Libros

Andrew Wyeth is an essential introduction to the enduring masterworks of this profoundly popular American artist. Published on the occasion of the centennial of the artist s birth, this handsome book highlights works spanning the entirety of the artist s seven-decade career painting the landscapes (...)

From the time of the Bronze Age, the warriors of all tribes and nations sought to emblazon their arms and armor with items and images to impress upon the enemy the wealth and power of the wearer. Magnificently decorated shields were as much a defensive necessity as a symbol of social status. (...)

Duane Michals, the subject of a major travelling retrospective exhibition organized by the Carnegie Museums, has long been recognized for his inventive photo sequences, which shaped the work of several generations of artists. But even as he is enjoying wide acclaim, a central body of work by the (...)

Las villas romanas de la Bética constituían hasta ahora un importante problema arqueológico, a pesar de ser resuelto por la investigación especializada. Ello era así como consecuencia sobre todo de las importantes novedades que en relación con este tema se han producido en Andalucía en los últimos (...)

Arriving in Paris in 1845, at the age of twenty and with only a few francs in his pocket, Charles Frederick Worth would go on to build the most prominent, innovative and successful fashion house of the century. Worth was inspired by a love of fine art, luxurious fabrics and his vision of the female (...)

Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664) pasó la mayor parte de su vida artística en Sevilla, donde realizó una serie con trece personajes del Génesis representados a tamaño natural: Jacob y sus doce hijos. Aunque pudo ser fruto de un encargo de las Américas, fue subastada en Inglaterra a mediados del (...)