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Designed by a team led by Roy Chadwick, the man responsible for the legendary Lancaster, the Vulcan was created to carry Britain's nuclear deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s. Avro's delta-winged colossus became the backbone of the V-Force until the very end of the 1960s when the deterrent role passed (...)

Pablo Picasso riservò grande interesse nei confronti della ceramica, che considerava un mezzo di espressione artistica alla stregua della scultura, della pittura, della grafica.A Vallauris, presso l'atelier ceramico di Madoura, egli si dedicò alla lavorazione dell'argilla per venticinque anni, dal (...)

L'ingresso di tre splendidi capi d'abbigliamento settecenteschi nelle collezioni di Palazzo Morando, frutto della donazione dell'Associazione Amich , ha offerto l'occasione per uno studio di cui il volume raccoglie i primi esiti.L'acquisizione di questi abiti, conservati con amorevole cura per (...)

In occasione delle celebrazioni per il 250 anniversario della fondazione dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, il volume prende spunto dai soggiorni artistici di Giovanni Antonio Cybei (Carrara, 1706-1784) scultore abate e primo direttore dell'istituzione per illustrare il ricco e variegato (...)

Britain established the world's first aircraft factory in 1909 after the Short brothers met up with the American Wright brothers and struck a deal. The industry expanded rapidly to rise to the challenge of World War One with such thoroughbreds as the Camel and the SE.5. The post-conflict slump (...)

The world's most famous and celebrated contemporary art critic. GQ One of the most powerful art critics today. Time Out Senior art critic and columnist for New York magazine, Jerry Saltz is as influential as they come. He demystifies the art world in refreshing plain speak and his latest book, (...)

In this eagerly anticipated book, renowned space historian and author David Baker turns his attention to the Saturn I and IB rockets. Although considered as merely a 'stepping stone' from the Mercury and Gemini programs to the mighty Saturn V and the Apollo missions that put the first humans on the (...)

imagen NOVEDAD EDITORIAL FUNDACIÓN ARQUIA - SEPTIEMBRE 2023 Desde la Fundación Arquia os enviamos nuestra última novedad editorial, esperando que sea de vuestro interés y así lo sea también para vuestras redes. En este caso se trata de una nueva publicación de la colección arquia/tesis. A (...)

A rich survey of Scandinavia's best and most inspiring contemporary gardens, now in paperback.Few people have difficulty conjuring images of modern Scandinavian design, whose influence over the past century has reached around the world. More difficult for many is imagining the quiet landscapes of (...)

Al igual que nosotros, también los hombres y mujeres del medievo estaban preocupados por envejecer, a veces les salían ampollas, sufrían indigestiones, se enamoraban y tenían hijos. Y, sin embargo, sus vidas estaban llenas de experiencias milagrosas y metafóricas radicalmente distintas de las (...)