Libros

La obra examina la relevancia del trabajo de la filósofa Luce Irigaray en el contexto arquitectónico. Ocho capítulos temáticos exploran el valor corporal, espacio-temporal, político y cultural de sus ideas para hacer, discutir y experimentar la arquitectura. En particular, cada capítulo hace (...)

Isabel Muñoz is a photographer dedicated to capturing the essence of Göbeklitepe and its surroundings, believed to be the oldest place of worship in the world. Her photographs transcend mere documentation, capturing ethereal and mesmerizing imagery of astonishing ruins and monumental megaliths that (...)

El boom de los 60 fue un momento clave para la fotografía de moda, con el inicio de las supermodelos y la llegada de la sensacional y radicalmente diferente Twiggy.El artista y restaurador Antoni Miralda presenta por primera vez su fotografía de moda de los años sesenta de París y Londres en un (...)

A través de la figura de Trinidad Scholtz-Hermensdorff, también conocida como la duquesa de Parcent, se pretende poner en evidencia que, en el periodo comprendido entre la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y los comienzos del siglo XX, hubo mujeres que fueron rompiendo barreras para introducirse en unos (...)

Las ideas ganan legitimidad a medida que se les da algún uso práctico. Un estudio de Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) apoya este pragmatismo como forma de pensar sobre la verdad y el significado. La arquitectura tiene un fuerte componente pragmático, sobre todo cuando pensamos en los usuarios del (...)

Picasso privé est un témoignage sur Picasso par ses amis peintres espagnols et catalans l'ayant connu dans les années 1920 et qui, voilà 45 ans, se sont confiés à Gérard Xuriguera. C'est dans un récit vif, nourri d'anecdotes et de souvenirs, que l'auteur cerne les diverses facettes du génie (...)

The events which occurred within the German speaking part of the Holy Roman Empire between 1524 and 1526 have been described by historians as the most significant popular uprising on European soil of the early modern era. They took place against the backdrop of massive political, economic, (...)

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.The second volume of The Rif War begins (...)

The Elizabethan army has been disregarded, denigrated or derided: Shakespeare's portrayal of Falstaff and Fluellen bear more responsibility for this than any accurate assessment of its role in Elizabeth's reign. This book aims to provide a comprehensive explanation of the part that the English (...)

Due to its successes against Austria in the first two Silesian Wars and the Seven Years War, the Prussian army is considered to have been Europe's best in the middle of the eighteenth century. Yet half a century later the once-mighty forces of Frederick the Great were crushed on the fields of Jena (...)

Napoleon once famously remarked If I had had two Marshals like Suchet I should not only have conquered Spain, but have kept it'. Louis-Gabriel Suchet was one of the few French commanders to leave the Peninsular War with his reputation enhanced, and the only one to win his marshal's baton in that (...)