A study of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), setting his art within its historical & political context. The author employs the most up-to-date scholarship & examines the recent discoveries of Goya's work, particularly the Roman sketchbook published in facsimile only in Spain.

Includes:: a glossary & map. In the ART & IDEAS series.

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Epic historical drama from director Milos Forman. Near the end of the 16th Century, Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgard) is a gifted but controversial artist whose work has earned the enmity of the Spanish government as well as the Catholic Church. Surprisingly, Brother Lorenzo (Javier Bardem), a monk involved in the Inquisition, has hired Goya to paint a portrait of himself, & to prove to the Inquisitor General (Michael Lonsdale) he's not in cahoots with the renegade artist, Lorenzo targets Ines (Natalie Portman), one of Goya's favorite models, as a possible heretic. Under torture from Lorenzo, Ines signs a false confession, & her wealthy & powerful father, Tomas Bilbatua (Jose Luis Gomeza), offers Lorenzo a taste of his own medicine by brow-beating him into signing a document confessing that his mother was an ape. Lorenzo flees Spain as his reputation lies in tatters, & Goya earns greater infamy as he paints a wildly unflattering portrait of Queen Maria Luisa (Blanca Portillo) under commission from her husb&, King Carlos IV (Randy Quaid), but Ines remains in prison thanks to her coerced confession. 15 years later, Lorenzo has become a follower of the Enlightenment, & returns to Spain as Napoleon's forces storm the nation & the Inquisition finally collapses. Lorenzo attempts to liberate Ines from prison, but a shocking discovery awaits him. ...

Another surreal & outré film by maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike. When senior yakuza Ozaki (Sho Aikawa) starts to behave in an increasingly peculiar manner, his superiors start getting worried, & order Ozaki's immediate underling Minami (Hideki Sone) to get rid of him. On the way to the yakuza disposal dump, Minami, nervous about the job ahead of him, hits the brakes too hard & kills Ozaki completely by accident. After he stops to find a telephone to report the incident to his boss, he returns to the car to find that Ozaki's body has vanished. So begins a desperate & increasingly un-hinged search that takes in a bizarre array of eccentric & deranged suburbanites, each of whom seems to reflect some weird, dark aspect of Minami's complex & troubled personality. ...

Suitable for F2 doctors & those applying for GP ST placement, this title offers over 580 questions that provide practice, so you can strengthen your exam technique to ensure success. It
Includes:: essential exam tips; question formats most likely to appear in the exam (EMQs & SBAs); &, 12 clinical subject-based chapters for focused revision.
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Collection of rare archive documentary films from the GPO unit. ' Granton Trawler' (1934) is directed by John Grierson, & follows a fishing trawler off Viking Bank. ' Coal Face' (1935) uses poetry by W.H. Auden to underlay an examination of coal mining deep underground. 'A Job in a Million' (1937) shows the process through which a young working class boy is trained as a messenger. ' Spare Time' (1939), shows workers from the steel, cotton & coal industries enjoying their spare time. Finally, ' The City' (1939) looks at the growth & development of London. ...

Collection of archive documentary shorts from the GPO Film Unit. ' The Saving of Bill Blewitt' (1937) crosses documentary & fictional styles to portray the struggle of two fishermen to buy a new boat after their last one is wrecked. ' North Sea' (1938) reconstructs the difficulties facing the Aberdeen trawler ' John Gillman', which was caught up in a North Sea storm. ' The Islanders' (1939) shows life on the British islands of Guernsey, Eriskay, & Inner Farne. Finally, 'A Midsummer Day's Work' (1939) follows an engineering team laying an underground telephone cable between Amersham & Aylesbury. ...

Collection of archive documentary shorts from the GPO Film Unit, looking at the growth of road traffic, the design of the George V Silver Jubilee stamp, & many more slices of life from Britain in the 1930s. Films are: ' The King's Stamp' (1935); ' The Fairy of the Phone' (1936); ' News For the Navy' (1937); 'N or NW' (1937); ' Roadways' (1937); ' The Horsey Mail' (1938); ' Mony a Pickle' (1938); & ' Nine For Six' (1939). ...

Collection of three archive short films & documentaries made by the GPO Film Unit at the height of the London Blitz to help build morale in the darkest days of the war. ' The First Days' (1939) is a record of the first days of the war, & uses footage from actual air raids as well as reconstructed scenes of air raid precautions to show Britain's state of readiness. ' The Front Line' (1940) follows a group of American journalists stationed at a hotel in Dover, expecting the town to be the first one captured in the inevitable Nazi invasion. Finally, ' Squadron 992' (1940) is a drama-documentary looking at the training of a barrage balloon squadron & its first assignment to the Forth Bridge. ...

Collection of five archive short films & documentaries made by the GPO Film Unit at the height of the London Blitz to help build morale in the darkest days of the war. ' The Story of an Air Communique' (1940) was made for the Ministry of Information to show how accurate the figures were for downed enemy aircraft. ' Britain Can Take It' (1940) looks at the effects of the bombing, & is presented by American journalist Quentin Reynolds, who took the film straight to FDR to build American support for the British war effort. ' Britain at Bay' (1940) has a commentary written & narrated by J.B. Priestly, designed to boost morale after the collapse of France. ' Men of the Lightship' (1940) is a reconstruction of the bombing of the East Dudgeon lightship. Finally, ' Christmas Under Fire' (1941) is again presented by Reynolds, & looks at the first Christmas in London during the Blitz. ...