Libros

Per me, l'arte di Giovani Bellini è una passione che dura da mezzo secolo... . Peter Humfrey ci conduce attraverso l'opera di Giovanni Bellini, uno dei massimi pittori dell'Italia del Rinascimento e certamente la figura dominante nella Venezia della seconda metà del XV secolo. La sua lunga (...)

A due anni di distanza dall'uscita del primo volume di saggi Spogliando modelli e alzando lumi, Gianni Papi pubblica una seconda raccolta di contributi (tredici inediti e sei già usciti in altre lingue o in ambiti ristretti), relativi alle sue ricerche su Caravaggio e l'ambiente caravaggesco a Roma (...)

Dopo "Spogliando modelli e alzando lumi" (2014), "Entro l'aria bruna d'una camera rinchiusa" (2016) e "Senza più attendere a studio e insegnamenti" (2018), Gianni Papi pubblica una quarta raccolta di scritti su Caravaggio e l'ambiente caravaggesco. Come nelle precedenti occasioni, alcuni scritti (...)

This book traces the incredible career of the great sailor Korvettenkapitän Kentrat through his documents, letters, and uniforms. Highly illustrated, the book includes 130 photos of the U-196 at sea like never before. Text in French.

A magnificent introduction to the Cobra art movement With French as its working language, Cobra was pretty much the last truly European movement within Modernism. The group's anarchic story is not just an important strand in art history it remains as lively as ever and has inspired all sorts of (...)

The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognised worldwide as a great work of art, and one of the most influential paintings ever made. It was the world's first major oil painting, and it is laced with religious mysticism. The work almost (...)

Wristwatches have transcended their original function as mere timekeepers, evolving into symbols of craftsmanship, design, and cultural significance. From the early 20th-century innovations that gave rise to the first wristwatches to the iconic models that have shaped modern watchmaking, these (...)