The biography, entitled Mary Cassatt – A Woman’s Art, provides an insightful account of the life and career of Mary Cassatt . She was one of a select few women who managed to establish a presence in the male-dominated art world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Cassatt, originally from the United States, spent most of her life in France, where she became a prominent member of the Impressionist movement alongside Degas and Monet. This book, which features approximately 100 reproductions of her works, demonstrates how Mary Cassatt , with her distinctive female perspective, transcended the prevailing artistic …

Housed in the Hermitage Museum along with other institutes, libraries, and museums in Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union are some of the most magnif icent treasures of Persian Art. For the most part, many of these works have been lost, but have been catalogued and published here for the first time with an unsurpassed selection of colour plates. In a comprehensive introduction, Vladimir Loukonine, Director of the Oriental Art section of the Hermitage Museum, and his colleague Anatoli Ivanov have broadly documented the major developments of Persian Art: from the first signs of civilisation on the …

Naive art first became popular at the end of the 19th-century. Until that time this form of expression, created by untrained artists and characterised by spontaneity and simplicity, enjoyed little recognition from professional artists and art critics. Influenced by primitive arts, naive painting is distinguished by the fluidity of its lines, vivacity, and joyful colours, as well as by its rather clean-cut, simple shapes. Naive art is represented by such artists as Henri Rousseau, Séraphine de Senlis, André Bauchant, and Camille Bombois. This movement has also found adherents abroad, including such prominent artists as Joan Miró, Guido Vedovato, Niko Pirosmani, …

Cézanne was perhaps the most complex artist of the 19th century. One of the greatest of the Postimpressionists, his works and ideas were crucial to the aesthetic development of many 20th-century artists and art movements, especially Cubism. Cézanne’s ambition, in his own words, was "to make out of Impressionism something as solid and durable as the paintings of the museums". He aimed to achieve the monumental in a modern language of glowing, vibrating tones. Cézanne wanted to retain the natural colour of an object and to harmonize it with the various influences of light and shade trying to destroy it; …

At the beginning of the 20th-century, trends started to emerge that began to diverge from a naturalistic conception of reality and set out to explore beneath the mere superficial appearance of things. Throughout, the author shows that, regardless of the multitude of stylistic backgrounds in individual Western countries, everywhere, realisation that a work of art was no longer made in the spirit of the old aesthetics of imitation as if taken from nature, but rather rises from its own independent dimension of existence. A work of art is now autonomous. In this book, the author traces and analyses the origins …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sydney Bay was discovered by European explorers in 1770. Populated at first by colonial convicts and their guards, the city today accounts for one fifth of the entire population of Australia. Renowned for its Opera House, it presents an ultramodern vista to the tourists’ gaze. Sydney Harbour Bridge - one of the longest bridges in the world - and the immense high-rise buildings that sore skywards both astound and fascinate. At the same time the great city is truly cosmopolitan, incorporating a celebrated Chinatown and even more prominently an Aboriginal area in which the colourful way of life of these …

María Uve es una artista que nos muestra imágenes cargadas de pasión y erotismo pero que nos transmite mucho más. Si miramos más allá de lo inmediato, en sus dibujos reconoceremos a personas fuertes, seguras de sí mismas e independientes. Personas que aman desde el respeto, se relacionan con libertad y reclaman igualdad en el sexo y en la vida.En su nuevo libro, el más sentido y personal, María Uve explora la cara oscura y luminosa del amor en busca de nuevos equilibrios, diferentes fórmulas y relatos menos opresivos y más liberadores.

Tom Cruise y su misión: imposible

En este ensayo sorprendente, Fabrice Hadjadj mira a Tom Cruise más allá del cine. El héroe de Misión: imposible siempre está corriendo. Pero ¿qué busca? ¿De qué huye? Cruise encarna nuestra búsqueda de vocación en un mundo que solo ofrece papeles y funciones. Cuando un actor se convierte en símbolo de una generación, inevitablemente refleja algo de su época. Por eso, al hablar de Tom, hablamos también de toda la humanidad.
En la saga de Misión: imposible se repite una escena clave: el protagonista recibe un mensaje, acepta el riesgo y actúa antes de que sea …

En este ensayo sorprendente, Fabrice Hadjadj mira a Tom Cruise más allá del cine. El héroe de Misión: imposible siempre está corriendo. Pero ¿qué busca? ¿De qué huye? Cruise encarna nuestra búsqueda de vocación en un mundo que solo ofrece papeles y funciones. Cuando un actor se convierte en símbolo de una generación, inevitablemente refleja algo de su época. Por eso, al hablar de Tom, hablamos también de toda la humanidad.
En la saga de Misión: imposible se repite una escena clave: el protagonista recibe un mensaje, acepta el riesgo y actúa antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Hadjadj propone leer este motivo como una …