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Focusing on one of the lesser known Expressionist artists of the Blue Rider movement, this richly illustrated book presents the colorful paintings of Alexei Jawlensky. Alexei Jawlensky (1864 1941) was Russian, but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a (...)

This book brings together 50 exquisite portrait drawings from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including works by da Vinci, Dürer, Holbein, Bernini, Carracci, Clouet and Rembrandt. These works capture a moment of connection between artist and sitter: an encounter.

Este volumen presenta la obra completa del más destacado autor hispano en el tema. La edición consiste en la traducción y el comentario de dos libros que Horozco publicó en Agrigento en 1601. En la primera parte se lleva a cabo un estudio teórico sobre la composición de los emblemas. Siguen los 300 (...)

This engaging book offers a fresh look at the exceptional works of Edvard Munch (1863 1944) by examining them in the light of his precarious mental state. Following a nervous breakdown in 1908, Munch underwent electroshock therapy, which prompted a marked change in his art work. The haunting (...)

This generously illustrated book examines Photorealism in contemporary art from its roots in the late 1960s to today. Photorealism reintroduced straightforward representation into an art world dominated by Pop Art, Minimalism, Land Art, and Performance Art. Often misunderstood as being overtly (...)

Paul Gauguin (1848 1903) was a creative force above and beyond his legendary work as a painter. Surveying the full scope of his career-spanning experiments in different media and formats clay, works on paper, wood, and paint, as well as furniture and decorative friezes this volume delves into his (...)

La Biblioteca Nacional de España acoge una colección de códices depositados en la Biblioteca General Histórica de la Universidad de Salamanca. Se trata de una muestra de 23 obras de un total de más de 2.500 que conforman su compilación.Admiten dos niveles de lectura: el primero, más genérico y (...)

De la necesidad de ahondar en el estudio de las vicisitudes de las obras de arte a lo largo de su historia surge esta publicación, en la que participan profesores e investigadores de diferentes universidades, museos y otras instituciones

Esta exposición virtual versa sobre un poeta y la pintura, sobre Juan de Arguijo, uno de los grandes sonetistas de la historia de la poesía en lengua castellana, y sobre las pinturas que decoraron el techo de su casa, que otrora ocupó una manzana entera en la calle que hoy lleva su nombre, justo (...)

This publication is an attentive analysis of the work of Mimmo Paladino, one of the most innovative and established contemporary artists in the world.This book covers his entire oeuvre from 1963 to 2015 and his role in renewing painting that, after including environmental interventions, shifted to (...)

When one thinks of women in the Middle Ages, the images that often come to mind are those of damsels in distress, mystics in convents, female laborers in the field, and even women of ill repute. In reality, however, medieval conceptions of womanhood were multifaceted, and women's roles were varied (...)

"A painting must stand as a painting, made by human hand," wrote Caspar David Friedrich, "not seek to disguise itself as Nature." One of his generation's most popular painters, Friedrich imagined landscapes of powerful beauty and spirituality from within the confines of his studios. This (...)

The collection of drawings Teyler's Museum has a widely known international reputation. This book is part of a series in which previously books were published on Italian drawings of the 15th and 16th century, and on Dutch drawings dating from 1575-1630 and 1740-1800. This book describes the 257 (...)

Il più grande sistema schiavistico che la storia abbia mai conosciuto è quello di Roma antica. Un'intera economia era basata sullo sfruttamento di una "merce" cara e redditizia quanto deperibile: l'essere umano. La società, l'economia e l'organizzazione dell'antica Roma non avrebbero potuto (...)