Libros

The definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographerIrving Penn (1917 2009) was among the most esteemed and influential photographers of the 20th century. Over the course of a nearly seventy-year career, he mastered a pared-down aesthetic of studio photography that is (...)

During her reign as the first queen in Iranian history, Empress Farah Pahlavi dedicated her life to serving the Iranian people, creating, and curating museums and festivals across the country. With a keen eye and working with Sotheby's, Christie's, and the Met the empress was able to amass one of (...)

Sonia Delaunay (Odesa o Gradizhsk, Ucrania, 1885-París, 1979) es una de las más destacadas artistas de las vanguardias de la primera mitad del siglo XX. A su oficio de pintora añadió el de diseñadora textil, gráfica o sus trabajos como muralista, y a su interés por las artes visuales, su pasión por (...)

Cuando aprendí a parar para escucharme, di el primer paso para irme.He ido lejos. También físicamente. En este sentido, he ido tan lejos que ha llegado un momento en que seguir hacia delante ha significado empezar a volver. El planeta no da para más y ha resultado ser cierto que la tierra es (...)

La obra examina la relevancia del trabajo de la filósofa Luce Irigaray en el contexto arquitectónico. Ocho capítulos temáticos exploran el valor corporal, espacio-temporal, político y cultural de sus ideas para hacer, discutir y experimentar la arquitectura. En particular, cada capítulo hace (...)

Nominally at least, the bloody and ruinous eight-year war fought between Iran and Iraq was a confrontation dominated by operations on land. The traditional impression is that the resources devoted to naval warfare were minute in comparison to those of its major land battlefields. As so often, the (...)

Well away from the major battlefields on the ground in the Iran-Iraq War, and hidden from the gaze of the curious public, the navies and air forces of the two belligerents contested the waters of the Persian (or Arabian) Gulf. This naval aspect of the war still remains largely unknown and hugely (...)