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La figura de Caravaggio (1571-1610), o para ser exactos, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, siempre estuvo rodeada de controversia. El notorio rebelde de la pintura italiana fue a la vez alabado y temido: era colérico y creativo, un artista revolucionario y una persona combativa.Este libro ofrece (...)

From the 17th through the 19th century, artists in Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo) captured the metropolitan amusements of the floating world (ukiyo in Japanese) through depictions of subjects such as the beautiful women of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters and performers of the kabuki theater. In contrast (...)

Remains Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction offers a thought-provoking perspective on the dynamic field of contemporary abstraction in Latin America. It proposes abstraction as an expanded field of reality in direct dialogue with life and as a strategy for critically (...)

Bernini and His World is a unique exploration of Gian Lorenzo Bernini the sculptor, offering new insights into the artist including discussions of his stylistic innovations and the ways he approached sculpture. Placing his life and work within a social, anthropological, and historical context, (...)