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Hemba
Expressing one of many Luba sub-styles, the tall, standing male figures created by master carvers of the Hemba culture in southeastern Congo since at least the mid-1800s arguably rank among the noblest sculptural depictions of the human figure in sub-Saharan Africa. With their serene gaze and (...)
Categoría: Arte
Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe L'Oeil Painting
Trompe l'oeil (French for "fool or deceive the eye"), is a genre dating back to antiquity that has fascinated both painters and viewers from the Renaissance to the present day. Both witty and serious, it describes paintings that imitate natural appearances so convincingly that viewers momentarily (...)
Categoría: Arte
The Secret Horsepower Race
The piston engines that powered Second World War fighters, the men who designed them, and the secret intelligence work carried out by both Britain and Germany would determine the outcome of the first global air war. Advanced jet engines may have been in development but every militarily significant (...)
Categoría: Militares
Ulises. Ilustrado por Eduardo Arroyo
Será la primera vez que se publica esta novela ilustrada por un gran artista. Esta edición de Ulises, traducida por José Salas Subirat, cuenta con 134 ilustraciones a color y casi 200 en blanco y negro de Eduardo Arroyo. Su publicación coincidirá con el centenario de la primera edición en (...)
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Anatomy of The Ship. The Destroyer USS Kidd
USS Kidd (DD-661) was launched February 28, 1943, and served in the Pacific from August 1943 until the end of World War II, taking part in operations in the Marshall Islands, the Marianas campaign, and the Philippines. In early 1945, she joined Task Force 58 (TF 58) for the invasion of Okinawa. (...)
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