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Alison & Peter Smithson. A critical anthology
Alison Smithson (1928-1993) y Peter Smithson (1923-2003), dos de los más influyentes y polémicos arquitectos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, trataron de adaptar las ideas progresistas del movimiento moderno de antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial a las necesidades específicas del ser humano durante (...)
Categoría: Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Gods in color.Polychromy in the Ancient World
This stunning book uses 21st-century technology to reveal the original colors of ancient sculpture. When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture, their medium of choice was pure, white marble, but little did they know that the works they emulated were originally painted in dazzling (...)
Categoría: Arte
The Power of Photography
The power of photography lies in its ability to ignite emotions across barriers of language and culture. This selection of iconic images, compiled by pioneering collector and gallerist Peter Fetterman, celebrates the photograph's unique capacity for sensibility. Peter has been championing the (...)
Categoría: Fotografía y Cine
To Conquer And to Keep - Suchet and the War for Eastern Spain, 1809-1814: Volume 2 - 1811-1814
Napoleon once famously remarked If I had had two Marshals like Suchet I should not only have conquered Spain, but have kept it'. Louis-Gabriel Suchet was one of the few French commanders to leave the Peninsular War with his reputation enhanced, and the only one to win his marshal's baton in that (...)
Categoría: Militares