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This handsome volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in religious performance. In a libation, liquid water, wine, milk, oil, or honey was poured from a vessel such as a jug or a bowl onto the (...)

If weddings are the most lavish events in many parts of the world, in Sub-Saharan Africa, by contrast, it is funerals. Funeral celebrations can be flamboyant occasions, particularly those honoring prominent people. Artworks of many kinds are created to commemorate the dead from mortuary sculptures (...)

Desde que TASCHEN publicase por primera vez The Great American Pin-up, el interés por una modalidad artística tan intrínsecamente americana ha aumentado de manera exponencial. Las imágenes creadas por artistas destacados como Alberto Vargas, George Petty y Gil Elvgren que en 1996 podían adquirirse (...)

Willem de Kooning fue un destacado exponente del expresionismo abstracto. La retrospectiva de De Kooning 2011 del MoMA atrajo multitudes récord, y sus prodigiosos logros continúan provocando e inspirando a las generaciones posteriores de artistas como Cecily Brown, Rebecca Warren y Jonathan (...)