Ethnographic Insights and Rare Photographs from the Early 20th Century. This remarkable volume brings together rare archival photographs from the Ethnological Museum of St. Petersburg and a deeply researched ethnographic narrative that illuminates the spiritual worlds of Siberian and Korean shamans. Captured in the early 1900s, these images bear witness to a time when ritual, myth, and everyday life were inseparable. Through detailed commentary and vivid illustration, the book explores shamanic cosmologies, ceremonial practices, healing rites, and the social roles of shamans within their communities. From the trance dances of Korean mudang to the animistic traditions of Siberian kam, each …
For more than a millennium, from its creation in 330 CE until its fall in 1453, the Byzantine Empire was a cradle of artistic effervescence that is only beginning to be rediscovered. Endowed with the rich heritage of Roman, Eastern, and Christian cultures, Byzantine artists developed an architectural and pictorial tradition, marked by symbolism, whose influence extended far beyond the borders of the Empire. Today, Italy, North Africa, and the Near East preserve the vestiges of this sophisticated artistic tradition, with all of its mystical and luminous beauty. The magnificence of the palaces, churches, paintings, enamels, ceramics, and mosaics from …
They met in 1928, Frida Kahlo was then 21 years old and Diego Rivera was twice her age. He was already an international reference, she only aspired to become one. An intense artistic creation, along with pain and suffering, was generated by this tormented union, in particular for Frida. Constantly in the shadow of her husband, bearing his unfaithfulness and her jealousy, Frida exorcised the pain on canvas, and won progressively the public’s interest. On both continents, America and Europe, these commited artists proclaimed their freedom and left behind them the traces of their exceptional talent. In this book, Gerry …
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), a prominent German painter of the 19th century, was a vital figure in the Romantic movement. His artwork is characterised by its poetic and melancholic essence, displaying a profound sense of spirituality and transcendence. In his paintings, he masterfully blended external nature depictions with deep inner symbolism. His often desolate landscapes and grand architecture evoke a yearning for peace, solitude, and spiritual elevation. The skilful utilisation of light and shadow in his composition amplifies the emotional resonance of Friedrich's art, imbuing it with an almost mystical quality. The artistic legacy of Caspar David Friedrich continues to …
The climax to the act of love casts an indefinable expression on the face – an expression of urgent intensity. A woman, a man, in that moment experiences an ecstasy that for an instant is visible in the eyes and on the lips. A wave of pleasure runs through the body, marking the transition between desire and orgasm. For this fleeting second, when just how violent the senses can be is laid bare, the person involved is not the same as the person immediately before or the person immediately after. With the help of prints and etchings from former centuries, …
Isaac Levitan was one of the greatest landscape painters of the nineteenth century not only in Russian, but in European art as well. He created works of undying artistic merit. His art is for all time and for all people because it absorbed into itself the woes, the joys and the social realities of its age, because it converted that which men lived by into sublime works of art and translated the author's emotions into lyrical images of his native land. At the end of the nineteenth century the landscape was one of the foremost genres in Russian painting. It …
Com una obra mestra del romànic europeu ha esdevingut el símbol d'una batalla política.Les pintures murals de la sala capitular del monestir de Sixena són una obra mestra de l'art medieval europeu. Pintades cap a l'any 1200 per un taller d'artistes segurament anglesos, representen l'últim esclat del romànic i mostren la influència de Bizanci i l'art de les croades. Però la seva història recent, entre el foc i la política, les ha convertides en un símbol de la complexa relació entre art, poder i identitat a Espanya.Des de l'incendi del 1936, quan van ser rescatades heroicament per un equip de …
Janis Joplin ha pasado a la historia como un alma impulsiva y apasionada, un ser con un destino sentenciado por el dolor que generaba una de las voces más extraordinarias que ha dado la historia del rock.La célebre autora y biógrafa Holly George-Warren fue elegida expresamente por el Janis Joplin Estate para escribir el libro definitivo sobre su vida y su música, un complejo retrato revelador y profundo de una artista extraordinaria. Así, los hermanos de Joplin, Laura y Michael Joplin, proporcionaron a George-Warren acceso exclusivo y privilegiado a miles de archivos, documentos, incluidas transcripciones, correspondencias, fotografías, entrevistas perdidas y …
Descubrir cómo dibujar animales puede convertirse en una aventura apasionante. Este libro te guía paso a paso para dibujarlos con naturalidad y confianza. Desde especies domésticas hasta animales exóticos, aprenderás a representarlos mediante un método claro y accesible basado en formas geométricas simples: óvalos, rectángulos y triángulos que se transforman progresivamente en figuras llenas de vida. Cada capítulo te ayuda a comprender proporciones, equilibrio y movimiento, desarrollando tu capacidad de observación y tu precisión técnica. Con práctica y atención al detalle, podrás captar la fuerza de un león, la elegancia de un cisne o la energía de un guepardo. Un …
Dice Eduardo Longoni en su prólogo que esta es la historia de un aprendizaje, que son estos los relatos de un fotógrafo. ¿Será tal vez que los ojos no alcanzan a quien tiene el poder increíble de captar el momento que hace historia?¿Será tal vez que incluso quien puede condensar el todo en una imagen –poética y poderosa capacidad– necesite contar también, para compartir, la historia casi íntima de esa foto? Ha de ser así, ya que Longoni ofrece en este libro las historias escondidas detrás de cada foto. Entre la imagen, la historia y el recuerdo del momento, el …
