Libros

As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of 'hyper-dreadnoughts' and battlecruisers. Fully illustrated, this studies the big-gun warships that never were. 1918 was a moment of great naval change. Britain still had the largest fleet in the world, but its ships were (...)

El 3 de septiembre de 1943 se iniciaba la operación anfibia para invadir Italia por parte de las fuerzas aliadas de Estados Unidos y la Commonwealth Británica. La invasión implicaría la salida de Italia dela guerra y abriría un nuevo frente para las tropas alemanas, quedeberían defender la (...)

UNA CONTIENDA OLVIDADA QUE FORJÓ EL DESTINO DE ESPAÑA En el escarpado norte de Marruecos, la guerra del Rif fue mucho más que un conflicto colonial: fue una batalla encarnizada que marcó el futuro del Ejército español y dejó cicatrices imborrables en la historia. A menudo eclipsada por el mito (...)

The catalogue accompanying the blockbuster exhibition at The National Gallery, London, which The Guardian has called 'epochal' and 'superbly curated'Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 1654 or later) is the most celebrated woman artist of the baroque period in Italy. Her career spanned more than 40 years, (...)

'Painting contains a divine force which not only makes the absent present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.' Taking up Alberti's connection between divine power, mimesis and friendship, this study explores the artistry of the Utrecht portrait specialist (...)