Libros

An exponent of artisan craftsmanship and theatrical fantasy often compared to Alexander McQueen and Sarah Burton, Guo Pei dresses Chinese state dignitaries and American celebrities alike in richly bejewelled creations of imperial opulence. The designer s first monograph, published on the occasion (...)

A breathtakingly beautiful photo-narrative biography of the incredible life of Princess Ira von Fürstenberg half Austro-Hungarian Princess, half Agnelli: model, actress, princess, socialite, heiress, mother, and jewellery designer.Bursting onto front-page news in 1955 at the age of 15 in a (...)

A través de una selección de diplomáticos de diversas nacionalidades (el Sacro Imperio, la Santa Sede, Francia, Inglaterra, Venecia, Toscana, Génova, los pequeños estados italianos, Suecia, Dinamarca, Polonia y el Imperio otomano) este libro describe las experiencias de los embajadores extranjeros (...)

Ce catalogue de l'exposition "Bellezza e Brutezza : L'idéal, le réel et le caricatural à la Renaissance" explore cette trajectoire de façon inédite, à l'appui d'une approche rigoureuse et didactique, à travers une sélection d'oeuvres d'une qualité exceptionnelle et faisant l'objet de notices, (...)

Marie Antoinette the very name conjures up a vibrant pastel coloured world of excess filled with satin shoes rustling silks gravity defying hairstyles decadent macarons delicious intrigue and then of course bloody Revolution This ground breaking volume first reconstructs the life and style of the (...)