Arte

El pintor, dibujante y grabador barroco Jusepe (José) de Ribera (1591-1652) ha sido siempre alabado por sus representaciones del dolor humano: piel arrancada, carne lacerada, rostros desencajados y cuerpos retorcidos. Este libro el primero en explorar el asunto de la violencia en el arte de Ribera (...)

Buenos Aries boasts a number of impressive buildings in a range of architectural styles. But when Anat Meidan, an art collector with a passion for La Belle Epoque, moved to the city, she was delighted to discover how much of the city's Art Nouveau architecture from the early 20th century had (...)

A new appraisal of intriguing and meditative figural works by one of the 19th century's great masters of landscapeThe women painted by Camille Corot (1796 1875) read, dream, and gaze at the viewer, conveying an independent spirit and a sense of their inner lives. Corot's handling of color and his (...)

This wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of luxury dress was a marker of status. Florentines decked out their palaces and streets with textiles for public rituals. But (...)

Volume edito in occasione della mostra Artemisia e i pittori del conte promossa da Armida. Testi di Tommaso Borgogelli, Nicola Cleopazzo, Rosaria Colaleo, Roberto Contini, Viviana Farina, Maria Grazia Gargiulo, Loredana Gazzara, Enrico Ghetti, Giacomo Lanzilotta, Roberta Lapucci, Luca Manzo, Brizia (...)