Libros

Trompe l'oeil (French for "fool or deceive the eye"), is a genre dating back to antiquity that has fascinated both painters and viewers from the Renaissance to the present day. Both witty and serious, it describes paintings that imitate natural appearances so convincingly that viewers momentarily (...)

The piston engines that powered Second World War fighters, the men who designed them, and the secret intelligence work carried out by both Britain and Germany would determine the outcome of the first global air war. Advanced jet engines may have been in development but every militarily significant (...)

Published on the occasion of their major retrospective at Museum Arnhem, this book presents four decades of work by the inseparable Clemens Rameckers and Arnold van Geuns, better known as the design duo Ravage. Early on, it became clear that the art direction of the fashionable Rameckers would (...)

Presentamos los 100 artistas nacidos después de 1980 que han sido más votados por un extenso panel de expertos como aquellos que están haciendo y harán las obras más interesantes. Son las estrellas del futuro y aquellos que venderán a altos precios.Algunos elegidos son : Lawrence Abu Hamdan; Farah (...)

The eleven wall painting fragments from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun that were brought to the British Museum in the early 19th century have long been recognised as some of the finest examples of ancient Egyptian art and have been considered among the greatest treasures of the British Museum. This (...)

Find inspiration in a selection of lush flamboyant interiors filled with colors and patterns. Eclectic interiors with a story behind: discover contemporary maximalist homes that celebrate personality and life experiences. Extravagant furniture, saturated colors and patterns of the wallpaper and (...)

Sargent and Fashion explores the dynamic relationship of painting and dress - from portraits and performance, gender expression and the New Woman, to the pull of tradition and the excitement of new ideas."The coat is the picture," John Singer Sargent exclaimed to his fellow artist Graham Robertson (...)