Libros

This generously illustrated book examines Photorealism in contemporary art from its roots in the late 1960s to today. Photorealism reintroduced straightforward representation into an art world dominated by Pop Art, Minimalism, Land Art, and Performance Art. Often misunderstood as being overtly (...)

Majestic and magical landscapes, the soft beauty of fields of flowers, the raw cold of winter: the works of Harald Sohlberg (1869 1935) combine a romantic perception of nature with a contemporary pictorial language akin to symbolism. Particularly beguiling is the lack of humans in these atmospheric (...)

A Bucket List Tour of Europe's Private Gardens.Acres of white-blooming garden rooms on the island of Mallorca. A seven-tiered wonder of stone, plants, and water above Germany's Rhine River. The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in a quiet Scottish valley. These sumptuous landscapes are just three of the (...)

UN RELOJ ES UNA OBRA MAESTRA DE LA TÉCNICA, EN LA QUE EL ARTE SE FUNDE CON LA CIENCIA PARA CREAR LO QUE, A LO LARGO DE LOS AÑOS, SE HA CONVERTIDO Y SIGUE SIENDO UN VERDADERO OBJETO DE DESEO. La evolución de la relojería ha coincidido con las etapas de la evolución técnica y con los cambios en las (...)

As well as being Emperor of the French (and note, incidentally, that Napoleon's title was not Emperor of France') it is often forgotten, or simply overlooked, that Napoleon was also King of Italy a state that essentially comprised all Italy north of the Kingdom of Naples. The Kingdom of Italy was a (...)

Dopo la stagione dei grandi pittori del Rinascimento, il prestigio delle arti figurative cresce come mai prima nella storia. Nel corso del Cinquecento l'artista passa dall'essere un comune artigiano a ricoprire uno status pari a quello dei maggiori intellettuali del suo tempo. L'inscindibile (...)