Libros

Empress Maria Theresa pursued a singular approach when it came to cultural policy. She sought reform not only in education, but also in the field of art, and commissioned a wealth of works from painters, sculptors, and other artists in Austria and abroad. These reform efforts brought about an (...)

From painterly portrait studies to mythological epics, love stories to picturesque ruins, French art of the baroque and the rococo in the seventeenth century is dazzlingly seductive. This book presents seventy major works of French drawing from the Albertina that highlight the range and power of (...)

The shaping of the body through clothing has repeatedly played a major role across the centuries; in Europe changes in fashion were always accompanied by changes to the cut of clothing and hence to the silhouette of the body. This lavishly illustrated volume delights the reader with illustrations (...)

En 2012, Alexius Feit publicó Spanische Fayencen 15. bis 19. Jahrhundert (Hirmer, 2012) junto con su padre, Dr. Christian Feit (1921-2017). Esta gran obra, en la que se analiza en profundidad su colección privada de cerámica española, se ha convertido a día de hoy en una obra de referencia sobre la (...)

Leticia Feduchi pinta para entender cómo están hechos los objetos y cómo funciona la luz, y el porqué de los colores. La suya es una pintura autorreflexiva, es decir, que se interroga sobre su propio sentido y así, a la vez, se hace consciente de su existencia y de su poder. Su obra se centra en (...)

New homes, featuring interiors, gardens, and furniture from London-based architect John Simpson, famed designer of the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace and one of the world's leading practitioners of New Classicism. Inviting, perfect in proportion, exquisite in detail such are a few of the ways (...)