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A lo largo de los años, Carlos Monsiváis se interrogó una y otra vez a propósito de la fotografía en México y sobre México, uno de sus muchos intereses como crítico y coleccionista. En este volumen se han reunido, junto con muchas fotografías de la colección del Museo del Estanquillo, las...

The Classic Western Collection assembles over 30 of the greatest western novels ever written. Featuring: THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, by James Fenimore Cooper THE PRAIRIE, by James Fenimore Cooper ASTORIA, by Washington Irving MALAESKA, THE INDIAN WIFE OF THE WHITE HUNTER, by Ann S. Stephens THE...

Todo arte visual es óptico. La luz, un símbolo tan potente en toda cultura humana, es también una de nuestras más importantes tecnologías. Para nuestros primeros antepasados, las únicas fuentes de luz eran el sol en el día y la bioluminiscencia en la noche. Incluso hasta el siglo XIX, nuestra única tecnología de luz era la llama.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was, above all, a painter of people, especially young women and rosy-cheeked children. In many ways, he is the most approachable Impressionist. Not for him were the grim realities of a hard life. Renoir painted people enjoying themselves: talking, flirting, laughing, often dancing,...

Palazzo Leoni Montanari, a Baroque residence located in the heart of Vicenza, is the only one in the town to be declaredly Baroque in taste, characterised by a grandiose decoration in stucco and fresco. In 1999, after modification of the spaces to meet new display standards, Banca Intesa - today,...

Caravage est l'un des peintres les plus suivis (au sens quasi médical du mot) par les historiens de l'art. Sans parler des livres de vulgarisation ni de l'énième récit romançant sa vie, pas une année ne passe qui n'apporte sa moisson de documents inédits et d'ouvrages ou d'articles érudits...

“Money, pretension, horrid behavior by cultured people” (New York) —John Anderson’s tale delivers it all in fabulously juicy detail. This is the story of how a fabled art foundation—the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America, including 69 Cézannes,...

The first volume to showcase both Lincoln Center's fabulous public art and the List Poster and Print collection, Art at Lincoln Center begins with a tour of the campus and the art that has been collected since its inception. A brief history of how the pieces were selected and brought to Lincoln Center...

Lively, scholarly, beautifully illustrated study of the 8 artists who brought a compelling new realism to American painting, 1870 to 1913. Henri, Glackens, Sloan, Luks, 4 more. 142 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Introduction.

Handmade Holiday Cards shows how artists imagined the holidays through original watercolors, etchings, silk-screen prints, and drawings. Rarely seen beyond the eyes of their recipients, these cards confirm the irrepressible artistry of their senders. Handmade Holiday Cards offers personal insight...

A compelling regional and historical study that transforms our understanding of film history, Amateur Movie Making demonstrates how amateur films and home movies stand as testaments to the creative lives of ordinary people, enriching our experience of art and the everyday. Here we encounter the lyrical...

More than 450 pages book of Modern Art written and edited by the artist Cesare Catania His paintings, his sculptures, his techniques and his life (written in ENG FRA ITA RU CHI).

This book analyzes practices of collecting in European art museums from 1989 to the present, arguing that museums actualize absence both consciously and unconsciously, while misrepresentation is an outcome of the absent perspectives and voices of minority community members which are rarely considered...

A highly regarded impressionist-style artist, George Ames Aldrich drew on his years of experience living and studying in Europe to create beautiful landscape paintings. His life and work are explored in this gorgeous book. Many of the artist's finest creations, some representing French subjects and...