Libros

Este catálogo, atractiva y profusamente ilustrado, recorre diferentes manifestaciones del conocimiento humano del Cosmos, desde el estudio y la descripción del Universo a los avances más significativos de la Tecnología, pasando por el planeta que nos alberga, la Tierra, así como por el conjunto de (...)

Expressing one of many Luba sub-styles, the tall, standing male figures created by master carvers of the Hemba culture in southeastern Congo since at least the mid-1800s arguably rank among the noblest sculptural depictions of the human figure in sub-Saharan Africa. With their serene gaze and (...)

The first book to focus on Monet's work through his representation of architecture In an innovative approach, Richard Thomson considers Claude Monet's paintings of buildings in their environment, offering a reappraisal of an artist more often associated with landscapes, seascapes, and gardens. (...)

Landscape art in the early 19th century was guided by two rival concepts: the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures and visual delight, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger. British artists including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable raised (...)

From the walls of the Salon to the pages of weekly newspapers, war imagery was immensely popular in postrevolutionary France. This fascinating book studies representations of contemporary conflict in the first half of the 19th century and explores how these pictures provided citizens with an (...)

El catálogo editado con motivo de la exposición Tesoros eléctricos celebrada en el Museo Nacional de Escultura entre los meses de diciembre de 2017 y marzo de 2018 recoge, a modo de glosario, la definición de todos los elementos que conformaron el momento de mayor esplendor de las artes decorativas (...)

This handsome volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in religious performance. In a libation, liquid water, wine, milk, oil, or honey was poured from a vessel such as a jug or a bowl onto the (...)

A major reexamination of the father of the Hudson River School in relation to his European roots and travelsThomas Cole (1801 1848), arguably the greatest American landscape artist of his generation, is presented here in a new light: as an international figure, born in England, and in dialogue with (...)

En el año de Nuestro Señor de 409 los bárbaros cruzaron los Pirineos penetrando en el corazón de Hispania. Así, se inaugura una nueva etapa para la historia de España, la cual ha sido enmarcada dentro de los mal llamados Siglos Oscuros . Este libro descubre al lector que la luz es más fuerte que la (...)