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A fascinating exploration of the time Winslow Homer spent in England and how it influenced his artWinslow Homer (1836 1910) is widely regarded as the greatest American painter of the 19th century, but it is not well known that he spent a pivotal period of time on the other side of the Atlantic. The (...)

Although Spain had been for many years on the periphery of the great affairs of Europe, within a few months of the Civil War breaking out in 1936, three out of the four major European powers - Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union - decided to intervene. Spain turned out to be the perfect proving (...)

Una casa verdaderamente moderna debe satisfacer numerosas demandas relacionadas con la comunidad, la privacidad, la sostenibilidad y las manías de sus habitantes. Este compendio en dos volúmenes estudia los 100 ejemplos más extraordinarios de arquitectura residencial, narrando la historia de cada (...)

La belleza brutalista domina las imágenes de Frédéric Chaubin que retrata ejemplos de la arquitectura soviética extrema de los últimos años de la URSS. Estas fotografías exploran el mundo en desaparición de las estructuras totalitarias, proyectadas originalmente para representar, con sus formas (...)

Long before GPS or Google Maps were invented, folded paper maps were our most trusted companions on the road. While traditional maps are becoming increasingly obsolete, there is more to cartography than establishing bearings or a sense of scale. Maps can also be a thing of beauty that appeals to (...)