Libros

Buenos Aries boasts a number of impressive buildings in a range of architectural styles. But when Anat Meidan, an art collector with a passion for La Belle Epoque, moved to the city, she was delighted to discover how much of the city's Art Nouveau architecture from the early 20th century had (...)

A new appraisal of intriguing and meditative figural works by one of the 19th century's great masters of landscapeThe women painted by Camille Corot (1796 1875) read, dream, and gaze at the viewer, conveying an independent spirit and a sense of their inner lives. Corot's handling of color and his (...)

Madame Élisabeth fue la hermana menor de Luis XVI. Con sus amigos formó su Corte en palacio, dentro de la Corte de Versalles, en la que reinaba la piedad religiosa y la paz. Soltera, no entró en ningún convento, porque su vocación fue la de estar junto a los suyos, la familia real. Ya desde 1789 (...)

Josef Albers (1888 1976) was one of the leading pioneers of 20th-century modernism: he was an extraordinary teacher, writer, painter, and color theorist, who is best known for the Homages to the Square (painted 1950 76) and The Interaction of Color, published by Yale University Press in 1963.This (...)

This wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of luxury dress was a marker of status. Florentines decked out their palaces and streets with textiles for public rituals. But (...)

La Vespa es hoy un símbolo de estilo aclamado, equilibrado con la tradición. Desde el prototipo MP6 de 1945 hasta la revolución silenciosa de la Vespa Elettrica, este libro supone la presentación más completa de la Vespa, de la que se habla como no se había hecho hasta ahora.

Volume edito in occasione della mostra Artemisia e i pittori del conte promossa da Armida. Testi di Tommaso Borgogelli, Nicola Cleopazzo, Rosaria Colaleo, Roberto Contini, Viviana Farina, Maria Grazia Gargiulo, Loredana Gazzara, Enrico Ghetti, Giacomo Lanzilotta, Roberta Lapucci, Luca Manzo, Brizia (...)