Libros

Natural Elegance showcases the award-winning interiors of WRJ Design, headquartered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and led by Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer. The firm's homes are set against the backdrop of dramatic western landscapes from the Rockies to the Pacific. Their interiors are infused with a (...)

Textile designer Lisa Fine shares the many sources of inspiration for her coveted hand-printed linens and her personal interior design aestheticIn Near & Far, Lisa Fine invites us into her homes in Dallas, New York, and Paris and then takes us along as she visits the places and people who have been (...)

Shaped By War Don McCullin has held many exhibitions over the years, including his first landmark show at the V&A in London. As the greatest war photographer of his time, it is no surprise that his work is the subject of a huge exhibition organized by the Imperial War Museum. Focusing on his (...)

The Anatomy of Colour is the definitive book on the use of colour and paint in interior decoration over a 300-year period. Drawing on his huge specialist archive, historian and paint expert Patrick Baty traces the evolution of pigments and paint colours together with colour systems and standards, (...)

Twenty-five world-class designers invite us inside their private French residences, providing intimate access to their creative universe and rich inspiration for home style. Stepping inside the private residences of France's leading tastemakers provides unrivaled inspiration for interiors with a (...)

A trove of master interior designer Tom Scheerer's latest projects in his signature style--sophisticated, yet relaxed and unpretentiousTom Scheerer's second book, 16 of his latest projects are featured, including city houses and apartments in New York, Dallas, Houston, and Paris; summer houses in (...)

La monarquía hispánica, extendida a lo largo de los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII por cuatro continentes y tres océanos, constituyó el primer imperio global en la historia de la humanidad. La fiesta pública desplegada en sus ciudades fue uno de los elementos claves que facilitó la culturización y (...)

"Esta Breve historia del cine es un repaso ágil y ameno por los principales títulos y nombres del séptimo arte combinando rigor y humor. Una visión panorámica que no se olvida de la importancia de los primeros planos. No se trata de una obra erudita repleta de nombres y fechas para memorizar, sino (...)

La Wehrmacht durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial dispuso de enormes cantidades de armamento y material que fueron capturando por Europa, siendo de vital importancia en las fases iniciales de la guerra aquellos tomados a los checoslovacos por su cantidad y calidad. Gracias a ellos se pudieron alistar (...)

Con la fundación de la Orden Militar de Santa María de Montesa, el 10 de junio de 1317, surge una nueva orden militar en el Reino de Valencia que asume los bienes de las órdenes del Temple y del Hospital y que en 1400 es ampliada con los de la Orden de San Jorge de Alfama, cuya cruz adopta como (...)

La Orden de Santa María de Montesa y San Jorge de Alfama fue la última orden militar fundada en época medieval en la Península Ibérica, fruto del proceso de disolución de la Orden del Temple entre 1307 y 1312. La obra reúne las aportaciones de la gran mayoría de los investigadores montesianos en (...)

Antonio Canova giunse a Roma nel 1779 e qui rimase, con brevi interruzioni, per tutta la vita. Nonostante i frequenti viaggi all'estero o nei luoghi delle sue origini la città, con i suoi monumenti e la sua storia, fu la fonte inesauribile della sua ispirazione.Nel raccontare l'eterna bellezza (...)

Entre l'e te 1926 et le de but de l'anne e 1930, Pablo Picasso e labore un cycle d'environ cent cinquante peintures, dont cet ouvrage rend compte de manie re exhaustive.Cette nouvelle pe riode picassienne a e te identifie e de s 1938 par l'e diteur Christian Zervos comme celle des tableaux magiques (...)