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Mariano Fortuny (1838-1874) fue el artista español del siglo XIX que tuvo una mayor proyección internacional. Sus pinturas al óleo, fundamento de su fama, tuvieron gran influencia en España, Italia y Francia. Fue el gran renovador en su tiempo de la acuarela, a la que aportó proximidad al natural, (...)

El libro analiza e ilustra el proceso relacionado con la construcción de la Biblioteca antigua de la Universidad de Salamanca (1471-1479) y la significación de su bóveda astrológica (1483-1486), ejecutada por Fernando Gallego. Esta sorprendente obra pictórica llegó a convertirse, por el deseo de (...)

The latest addition to this series of Manuscripts in minaiture' is Codex Vindobonensis 2554, in Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. It is one of the earliest surviving examples of a unique group of Bibles containing the most extensive cycles of biblical illustrations juxtaposed with (...)

An exploration of the rivalry between Kuniyoshi and Kunisada, two of the most popular Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artists of the nineteenth century, based on masterworks from the peerless Japanese art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Rival ukiyo-e masters Kuniyoshi and Kunisada (...)

The sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and the painter Joan Miro (1893-1983) met in Paris in 1928 and became lifelong friends. This deluxe book places the mobile sculptures of Calder alongside the poetical paintings of Miro and provides fresh insights into the visual dialogue between these two (...)

This comprehensive volume examines the little-known relationship both artistic and personal between two of the greatest avant-garde artists of the twentieth century.Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, each in their own way, deeply disrupted existing artistic codes and pushed the barriers of (...)