Libros

Tadema Gallery was founded in 1978 by Sonya and David Newell-Smith in London's famed Camden Passage in Islington. They were successful photo-journalists who ventured into the field of 20th century abstract art and the decorative arts of the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1982 they had discovered a (...)

A distanza di quattro anni dal primo volume di saggi (Spogliando modelli e alzando lumi) e a due dal secondo (Entro l'aria bruna d'una camera rinchiusa), Gianni Papi pubblica una terza raccolta di contributi su Caravaggio e l'ambiente caravaggesco. Come nelle due raccolte precedenti, una parte dei (...)

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 (...)

El libro se inicia con el comentario de Heinrich Zimmer a un antiguo mito puránico que cuenta la historia de Indra, constructor de un palacio infinito, en el que tiempo y espacio desbordan todos los límites para sumergir al lector en el ritmo y las perspectivas inmensas de los ciclos cósmicos. El (...)

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 (...)