Libros

Cosmos: Una guía de campo que da forma al vertiginoso panorama celeste explorándolo paso por paso e ilustra los planetas, lunas, estrellas, nebulosas, enanas blancas, agujerosnegros y otros cuerpos exóticos que pueblan los cielos con alrededor de 450 de las fotografías e ilustraciones más (...)

An exploration of the innovative, quintessentially Brazilian painter who merged modernism with the brilliant energy and culture of her homeland Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973) was a central figure at the genesis of modern art in her native Brazil, and her influence reverberates throughout 20th- and (...)

An overview of Chinese culture, particularly visions of life and the afterlife, told through feast imagery from three historically transformative dynastiesFeasting was an important social and ritual activity in China beginning in the Bronze Age, and cuisine retains a strong cultural significance to (...)

Sin duda, la Divina comedia es, además de un prodigio de técnica y belleza poéticas y narrativas, una obra que alcanza cotas de sabiduría sobre el ser humano y su situación en el mundo y el universo logradas por muy pocas otras en la historia de la humanidad. No obstante, su afán de universalidad y (...)

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) has reopened after several years of major renovation. It is home to an especially varied collection of art that runs to more than 9,000 items: paintings, sculptures, assemblages, drawings and prints from the 14th to the 21st century.Old Flemish masters (...)

In praise of folly: on the fool and the jester in Flemish art According to medieval theologians, faith is a deadly serious business. Humour and virtue are irreconcilable, because laughter is uncontrollable and escapes the control of reason. A modest smile is permitted. But laughing loudly, grinning (...)

A fascinating journey through the development of 19th century photography.Early Gaze provides a fascinating insight into the origins and development of photography in nineteenth-century Belgium. At the time, the technology was the wonder of the age. Presenting never-before-published material, the (...)