Titoli in Storia e critica

Западноевропейская живопись – это тысячи имен знаменитых художников и их шедевров. Приходя в галерею или музей, вы ходите по залам, пытаясь узнать хотя бы немного о каждой картине и ее авторе. Хотите легко разбираться во всех стилях, эпохах и именах? Этот прекрасно иллюстрированный справочник:. Познакомит с искусством западноевропейской живописи во всем многообразии ее жанров, техник и стилей.

Reacting to the tumultuous crises of the twentieth century, especially the horrors of World War I, avant-garde artists and writers sought to destroy art by transforming it into the substance of everyday life. Following the evolution of these revolutionary groups, How to Be Avant-Garde charts its pioneers and radical ideas.

The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year with its masterpieces. In Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino immerses herself in this magical space and helps us fall in love with what was once a forbidding fortress. Exploring galleries, basements, rooftops, and gardens, Sciolino demystifies the Louvre, introducing us to her favorite artworks, both legendary and overlooked, and to the people who are the museum's lifeblood.

A compelling call to rediscover the transformative power of art in an age of distraction, coercion and spectacle - with a new introduction by Donna Tartt In Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, J. F. Martel offers a compelling and incisive meditation on the nature of art in a world dominated...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) never signed a painting, and none of his supposed self-portraits can be securely ascribed to his hand. He revealed next to nothing about his life in his extensive writings, yet countless pages have been written about him that assign him an identity: genius, entrepreneur, celebrity artist, outsider. Addressing the ethical stakes involved in studying past lives, Stephen J. Campbell shows how this invented Leonardo has invited speculation from figures ranging from art dealers and curators to scholars, scientists, and biographers.

Brought to you by Penguin. Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored. In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void. Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, Blackness...

'A fascinating alternative history covering 2,500 years and a geographical span from Japan to California' NEW STATESMAN 'A revelation . . . The tale of each carpet as Armstrong tells it is untidy and tragic and comical all at once' TESSA HADLEY On the saddles of warlords, draping the walls of...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-fiction 'Outstanding' - The Guardian 'Superb' - The Telegraph 'A must read' - Anne Sebba 'Lively' - The Times They seemed to be polar opposites . . . Augustus: vivid, volatile and promiscuous. He was a hero among romantics and bohemians, celebrated as one...

¿Por qué y para qué se escribe? ¿De dónde provienen las ideas que estimulan y alimentan a un escritor? ¿Cuál es el motor que impulsa la creatividad? Para Federico Reyes Heroles estas preguntas constituyen una curiosidad esencial, el núcleo de una pasión de vida. Para responderlas, nos propone un recorrido que parte de su experiencia personal y sigue las pistas de otros escritores que sondearon sus propios procesos creadores. Al poco tiempo, el explorador descubre que no puede quedarse en el ámbito de la literatura.

العقد الفريد هو كتاب من تأليف ابن عبد ربه الأندلسي (ت. 328 هـ)، يعتبر من أمهات كتاب الأدب العربي . الكتاب موسوعة أدبية، تجمع بين المختارات الشعرية والنثرية، ولمحات...

في هذا الكتاب (خطوط وألوان، ملاحظات في الفنون التشكيلية المعاصرة) لصفوان حيدر يتحول العشق للحق والصدق والجمال إلى كتابة نضالية تنويرية حاملة جهداً تحليلياً...

En un museo, los cuadros y esculturas parecen haber nacido ahí. Hablan por sí mismo, y aunque sabemos que fueron ejecutados en otro lado y que llegaron tras alguna peripecia, este recorrido se desvanece, como si no tuvieran más historia que el deslumbramiento que produce su contemplación. El...

Tras la escultura renacentista y su última etapa de profundo manierismo, el siglo XVII trae consigo una nueva concepción de la escultura. El clásico equilibrio entre la masa y el movimiento que se producía en las obras renacientes se rompe ahora en favor de este último, haciendo que las...

Bloomsbury presents Fewer, Better Things written and read by Glenn Adamson Things matter. So why are we losing touch with them? From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In...

De la autora de La edad de la penumbra, una perspectiva única sobre la diversidad que existió en torno a la figura de Cristo. «En el principio existía el verbo». Esta frase, con la que comienza el Evangelio según San Juan, es clave en las enseñanzas de la Iglesia cristiana y ha sido determinante para el arte, la literatura y el lenguaje occidentales.

Ирина Александровна Антонова — единственный музейный деятель, чье имя широко известно не только в профессиональном кругу. Легендарный директор ГМИИ им. Пушкина, человек, влюбленный в великое искусство прошлого и открывший для нас современных художников, новатор музейного дела, она умела не только показывать искусство в стенах своего музея, но и рассказывать о нем, заражая своим восторгом, своей любовью.

Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history. In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts journeys from the warrior societies of The Bronze Age all the way to the invention of democracy during the golden...

Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history. In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Egyptologist Dr Campbell Price asks us how we know so much about life in ancient Egypt, from the working lives of pyramid builders to the...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'It's still magic, even if you know how it's done' SIR TERRY PRATCHETT Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld takes readers behind the scenes of the amazing partnership between Sir Terry Pratchett and artist Paul Kidby. It shows how the Discworld was brought to visual...

Игорь Викторович Долгополов (1917–1991) — заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР, искусствовед, писатель, просветитель, главный художник самого популярного в советское время журнала «Огонек». Ученик А. Дейнеки, он был личностью поистине масштаба Джорджо Вазари, человеком, всю жизнь создававшим единый образ мирового искусства. Его очерки о великих творцах, собранные позже в книги «Мастера и шедевры», при жизни автора печатались огромными тиражами.