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Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz; from Godspell to Wicked

[ePub] Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz; from Godspell to Wicked by Carol de Giere at Arts-Photography

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Pionera en la arquitectura; la astronomiacute;a; la matemaacute;tica; la medicina; la farmacopea y con un credo que ha sido copiado por infinidad de religiones; incluido el cristianismo: la extraordinaria civilizacioacute;n del Nilo se resiste auacute;n a revelarnos infinidad de secretos. La formacioacute;n del Antiguo Egipto no estuvo exenta de crueles batallas y ritos salvajes; sin embargo; fue una civilizacioacute;n pionera que a diacute;a de hoy sigue fascinando a millones de personas en el mundo. Todo lo que debe saber sobre el Antiguo Egipto nos trae la historia de las XXXI Dinastiacute;as; de sus construcciones; de sus ritos; de su evolucioacute;n poliacute;tica y de sus guerras de un modo accesible a cualquier lector; ya sea especializado o lego; y en un estilo aacute;gil y vivaz. Pero ademaacute;s nos descubre la epopeya que supuso el descubrimiento de esta civilizacioacute;n y las distintas excavaciones de tumbas desde Belzoni hasta el antilde;o 2008. Luis Gonzaacute;lez nos detalla los conflictos entre familias y castas y la pugna por el control del pueblo entre la nobleza y el clero que se suceden en la formacioacute;n de Egipto. Pero conoceremos tambieacute;n la intensa labor de el rey Menes que daraacute; comienzo a las dinastiacute;as; crearaacute; el primer sistema teoloacute;gico de la historia y unificaraacute; los dos reinos de Egipto; el sistema de escritura; la clase administrativa y el coacute;digo de leyes; tambieacute;n asistiremos al periodo de esplendor; inigualable; que se vivioacute; en la IV Dinastiacute;a de la mano de Djeser Netherijet; el primer gobernante que deja de ser un intermediario entre la divinidad y el pueblo para convertirse eacute;l mismo en carne de Dios; y del inmortalizado Imhotep; un titaacute;n de la sabiduriacute;a; veremos la majestuosidad de las construcciones de Ramseacute;s II que pretende devolver la luz a Egipto tras la fuerte crisis del antilde;o 1000 a. C. y por uacute;ltimo veremos la decadencia de los llamados Periodos Intermedios; la fuerte crisis econoacute;mica tras la muerte de Tut-Anj-Amoacute;n; la crueldad bajo el dominio de los persas y las intrigas poliacute;ticas de la saga de los ptolomeos y el suicidio de Cleopatra en el antilde;o 30. Razones para comprar la obra: - La obra es un compendio valioso y estructurado de una inmensa bibliografiacute;a sobre Egipto; pero ademaacute;s el autor nos la presenta con un lenguaje accesible y cercano al lector no especializado. - No soacute;lo presenta la historia de todas las dinastiacute;as hasta que Egipto se convierte en provincia romana; sino que presenta tambieacute;n la historia de las excavaciones arqueoloacute;gicas que nos han descubierto ese legado. - Incluye teoriacute;as que han sido; por un motivo u otro omitidas de los tratados de egiptologiacute;a; como la transcripcioacute;n literal de parte del credo egipcio al credo cristiano. - La obra estaacute; plagada de curiosidades y aneacute;cdotas que agilizan la lectura y hacen que el libro vaya maacute;s allaacute; de una tediosa enumeracioacute;n de reyes y batallas. La cultura egipcia estaacute; plagada de misterios que se resiste a revelar; como la propia construccioacute;n de las piraacute;mides; numerosos expertos consideran que en el S. XXI; con los medios de que se disponen seriacute;a imposible construir una piraacute;mide como la de Keacute;ops. Esta obra presenta una detallada descripcioacute;n de ese Egipto que fascina auacute;n a la humanidad y nos da las herramientas con las que abrirnos paso entre esos enigmas.


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The ultimate look at creativity from the inside. Love it.By Terrence WalshThis well-worn book has been in my library for six years. I read it cover to cover when first received. and have since gone back to it several times. It may be the ultimate inside story of creativity.Although I had seen Godspell in 1972. I was not keenly aware of Mr. Schwartz until my children chose Wicked for their theatre experience when we visited London in 2010. Clearly I was not the first to be blown away by the power of that musical. I had to know more about the creative development of such a work. That lead me to "Defying Gravity." I actually read the last chapter first. then worked to the beginning by chapters. Odd. but true.Ms. de Gieres exploration of creativity in the person of Mr. Schwartz is one of the clearest views Ive found of what it takes to make something magical. She covers the inspiration. the perspiration. the tenacity. setbacks. trouncings and triumph. That has been very helpful for me and my own creative work.I was particularly touched by the story of how Wicked was reworked after its pre-Broadway run in San Francisco. The authors--Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman--stood their ground to exercise the power to reshape the show before opening in New York in 2003. The theater is much different from cinema. One of the greatest differences is ownership. A dramatist--in this case. Schwartz and Holzman--may LICENSE a show to a producer but as authors they still own it. Wickeds creative recess between San Francisco and New York is perfect proof of that difference. There are so many stakeholders. so much talent demanding to be put to work. So many egos. So much money. so little time. For me. Chapter 28 is the most compelling in "Defying Gravity."I found "Defying Gravity" to be engaging. uplifting. insightful. and more. I loved it on first reading and have returned several times to appreciate various parts. Thats why Im writing this 5-star review--I love this book. I hope you find this review helpful.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Must Read for ArtistsBy Todd FifieldI found the book to be both fascinating just as a very good book and very helpful to me as an artist. There are creative notes sections on the chapters that Ive found to be very. very useful to me as a writer. Stephen Schwartz shows great insight into the creative process that any artist can use. I suggest buying the paperback version so that these creative notes can be bookmarked easily and referred to.The last section on Wicked goes through the whole creative process of what is going to probably be the most successful musical of all time. A must for budding musical theater writers.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A far superior bookBy R. Patrick BaughThe best book by far on the creative career of Stephen Schwartz. with a heavy focus on "Wicked". Everything you want in a behind the scenes book!

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