Libros

Praised by Albrecht Dürer as being the best in painting, Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430 1516) is unquestionably the supreme Venetian painter of the quattrocento and one of the greatest Italian artists of all time. His landscapes assume a prominence unseen in Western art since classical antiquity. (...)

A major collection of contemporary botanical illustration. Forty-one Australian and twenty-three overseas artists have contributed by invitation one or more works of significant plants in the three Sydney botanic gardens. This collection is published to celebrate the bicentenary this year of the (...)

George Stubbs: 'all done from Nature' presents the first significant overview of Stubbs's work in Britain for more than 30 years and brings together 80 paintings, drawings and publications from the National Gallery's Whistlejacket to pieces never previously seen in public.Stubbs produced (...)

The painter Carl Haag (1820-1915) gained acclaim for his colorful scenes of the Orient and true-to-life portraits, in which Nubian slaves, Arabian camel drivers or Egyptian snake charmers enliven the visual topography. After attending art school in Nuremberg, the son of a baker advanced to become a (...)

Private Gardens: Design Secrets to Creating Beautiful Outdoor Living Spaces features nearly forty spectacular garden designs from around the world. Each garden is beautifully photographed and includes detailed diagrams and construction and planning schemes, with practical advice from professional (...)

For the first time, Chanel and Jean-Paul Goude reveal the unseen drawings, collages and sketches that have inspired Goude's iconic advertising campaigns for Chanel's world famous fragrances, from 'Egoiste' and 'Coco' to 'Chanel No. 5' and the recently launched 'Chance'.Inspired by a small gold (...)

Desde sus primeras manifestaciones en las catacumbas de Roma y hasta nuestros días, los relatos evangélicos han sido una de las principales fuentes de inspiración para la historia del arte occidental y su conocimiento es indispensable para entender dos milenios de arte, incluyendo gran parte del (...)