Libros

Of all the museums in the world that have a Dutch masters collection, the Hermitage takes the prize. There might be other countries that have more, but outside of the Netherlands there is no other single museum with so many Dutch Masters under one roof. After Peter the Great, Catherine the Great (...)

In the summer of 1997 the city of Prague, former seat of one of the greatest and most influential monarchs in history, Rudolf II, is hosting a spectacular three-month celebration of art, music, and science. Nearly four hundred years after Rudolf's death in 1612, the reign of this enlightened and (...)

Haute Dentelle offre un éclairage inédit sur les usages contemporains de dentelle tissée sur métiers Leavers par les créateurs de mode.Inspirées et affranchies de la dentelle à la main, les dentelles mécaniques marient tradition et innovation depuis 200 ans. Synonyme de délicatesse, l'apparente (...)

An insightful overview of how Millet influenced and inspired many modernist artists that followed himJean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) was one of the most important artists of the Barbizon School. Through his publicly exhibited works and their critical reception, Millet was of crucial significance (...)

Los tejidos suntuosos constituyeron una de las producciones artísticas más estimadas en los siglos medievales, y el Mediterráneo supuso un espacio propicio para la circulación de piezas de distintas tradiciones y centros manufactureros textiles. En ellas se conjugaba lo particular y lo global, como (...)

La fotografía fue una herramienta fundamental para el trabajo de campo e intervino en la evolución de la arqueología mexicana en el siglo XIX. EL desarrollo de ambos, arte y ciencia, impulsó la conservación, la difusión y el reconocimiento del patrimonio cultural del país. Las imágenes, tomadas por (...)

A detailed look at a genre that combines virtuoso printmaking techniques, sophisticated imagery, and engaging, playful poetryThis beautiful volume celebrates the tradition of the Japanese surimono print. Produced from around 1800 until 1840, during the Edo period, surimono ("printed things" in (...)

Since the late 1960s Bruce Nauman has established a completely new understanding of contemporary art and has been acknowledged asone of the most relevant artists of the twentieth century. Both the last modern artist and - because of his ceaseless experimental approachto new media - the very first (...)

Marc Quinn's eight life-sized sculptural self-portraits were created during a challenging period in his life. In the early 1990's, the artist was processing the transformation brought on by the end of his alcohol addiction, and spent hours visiting the Messerschmidt sculpture The Strong Smell' at (...)

En los últimos tiempos asistimos a un desarrollo intenso sobre todo objeto que sea considerado idóneo para el patrimonio y sobre el mismo se tejen toda suerte de criterios, y si este o aquel deben estar o no en un museo para ser contemplados por estudiosos y turistas, cuyos fines y puntos de vista (...)

UN ARTE PARA LA LITURGIA HISPANO-MOZÁRABE. EL ANTIGUO REINO DE LEÓN es un volumen dedicado a las relaciones sustanciales entre la liturgia y el arte medieval, pues ambos capítulos constituyen una unidad para una correcta comprensión de su significación. Dividido en dos partes, en la primera vierte (...)