Libros

El Inventario del Alcázar de Madrid de 1666 se redactó tras el fallecimiento de Felipe IV el 17 de septiembre de 1665. El documento refleja el afán coleccionista del monarca, quien en sus cuarenta y cuatro años de reinado multiplicó exponencialmente el número de obras artísticas en sus palacios. (...)

The collection of drawings Teyler's Museum has a widely known international reputation. This book is part of a series in which previously books were published on Italian drawings of the 15th and 16th century, and on Dutch drawings dating from 1575-1630 and 1740-1800. This book describes the 257 (...)

A fresh look at the interiors of Renzo Mongiardino considered one of the finest designers of the late twentieth century that will both appeal to past devotees and introduce his work to a new generation of design enthusiasts.This book explores the sublime work of Renzo Mongiardino (1916 1998), (...)

Ever since Tom Britt opened his New York based firm in 1964, he has been creating dramatic environments for his high-profile clients on multiple continents. His masterful design palette, with a wonderfully exotic slant, includes plush upholstered furniture, boldly patterned carpets, seductive (...)

From the 17th through the 19th century, artists in Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo) captured the metropolitan amusements of the floating world (ukiyo in Japanese) through depictions of subjects such as the beautiful women of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters and performers of the kabuki theater. In contrast (...)

Style meets movement: a new photography book featuring more than eighty of today's most famous dancers, captured in movement and styled in garments designed by some of fashion's biggest names.From renowned photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, the husband-and-wife team behind NYC Dance Project (...)

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in Early Modern Festivals. These spectacles articulated the self-image of ruling elites and played out the tensions of the diverse social strata. Responding to the growing academic interest in festivals this volume focuses on the early modern (...)

Jordi Alcaraz (Calella, Barcelona, 1963) expone en galerías y museos de todo el mundo desde hace más de treinta y cinco años. Trabaja con las galerías Michael Haas de Berlin y Zúrich, Jack Rutberg en Los Ángeles, Joan Prats y Alzueta Gallery en Barcelona, Stefan Röpke en Colonia, Galeria Torbandena (...)

Rattan evokes the glamour and exoticism of the Riviera, grand yachts, and tropical verandas. It appeared in Impressionist paintings, and dazzling celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Gina Lollobrigida were photographed lounging on it. Now, rattan is regaining its allure and becoming increasingly (...)

Accompanies the biggest ever exhibition on the Flemish master Jan Van Eyck, a once-in-a-lifetime experience that makes the artist's world more tangible than ever before.Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck (c. 1390 1441) towered above his contemporaries. With his unprecedented technique, scientific (...)

This magnificent new volume presents works of art from the fabled collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orleans (1674-1723), including masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Correggio, Poussin, Rubens, and Rembrandt, bringing them together for the first time since the collection's sale and (...)

Widely acknowledged as the last great landscape designer of the eighteenth century, Humphry Repton created work that survives as a bridge between the picturesque theory of Capability Brown and the pastoral philosophy of Frederick Law Olmsted. By turns inspired by and in opposition to the grandeur (...)

"Donne fotografe" è il cofanetto della collana "Fotonote" dedicato alle grandi autrici che hanno fatto la storia della fotografia. Tre volumi per un viaggio straordinario che permette di ripercorrere tutta la storia della fotografia attraverso lo sguardo femminile.

The first book on the interiors of sought-after architect Vincenzo De Cotiis collects more than a decade of the atelier's projects.Milan-based architect and artist Vincenzo De Cotiis' frequent appearances on Architectural Digest's AD100 lists attest to his studio's international renown. Originally (...)

An interior design book showing how the alpine context, with its snowy landscapes and forests, influences the choice of colors, materials, and atmospheres.This book addresses a very specific topic within interior architecture, namely that of mountains, where the context of the surrounding landscape (...)

The most important, most visited, and most renowned of all of Britain's stately homes, Blenheim has been home to the Churchill family for more than 300 years.Regarded as perhaps the greatest of the stately homes and the finest example of baroque architecture in Great Britain, Blenheim is a treasure (...)