Libros

This sumptuously illustrated volume analyzes artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christian tradition and describes how these artistic portrayals evolved over time. As with other books in the Guide to Imagery series, the goal of this volume is to help (...)

In this richly illustrated volume Rosa Giorgi argues that because much of Western art depicts key events, leaders, and practices in the history of the Christian Church, knowledge of that history is critical to an appreciation of many of our great masterpieces. Giorgi begins by analyzing artistic (...)

From Agatha to Zeno, Francis of Assisi to Mary Magdalene, Saints in Arti presents the characteristic features of more than one hundred saints often encountered in sacred Western art. Each saint is introduced by a practical list of his or her unique attributes. Entries also include notes on the (...)

Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a military powerhouse of that continent until our days. Nowadays involved in the war in neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a dozen of other armed conflicts over the last 60 years.Crucial between these was the (...)

Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, has remained a military powerhouse of that continent until the present day. Currently involved in the war in neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a dozen of other armed conflicts during the last 60 years. One of the most (...)

As of 1975, the decades long insurgency in Angola appeared to be short of its conclusion. However, with no less than three major insurgent movements fighting for supremacy, the war went on and then South Africa, USA, the Soviet Union, Zaire and Cuba became involved.Affairs like the CIA's efforts to (...)

"Il sarto" rappresenta il manifesto della ritrattistica di Giovan Battista Moroni (1520/1524-1579), artista lombardo che ha sempre prediletto i volti della gente comune ai grandi protagonisti della storia. L'opera è una testimonianza commovente della capacità del pittore di restituire con (...)

Original ensayo sobre el mundo de las golondrinas desde la literatura y la historia de la cultura occidental, narrado de una forma exquisita y con una gran erudición. Salvador García nos ofrece una oda a las golondrinas y a su relación con los humanos, y tambien una mirada crítica al comportamiento (...)

Los cuatro ensayos recogidos en este libro proponen reflexionar sobre el arte de la Edad Media presente en museos e iglesias planteando un viaje de ida y vuelta entre el Museo del Prado y algunos de los miles de templos de ese período que salpican el paisaje español y europeo. Con el objetivo de (...)

Esa península ibérica pletórica, una realidad plural y próspera, moderna, dialogante y democrática, ese país que nunca existió, pero que creímos tan cercano durante la década de 1990, cuando los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona y las Exposiciones Universales de Sevilla y Lisboa, cuando parecía que nos (...)

Joaquín Vara de Rey Rubio (Ibiza 1841 Cuba 1898) será el vértice de una familia entregada al servicio de España desde el propio origen de su apellido allá por 1182 cuando las tropas de Alfonso VIII reconquistaron la estratégica villa de Alarcón. Desde entonces, no ha faltado algún Vara de Rey en (...)

Kengo Oe, un arquitecto japonés en la cúspide de su carrera profesional, decide romper con todo para encontrar la armonía y el impulso vital perdidos. A lo largo de un periplo vital y emocional, desde China y hasta Zimbabue, su viaje se convierte en un peregrinaje por el universo estético de los (...)