Libros

Following the Inchon landings and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, UN forces crossed the North Korean border on 9 October and moved on the capital Pyongyang. Many in America believed the war would be over by Christmas, but some Washington diplomatic, military, and intelligence experts (...)

L'abbaye Saint-Martial, établie autour du tombeau du premier évêque de Limoges, fut un centre de création majeur du Moyen Âge européen.Son scriptorium a notamment produit les manuscrits enluminés romans, conservés à la Bibliothèque nationale de France, présentés dans cet ouvrage.Ces pièces (...)

As in many things, a well-thought out base structure is a necessity to arrive at a good end result. The same goes for constructions and structures used in floral art. A construction, whether it's made from natural or artificial materials, helps surpass the boundaries of what is technically (...)

Take an inspiring walk with legendary photographer Daido Moriyama while he explains his groundbreaking approach to street photography. For over half a century, Moriyama has provided a distinct vision of Japan and its people. Here he offers a unique opportunity for fans to learn about his methods, (...)

Drawing on difficult-to-access wartime documents and other contemporary sources, this is the first compact, illustrated study of the tactics and techniques of the US fast carriers of Task Forces 50, 58 and 38 during the naval war against Japan in 1943-45.This title concentrates on exactly how these (...)

Catalogue des expositions Eloge du sentiment et de la sensibilité, présentées au Musée d'art de Nantes et au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (16 février - 13 mai 2019).Au siècle des Lumières, la littérature et la peinture reflètent une nouvelle vision de l'homme et de son environnement. Les (...)

George IV was arguably the most magnificent of British monarchs. By the time George ascended to the throne in 1820 after nine years as Prince Regent, he was already well-known for his extravagant lifestyle. Visual display played an important role in his public image, an image that he worked hard to (...)

For the first time, Chanel and Jean-Paul Goude reveal the unseen drawings, collages and sketches that have inspired Goude's iconic advertising campaigns for Chanel's world famous fragrances, from 'Egoiste' and 'Coco' to 'Chanel No. 5' and the recently launched 'Chance'.Inspired by a small gold (...)

Un extraño objeto hallado entre los restos de un galeón español hundido será el punto de partida que nos llevará a descubrir un secreto que apenas aparece detallado en algunos antiguos escritos.Un objeto ha permanecido fielmente guardado durante muchos siglos: la Roca Sagrada de los caballeros (...)

Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defence cruise missiles and getting them to sea to (...)

During the American War of Independence (1775-83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only fishermen and the skippers of small merchant ships who turned to privateering, with mixed results. (...)

This book is about how we experience art, how we look at it, how we think about it. It is structured in the form of a series of conversations in some of the best-known museums in the world, but also outside the museums, where we often look upon art in a completely different way. The two (...)

The "ruins" of the modern era are the landmarks of recent art's turn toward site and situation, history and memory. The abiding interest of artists in ruination and decay has led in particular to the concept of the modern ruin - an ambiguous site of artistic and architectural modernism, personal (...)

La imagen de un samurái empuñando la espada, su vida gobernada por un estricto código ético y su destreza en mortíferas artes marciales, son las ideas básicas que conforman la visión popular sobre estos guerreros.De igual manera que cautivan la moderna imaginación, los samuráis ejercieron una gran (...)

The photos in this volume were taken under studio-like conditions that are, however, always at the mercy of chance: Silvio Maraini photographed horses in their familiar surroundings, often in a riding hall, sometimes in a box or in the shade of a barn. Through reduced lighting, a calm, monochrome (...)

Qu'il s'agisse de la toute première esquisse d'une façade de cathédrale, d'un panorama de ville, d'un plan de palais ou de l'aménagement de jardins, le dessin est l'instrument incontournable des architectes à travers lequel ils documentent le passé de notre environnement ou envisagent son devenir. (...)

The enduring allure of Van Cleef & Arpels: a history of the legendary jewelerThis opulent volume presents the legendary jewelry and precious objects of the French luxury brand Van Cleef & Arpels. Published to accompany a major exhibition surveying the history of the maison at Milan's Palazzo (...)

"1080 recetas de cocina" es un clásico por excelencia, y hoy podemos decir que, gracias a él, más de cinco millones de personas han aprendido, al margen de modas más o menos pasajeras, los secretos de la cocina y el bien comer. Reconocido por los grandes chefs de la cocina española, cuya relevancia (...)

¿Fue la libertad la causa o el producto de la Revolución francesa?La mejor crónica sobre uno de los periodos estelares de la humanidadEste libro gira alrededor de la transformación que cambió la historia de Europa para siempre: el paso de los hombres y mujeres de "sujetos" a "ciudadanos". Schama (...)

"A finales del siglo XIX Japón se estaba convirtiendo en un país moderno, industrializado y, carente de materias primas, en creciente expansión. Esto le llevó a entrar en conflicto con sus gigantescos vecinos, China y el Imperio Ruso. Tras derrotar fácilmente al primero, llegó el turno de (...)

Publicada entre 1959 y 1968, "Las máscaras de Dios" está dividida en cuatro volúmenes. El primero, dedicado a la Mitología primitiva. El segundo volumen, Mitología oriental. El tercero, Mitología occidental. La obra se completa con Mitología creativa. Ahora los encontramos reunidos todos en formato (...)

En esta publicación nos centramos en la faceta de Rembrandt como retratista, un género en el que el pintor más importante del siglo XVII holandés alcanzó el máximo nivel. Junto a una veintena de sus retratos, se presentan destacados ejemplos de otros artistas activos como él en Ámsterdam durante el (...)

This timely follow-up to Conway's highly successful Marine Art of Geoff Hunt (2004) presents the considerable artistic output of Britain's leading marine painter since 2003. This new volume is heavily illustrated with images ranging from large paintings to sketchbook drawings with text written by (...)