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Empress Maria Theresa pursued a singular approach when it came to cultural policy. She sought reform not only in education, but also in the field of art, and commissioned a wealth of works from painters, sculptors, and other artists in Austria and abroad. These reform efforts brought about an (...)

From painterly portrait studies to mythological epics, love stories to picturesque ruins, French art of the baroque and the rococo in the seventeenth century is dazzlingly seductive. This book presents seventy major works of French drawing from the Albertina that highlight the range and power of (...)

Nel 2020 ricorreranno i duecentocinquant' anni dalla morte di Giambattista Tiepolo e questo costituisce l'occasione per ricostruire con un importante e originale progetto espositivo la vicenda di uno degli artisti più amati di tutti i tempi. A Milano, una mostra dedicata all'artista non è stata mai (...)

Este manual aborda la prehistoria peninsular, desde las más antiguas ocupaciones humanas hasta época prerromana. El texto abarca los contenidos que habitualmente se cursan en las universidades españolas y portuguesas: sociedades cazadoras-recolectoras, prehistoria reciente y arte prehistórico. Está (...)

Los materiales gráficos que atesora la Biblioteca Nacional de España se conservan actualmente en el Departamento de Bellas Artes y Cartografía y forman una colección diversa y de enorme valor patrimonial, tanto por los autores representados como por la diversidad de los materiales albergados. En (...)

Mobile images of ancestral bodies: a millennium-long perspective from Iberia to Europe aims to bring the existence and meaning of Idols closer to the public: hidden expressions that are part of the symbolism of the groups of recent prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula. A publication that, in light (...)

Many artists share the desire for involvement with the self and their own appearance. In the oeuvre of Egon Schiele, self-portraits occupy a central role. Over a period of many years Schiele recorded himself in various poses and styles. This publication focuses in detail on this crucial and yet (...)