz Marc, Albert Bloch, and others-recognized in El Greco a father figure for the Modernist movement, mentioning him in the same breath as Paul Cézanne. This volume presents a general selection of over forty paintings by El Greco from the most famous museums around the world. At the same time, the young artists' exploration of the paintings and visual spheres of the exceptional Spanish painter are discussed, opening up a fascinating view of the battle for Modernism. 0Exhibition: Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany (28.4.-12.8.2012).