Libros

"Chiudere la trilogia delle mostre dedicate al Cinquecento è un momento importante per la Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi. La mostra si apre con uno spettacolare riepilogo delle opere dei maestri ai quali tutto il Cinquecento ha guardato come la Pietà di Luco di Andrea del Sarto, il Dio fluviale di (...)

This comprehensive volume examines the little-known relationship both artistic and personal between two of the greatest avant-garde artists of the twentieth century.Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, each in their own way, deeply disrupted existing artistic codes and pushed the barriers of (...)

This generously illustrated volume features Mark Bradford's newest work which deals with the body and the performance of identity. Mark Bradford's layered, multi-textured paintings have earned him wide critical acclaim. His latest body of work comprises a new group of paintings and a video, each of (...)

As intimate and meticulous as his revered portraits, Lucian Freud's magnificent paintings and drawings of plant life are gathered for the first time in book form. Lucian Freud's portraits are known for their spectacular detail and unflinching gaze. Although Freud brought the same qualities to his (...)

This visually stunning volume offers perceptive examinations of several renowned German and Austrian Expressionist artists who redefined modern self-portraiture.The self-portrait has been a vital aspect of artistic expression throughout history. Neo-Classical painters such as El Greco and Rembrandt (...)

A stunning collection of photographs celebrating the excellence of the Italian Renaissance period through palaces and gardens built between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The book illustrates ten locations of extraordinary artistic and architectural interest, conceived by prominent Italian (...)

The sculptor Antony Gormley has become a household name, thanks to prominent public installations and major solo shows. Awarded the Turner Prize in 1994, he was knighted in 2014. From The Angel of the North (1998) to the hundred cast-iron life-size human figures that populate Crosby Beach in (...)

Este libro está dedicado a la obra del escultor Mariano Benlliure (Valencia, 1862-Madrid, 1947) en Estados Unidos, conservada principalmente en la ciudad de Nueva York, en la colección de la Hispanic Society of America. Sus primeros clientes neoyorquinos fueron el magnate, coleccionista y mecenas (...)

Le Centre Pompidou poursuit la relecture des uvres majeurs du 20ème siècle et consacre une vaste exposition à Francis Bacon. La dernière grande exposition française de cet artiste eut lieu en 1996, au Centre Pompidou. Plus de vingt ans après, Bacon en toutes lettres réunit des peintures de 1971 - (...)

Esta obra va dirigida a diferentes tipos de aficionados. Modelistas, coleccionistas de militaria y amantes de la historia disfrutarán de un gran libro de consulta y referencia. En este libro encontramos una gran recopilación de fotografías de época, ilustraciones, procesos paso a paso de pintura y (...)

Sin duda, la Divina comedia es, además de un prodigio de técnica y belleza poéticas y narrativas, una obra que alcanza cotas de sabiduría sobre el ser humano y su situación en el mundo y el universo logradas por muy pocas otras en la historia de la humanidad. No obstante, su afán de universalidad y (...)

Louis Cartier (1875-1942), the grandson of Cartier founder Louis-Francois, was an impassioned collector and lover of the arts. He was particularly entranced by Islamic arts, especially Persian book arts, geometric shapes and colour combinations, and its motifs and exotic colour palette are apparent (...)