Libros

From the 17th through the 19th century, artists in Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo) captured the metropolitan amusements of the floating world (ukiyo in Japanese) through depictions of subjects such as the beautiful women of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters and performers of the kabuki theater. In contrast (...)

This magnificent new volume presents works of art from the fabled collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orleans (1674-1723), including masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Correggio, Poussin, Rubens, and Rembrandt, bringing them together for the first time since the collection's sale and (...)

In this brilliant study of the early history of jet engines, Hermione Giffard demolishes the myth of German aeronautical triumph and transforms the way we should think about technological change in general. While conventional histories of technology focus on the inventor-hero struggling to fulfil a (...)

Esta publicación es un ensayo histórico-jurídico, adecuadamente contextualizado y re dactado con rigor metodológico y seriedad en la consulta de las fuentes historiográficas, del sistema premial militar español. Aborda, con visión de conjunto, el origen, la evolución histórica y el régimen vigente (...)

A partir de 1570 Felipe II promovió la recuperación iconográfica y cultural del reino visigodo de Toledo como parte de su proyecto político para definir la naciente Monarquía Hispánica. Su neogoticismo entroncó con el que ya protagonizaron siglos antes los reinos peninsulares medievales, y (...)