Libros

En enero de 1809, cuando abandonó España, Napoleón estaba convencido de que la pacificación del país era cuestión de tiempo. Se había visto obligado a acudir a la Península en persona y su intervención había sido, de nuevo, decisiva. O eso parecía. El emperador todavía no lo sabía, pero había (...)

The catalogue accompanying the blockbuster exhibition at The National Gallery, London, which The Guardian has called 'epochal' and 'superbly curated'Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 1654 or later) is the most celebrated woman artist of the baroque period in Italy. Her career spanned more than 40 years, (...)

'Painting contains a divine force which not only makes the absent present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.' Taking up Alberti's connection between divine power, mimesis and friendship, this study explores the artistry of the Utrecht portrait specialist (...)