Libros

As one of the unavoidable realities of human existence, death is also one of the oldest and most common themes in the history of art. From Egyptian tomb paintings and battle scenes on Greek vases by anonymous artists, to depictions of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus by the great (...)

Malaguzzi's work describes the significance of food and feasts through the ages and discusses how artists have created allegories of gluttony and odes to the sense of taste, using, for example, artfully positioned fruits and vegetables in the still-life genre in painting.

This is a magnificently illustrated and enlightening journey through the visual portrayal of love and sexuality in Western art. Even in the modern world where explicit imagery is manifest, an erotic painting from half a millennia ago can still manage to create a sensation. This new addition to the (...)

Throughout the Middle Ages, sacred Christian art had two objectives: to express veneration for God and to provide illustrative lessons on the Christian faith to a largely illiterate population. Continuing in the spirit of the other books in this series, Old Testament Figures in Art compiles entries (...)

Ausencias es un libro de Manuel Jesús Pineda que en sus más de 100 páginas muestra alrededor de 50 fotografías en blanco y negro. Se trata de una serie de imágenes realizadas en paradas de autobuses acompañadas de textos cortos de carácter poético. Este trabajo ha sido reconocido con destacados (...)

Las campañas que propiciaron la pacificación del Protectorado de Marruecos en los años 1925, 1926 y 1927, tras el desembarco en la bahía de Alhucemas, han sido algunos de los hechos menos tratados de la Guerra de Marruecos (1909-1927). En esta obra imprescindible publicada en 1932, el general (...)