Arte

La presente obra ofrece la primera historia coherente de la imagen sagrada en el cristianismo. Una historia que abarca 1200 años, desde las postrimerías de la Antigüedad, cuando los cristianos comenzaron a hacer uso de la imagen de culto pagana , hasta entonces mal vista, hasta los comienzos de la (...)

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 (...)

The Anatomy of Colour is the definitive book on the use of colour and paint in interior decoration over a 300-year period. Drawing on his huge specialist archive, historian and paint expert Patrick Baty traces the evolution of pigments and paint colours together with colour systems and standards, (...)

Johannes Vermeer is the master of tranquillity. His intimate and introvert domestic scenes, with their persuasive illusionism and unique use of clear, colourful light, are counted among the most exquisite paintings ever made. His work has continued to fascinate new generations for centuries. With (...)

Puede decirse que mis comienzos en el mundo del arte surgieron de una manera inesperada cuando decidí matricularme en la Facultad de Bellas Artes, un tanto desdeñosamente, para descubrir con gran sorpresa la capacidad expresiva que me brindaba el dibujo y la escultura. Con ellos, comencé una (...)

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 (...)

La trayectoria artística del pintor Lorenzo de Ávila (1473-1570) seguramente estaba bien explicada en el libro sobre el Arte de la Pintura que escribió su hijo Hernando de Ávila, pintor de la Catedral de Toledo y de Felipe II. Por los motivos que fuera, de aquel libro sólo existe una escueta (...)