Libros

Algunos monumentos, antes que extraordinarios edificios civiles o religiosos, son la expresión del más elevado ingenio del hombre. Esta obra le propone realizar un fabuloso viaje por todos los continentes a la búsqueda de las más admirables ideas para el futuro, siguiendo las huellas de las (...)

Gran formato con mapas Pocas veces está tan justificado un proyecto editorial como el que ahora la Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Vivienda y Ordenación del Territorio pone a disposición del público madrileño, nos acerca a la inmensidad de un paisaje, con frecuencia desconocido, con imágenes de un (...)

The bravura Impressionist works of the premier Spanish painter of a century ago, showcased and explored in detail by an international team of renowned scholarsJoaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) was the leading Spanish painter of his day, world-famous when Picasso was still struggling to (...)

The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King's (...)

Michelangelo da Caravaggio è un pittore sorprendente e paradossale. Pochi artisti hanno suscitato lo stesso entusiasmo e le reazioni polemiche sorte sin dal suo esordio pubblico nell'anno 1600. Oggi le ricerche sul maestro lombardo costituiscono una sorta di 'cantiere' aperto che richiede un lavoro (...)

This volume completes the study of the Tudor Art of War and is in effect a handbook for the Elizabethan army, which explains its leadership, organization, tactics and training and recruitment. It also describes how soldiers were paid, clothed, equipped and provided for or as was too often the case, (...)

Covers the full scope of the French East India Company's military prowess and colonial influence, from its global trade dominance to its strategic triumphs in India and Africa.From the early seventeenth century a multitude of French East or West India companies holding overseas trade monopolies and (...)

This study describes and analyses the Swedish campaign in Muscovy of 1609 1610 and the Ingrian War of 1610 1617 between Sweden and Muscovy; both wars took place during Russia's Time of Troubles'. Faced with a serious threat from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Moscow entered into an alliance (...)

Por primera vez se ofrece en este libro un balance de la vida y la obra de Pedro de Villafranca y Malagón (h. 1615 1684), cuya inigualable maestría en el manejo del buril fue reconocida con su nombramiento en 1654 como grabador del rey, cargo que nadie más que él ocupó en tiempos de Felipe IV. Sus (...)