Libros

Born in 1541 in Crete, Domenico Theotokopoulos, known as Greco, made his first apprenticeship in the Byzantine tradition before completing his training in Venice and then in Rome.However, it was in Spain that his art flourished and took root in the 1570s. Attracted by the magnificent promises of (...)

This book marks the occasion of the exhibition Naty Abascal and Fashion! organized by Museo Jumex, Mexico City, from November 7, 2019 to January 5, 2020. Like the exhibition, it aims to evoke the big ateliers or couture studios, whose mirrors have witnessed the evolution of fashion, along with (...)

Warship is a celebrated annual publication featuring the latest research on history, development, and service of the world's warships.For 45 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on the design, development, and deployment of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of (...)

What does it mean to live in a material world, and how do materials of the past and present hold the keys to our future? This book tackles these questions by focusing on various issues that human beings face and by discussing potential materials-related solutions. Through the lens of intriguing (...)

A provocative study of a freedman painter that recognizes the labor of enslaved artists and artisans in seventeenth-century SpainDiego Velázquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608 1670) has long been a landmark of European art, but this provocative study focuses on its subject: an enslaved man (...)

La Fundación Las Edades del Hombre ha presentado el cartel para su XXVIII edición, que llevará el título de Esperanza' y que descansará sobre esa temática.Ha sido su secretario general, José Enrique Martín el que lo ha desvelado en la ciudad del Duero acompañado por la Vicepresidenta de la Junta, (...)

Né en Italie de parents américains, le peintre John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) passe l'essentiel de sa carrière à Londres et le plus clair de sa vie à voyager. Paris sera pour lui bien plus qu'une simple étape. Lorsqu'il s'y installe en 1874, la capitale est en effervescence et le jeune artiste (...)

The GRAND HOTEL PARR catalogue is the first comprehensive photobook retrospective on Martin Parr.Martin Parr (1952-2025, UK) was one of the most influential documentary photographers of our time. Parr is celebrated for his witty, satirical, and often critical observations of contemporary life, (...)

The Renaissance painter Jacopo Bassano (c.1515 1592) was an artist of remarkable originality. As the head of a large family of artists, he ran a highly successful workshop in the town of Bassano, near Venice. In collaboration with his sons Francesco, Leandro, Gerolamo, and Giambattista, the (...)