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This sumptuously illustrated volume analyzes artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christian tradition and describes how these artistic portrayals evolved over time. As with other books in the Guide to Imagery series, the goal of this volume is to help (...)

Un alegato contra la fealdad imperante en la sociedad moderna y en favor del goce de la belleza mediante la promoción del trabajo artesanal frente la producción industrial. William Morris dedicó su vida a la recuperación de las artes y los oficios medievales

From antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy have always been considered important tools in unravelling the mysteries of nature and human destiny. As a result of the West's exposure to the astrological beliefs of Arab philosophers and the mystical writings of late antiquity, (...)

Big bang alude a una explosión, a un movimiento expansivo que une ámbitos y materiales muy diversos. Su autor, Óscar Mariné Brandi, es un incansable fabricante de imágenes educado al ritmo de la música de los años sesenta y setenta, que conoce y emplea las estrategias visuales del cine, el cómic, (...)

Los textos responden a una pregunta muy sencilla. ¿Qué tiene un coleccionista de arte contemporáneo en la cabeza?

As one of the unavoidable realities of human existence, death is also one of the oldest and most common themes in the history of art. From Egyptian tomb paintings and battle scenes on Greek vases by anonymous artists, to depictions of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus by the great (...)

Malaguzzi's work describes the significance of food and feasts through the ages and discusses how artists have created allegories of gluttony and odes to the sense of taste, using, for example, artfully positioned fruits and vegetables in the still-life genre in painting.

Pablo Palazuelo (Madrid 1915-Galapagar 2007) fue uno de los artistas más importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX en España. Conocido fundamentalmente como pintor, también destacó en el campo de la escultura y la obra gráfica. Sus formas abstractas son más el fruto de un proceso de indagación y (...)

Gods and Heroes in Art aims to help museum patrons and art lovers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art. The characters are each described in entries summarizing their distinctive stories, their special attributes, and the ways in which artists have depicted them. Each (...)

In this richly illustrated volume Rosa Giorgi argues that because much of Western art depicts key events, leaders, and practices in the history of the Christian Church, knowledge of that history is critical to an appreciation of many of our great masterpieces. Giorgi begins by analyzing artistic (...)

What is tempera? What is foreshortening? What is fresco? These terms--and more than 100 others--are explained and illustrated in Looking at Paintings.First published in 1992, Looking at Paintings--now thoroughly revised and expanded--presents concise and readable explanations of the technical terms (...)