Libros

Alison Smithson (1928-1993) y Peter Smithson (1923-2003), dos de los más influyentes y polémicos arquitectos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, trataron de adaptar las ideas progresistas del movimiento moderno de antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial a las necesidades específicas del ser humano durante (...)

From the salon to the boudoir: the world of Casanova as seen through the art of his eraIn 18th-century Europe, while the old order reveled in the luxurious excesses of the Rococo style and the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of revolution, the shapeshifting libertine Giacomo Casanova seduced his way (...)

Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987) is best known as a painter of still life subjects beautifully executed in tempera. Less well known are his haunting views of bomb-sites in London after World War II. This revealing, fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the first survey exhibition on the artist since (...)

Une soixantaine d'oeuvres issues de collections publiques et privées, qui fait la part belle aux portraits bretons et polynésiens, aux autoportraits mais aussi aux effigies inanimées. L'artiste dote ses modèles d'attributs particuliers ou les intègre dans des mises en scène évocatrices, en leur (...)

FASHIONPEDIA is a visual fashion dictionary covering all the technical terms from style to material to production with illustrations and infographics. It encompasses rich, extensive information and yet is easy to read. Whether you are an industry insider or a fashion connoisseur, FASHIONPEDIA is (...)

Intelligente, curioso, irrequieto, vagabondo, il pittore veronese Giovan Francesco Caroto fu operoso a Mantova, alla corte dei Gonzaga, sotto l'egida di Mantegna; a Milano, al servizio di Antonio Maria Visconti; a Casale Monferrato, alla corte del marchese Guglielmo Paleologo. Conobbe e apprezzò la (...)