Libros

This beautiful publication accompanies an exhibition that brings together the only two known self-portraits by Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), one of the finest painters of the Spanish Golden Age. Painted almost twenty years apart, these two remarkable paintings are often overshadowed by (...)

Famoso en todo el mundo por sus obras maestras impresionistas, el museo de Orsay posee miles de pinturas, esculturas y objetos de artes decorativas de los más grandes artistas de finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX.

Murillo has attracted particular attention from historians since the seventeenth century to the present day, though opinions of his oeuvre have varied from period to period. The communicative power of his paintings, both then and now, has led him to be used and exploited for different ends. He (...)

En abril de 1671 el artista más célebre de Sevilla, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) obtuvo permiso para abrir la tumba donde se encontraba el cuerpo incorrupto de Fernando III de Castilla y León (1201-1252). Tras contemplarlo con sus propios ojos, Murillo se dispuso a pintar su vera effigies (...)

The most wonderful and clear art guide to explore and learn all the basics about the great works, artists, schools of art and styles of the Musée d Orsay. Learn about the extraordinary collection of the Musée d Orsay, housed in a former railway station in Paris. Essential works from academicist, (...)

Negli ultimi decenni il Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli ha rinnovato completamente gran parte dei suoi allestimenti. La nuova guida generale accompagna il visitatore alla scoperta della nuova veste di uno dei più importanti musei al mondo, introducendolo passo passo a tutte le raccolte (...)

Célebre en el mundo entero por sus obras maestras del impresionismo, el museo de Orsay conserva miles de pinturas, esculturas y artes decorativas de los más grandes artistas de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y principios del XX. Redescubra las 300 obras más bellas del museo de Orsay en el contexto (...)

It was Pliny who provided the longest and most detailed description of MURRINA VASA: Their size never exceeds that of a small table, and, in thickness, they rarely are so thick as the drinking cups mentioned above. Their brightness has no intensity, they are shiny rather than brilliant. But what is (...)