Libros

A fascinating exploration of art created by the varied Armenian kingdoms that connected the East and West during the Middle AgesAs the first people to officially convert to Christianity, Armenians commissioned and produced astonishing religious objects. This sumptuous volume depicts and (...)

Per me, l'arte di Giovani Bellini è una passione che dura da mezzo secolo... . Peter Humfrey ci conduce attraverso l'opera di Giovanni Bellini, uno dei massimi pittori dell'Italia del Rinascimento e certamente la figura dominante nella Venezia della seconda metà del XV secolo. La sua lunga (...)

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 (...)