Libros

In 1634 the Thirty Years' War had taken a spectacular turn. The great protagonists of 1630, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and Generals Tilly and Wallenstein were dead.The Swedish army was disoriented without the presence of its charismatic king. Chancellor Oxenstierna was to preserve his legacy, (...)

This 400-page volume is the first publication to explore in depth the painting of British artist Anish Kapoor (born 1934). It offers a unique insight into a language that has increasingly been a focus over the last 10 years, but which has also been an integral part of his studio practice since his (...)

The League of Cambrai was an alliance formed in December 1508 by the main European powers with the purpose of halting the expansion of the Republic of Venice. The war that followed was one of the ongoing conflicts in what came to be known as the Italian Wars and was fought between 1508 and 1516. (...)

In the early hours of the 24th of February 1525, under the walls of the city of Pavia, the best Imperial fought against one of the largest French armies every to have invade the Italian states. Armies led by the young Francis Ist of France and the Emperor Charles Vth fought for the coveted prize of (...)

The Rif War in rugged northern Morocco is remembered for romantic films and novels about the French Foreign Legion, such as Beau Geste. In reality, the French intervention, although very important, was late and secondary in importance to that of the Spanish. Spain, had been fighting in North Africa (...)

Seventy years have passed since the Second World War yet the books and articles still keep coming in a never-ending stream discussing the question of what role the deliveries of arms and materials by Soviet allies played in the victory of the Red Army. In Russia, the American Bell P-39 Airacobra (...)

In 1526, the army of the Hungarian kingdom was soundly defeated by the army of the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, in the battle of Mohács. In the following decades the lands that were once part of the Hungarian Crown were divided. On the eastern half of the former Hungarian kingdom a new (...)

This book is the only dedicated study available in English that covers all of the armed factions that took part in the Wars of Religion as well as the whole period of these conflicts. It draws on contemporary French, Spanish and English accounts, as well as the best of more recent scholarship, to (...)

Some 40 carefully chosen juxtapositions of masterpieces by both artists trace a dialogue that ranks among the most fascinating in art history. This publication brings Pablo Picasso's (1881-1973) encounter with the Cretan-born old master Doménikos Theotokópoulos, better known as El Greco (...)

The Kuyu are an ethnic group who live in northern Congo-Brazzaville, on the banks of the River Congo, in a part of Equatorial Africa that has remained only marginally influenced by Moslem encroachment and Western colonialism. Kuyu art can be broadly broken down into three styles, the first two of (...)

Del estallido de las hostilidades con Japón en Manchuria a la Guerra de Invierno con Finlandia, de los albores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el este de Europa a la devastación de la invasión alemana, del inexorable avance hasta las mismísimas ruinas de Berlín a la sangrienta contrainsurgencia en (...)

Mientras Berlín se iluminaba fantasmagóricamente con las piras donde ardían libros prohibidos, los nazis llevaban a cabo un crimen cultural de proporciones aún mayores. A través de una pormenorizada investigación, en Ladrones de libros. El saqueo nazi de las bibliotecas europeas y la lucha por (...)

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 (...)

Una historia de periodistas, truhanes, espi as, afrancesados, buscavidas, jueces, canallas, masones, polici as, traidores, bonapartistasy algu n que otro patriota...en el Peru , Buenos Aires, Londres, Madrid, Filadelfia y Astorga de las Guerras Napoleo nicas

Oltre ottanta opere provenienti da collezioni italiane ed estere. Alcune notissime, altre inedite o meritevoli di una riscoperta. Dipinti e disegni di colui che, documenti alla mano, fu quanto di più vicino a un allievo in senso stretto il Caravaggio ebbe mai. Stiamo parlando di Battistello (...)

Forma parte de una colección en 6 volúmenes. Más de 700 páginas a todo color. Gran formato.La historia, poco y mal conocida, de nuestra artillería de costa en el siglo XX es un aspecto importantísimo de nuestro rico acervo militar.Una nación como la nuestra, cuya geografía exterior es (...)