Libros

Las vinculaciones históricas entre Parma y España vienen a justificar un libro como el que el lector tiene en sus manos y que le permitirá descubrir, a través del patrimonio heráldico de la Real Casa de Borbón-Parma, la intensa vinculación que entre España y el Ducado de los Farnesio y de los (...)

NUNCA HUBO UN GRAN HOMBRE QUE PASARA TODA SU VIDA TIERRA ADENTRO HERMAN MELVILLEHaga un gran viaje a nuestro pasado marinero, desde la simplicidad de las embarcaciones prehistóricas al romanticismo de la vela. desde el drama de la guerra naval hasta los sofisticados buques gigantes de la (...)

This beautiful publication accompanies an exhibition that brings together the only two known self-portraits by Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), one of the finest painters of the Spanish Golden Age. Painted almost twenty years apart, these two remarkable paintings are often overshadowed by (...)

Fighter aircraft were developed by during World War I at an unprecedented rate, as nascent air forces sought to achieve and maintain air supremacy. German manufacturers innovated at top speed, while constantly scrutinizing the development of new enemy aircraft. The Germans also utilized the concept (...)

Durante su breve vida documentada (entre 1500 y 1526), Juan Gil de Hontañón nacido en Rasines, Cantabria fue tracista de la librería de la catedral de Segovia y maestro mayor de la claustra de la catedral de Palencia y de las catedrales de Salamanca, Sevilla y Segovia; asimismo, informó sobre las (...)

Long before GPS or Google Maps were invented, folded paper maps were our most trusted companions on the road. While traditional maps are becoming increasingly obsolete, there is more to cartography than establishing bearings or a sense of scale. Maps can also be a thing of beauty that appeals to (...)