Libros

La vid y el vino han desempeñado un papel preponderante en las civilizaciones mediterráneas. Se ha comprobado su presencia en acontecimientos relevantes, en la mitología clásica y en diferentes liturgias, donde destaca su significado sagrado y simbólico, y forma parte de una temática artísticá muy (...)

Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert these renowned view painters are perhaps most famous for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most splendid paintings, however, feature (...)

This fiery and influential book, available for the first time in English, presents an Italian Futurist's radical ideas about art and architecture Futurist Painting Sculpture (Plastic Dynamism), a truly radical book by Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916), claimed a central position in artistic debates of (...)

Having completed the revision of his series of British Secret Projects titles, Tony Buttler has now begun the same treatment for his early volumes on American Secret Projects.This first revised book describes the design and development of American bomber and attack aircraft from the end of World (...)

The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King's (...)

The Fairchild-Republic A-10A Close Support aircraft has become a legend over its long front line life. Known as the Warthog due to her unusual appearance, this little aircraft has built up an awesome reputation in the specialised ground-attack role, where her accuracy and deadliness are widely (...)

Se trata de un libro que recopila exhaustivamente las obras más emblemáticas realizadas por Fernando Higueras desde sus primeros dibujos en 1950 hasta su fallecimiento en 2008. Profusamente ilustrado y rigurosamente documentado, es la más completa monografía dedicada al arquitecto.Se organiza como (...)

This volume completes the study of the Tudor Art of War and is in effect a handbook for the Elizabethan army, which explains its leadership, organization, tactics and training and recruitment. It also describes how soldiers were paid, clothed, equipped and provided for or as was too often the case, (...)

Covers the full scope of the French East India Company's military prowess and colonial influence, from its global trade dominance to its strategic triumphs in India and Africa.From the early seventeenth century a multitude of French East or West India companies holding overseas trade monopolies and (...)

Innovative introduction to the iconic work of architect and designer Josef Hoffmann A rich, well-designed and useful pictorial resource for much of Hoffmans remarkable work as architect and designer. Mark Eastment, The Decorative Arts Society The Viennese architect and allround designer Josef (...)