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Vestidas para la revolución
Vestidas para la revolución
Laura Castelló
La estética y la moda no son solo algo superficial y vacío: son en sí un símbolo, una expresión individual y colectiva y, como tal, un acto que puede ser político, tener poder e incluso cambiar sociedades.Este libro enumera algunos de los movimientos contraculturales más relevantes de la historia a lo largo de distintas épocas, centrándose en las mujeres y en cómo, a través de determinadas estéticas e ideologías, reclamaron y lucharon a favor de la libertad y la igualdad.
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German Painting
German Painting
Klaus H. Carl
In a country only unified since 1871, German culture and art is derived from ancient tradition. Studying German painting requires viewing it on a different scale, larger than the current geographical frontiers. From the Middle Ages through to the New Objectivity of the 20th century, we introduce you to the German artists who have marked history: Albrecht Dürer, the Romantic Caspar David Friedrich, and the Expressionist Otto Dix. Original in its themes, German painting always seeks harmony whilst remaining inquisitive.
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Gay Art
Gay Art
James Smalls
This book is not a panegyric of homosexuality. It is a scientific study led by Professor James Smalls who teaches art story . His works examines the process of creation and allows one to comprehend the contribution of homosexuality to the evolution of emotional perception. In a time when all barriers have been overcome, this analysis offers a new understanding of our civilisation's masterpieces.
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The Russian painters of water 1750-1950
The Russian painters of water 1750-1950
Sutherland Lyall
The Russian painters of water recaptures the impressions of water in the works held at the Russian State Museum of Russian Painters, from the 18th century onward. Among the paintings are works by Sylvester Shechedrin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Polenov. Arkhipov and Repin. Sutherland Lyall narrates vividly and elegantly the exciting and varied appearance of water in the world of Russian art. He invites the reader to discover something of the history and customs of this vast country, and provides an insight into Russian painting.
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Miguel Ángel - Ningún artista, nunca en la vida, conseguirá lograr esta perfección.
Miguel Ángel - Ningún artista, nunca en la vida, conseguirá lograr esta perfección.
Eugène Müntz

La leyenda de Miguel Ángel (1475-1564) ha permanecido incólume durante quinientos años. Eruditos como Chateaubriand, Manzoni y Rilke vieron en él un maestro de la renovación del arte occidental. En efecto, dotado con un genio creativo casi sobrehumano, Miguel Ángel encarna al “hombre universal” del Renacimiento italiano, y la calidad y alcance de su obra son incomparables, ni siquiera en el caso de Leonardo da Vinci -obras como la Piedad, el David y los frescos de la Capilla Sixtina son prueba de ello. ¿Cómo fue capaz, en tan pocos años, de desarrollar los métodos de una obra digna de sus …

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Leonardo Da Vinci - Thinker and Man of Science
Leonardo Da Vinci - Thinker and Man of Science
Eugène Müntz

Not only was Leonardo da Vinci (1453-1519) an astonishing painter, but also a scientist, anatomist, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, and more. The question is rather, what was he not? During the Italian Renaissance, he mastered the most beautiful works of art for the Medicis’ in Italy and for the King of France. He aroused admiration from his contemporaries, who depicted a universal genius, curious and virtuous. Even today, interest in da Vinci and his work does not fade; his works and writings are still studied by foremost experts hoping to decipher one of the numerous secrets of this visionary …

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A journey through Renaissance art
A journey through Renaissance art
Victoria Charles

The Renaissance began at the end of the 14th-century in Italy and had extended across the whole of Europe by the second half of the 16th-century. The rediscovery of the splendour of ancient Greece and Rome marked the beginning of the rebirth of the arts following the break-down of the dogmatic certitude of the Middle Ages. A number of artists began to innovate in the domains of painting, as well as sculpture and architecture. Depicting the ideal and the actual, the sacred and the profane, the period provided a frame of reference which influenced European art over the next four …

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Dalí
Dalí
Eric Shanes
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is best known for his unique and striking style with an extraordinary repertoire reaching out across film, painting, photography, and sculpture. Whilst his name may be most commonly associated with Surrealism, Dalí consummately displayed mastery over such broad genres as classical, modernist, and Cubist styles. A crucial figure in art history, Dalí has inspired countless literary works and this edifying Best Of volume gives readers a fascinating insight into the life and career highlights of one of art’s most controversial and exciting pioneers.
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Ilya Repin
Ilya Repin
Grigori Sternin, Jelena Kirillina

Ilya Repin was the most gifted of the group known in Russia as “The Itinerants”. When only twelve years old, he joined Ivan Bounakov’s studio to learn the icon-painter’s craft. Religious representations always remained of great importance for him. From 1864 to 1873 Repin studied at the Academy of the Arts in Saint Petersburg under Kramskoï. Repin also studied in Paris for two years, where he was strongly influenced by outdoor painting without, becoming an Impressionist, a style that he judged too distant from reality. Taken with French pictorial culture, he worked to understand its role in the evolution of …

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Mary Cassatt - El arte de una mujer
Mary Cassatt - El arte de una mujer
Victoria Charles

Esta biografía ofrece una visión profunda de la vida y la trayectoria artística de Mary Cassatt, una de las pocas mujeres que logró abrirse camino en el mundo del arte, dominado por los hombres, a finales del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX. Nacida en Estados Unidos, Cassatt desarrolló la mayor parte de su carrera en Francia, donde se convirtió en una figura destacada del impresionismo junto a Edgar Degas y Claude Monet. Con cerca de cien reproducciones de sus obras, este libro muestra cómo Mary Cassatt, desde una perspectiva femenina singular, supo trascender las convenciones artísticas de su tiempo. …

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El tiburón de 12 millones de dólares
El tiburón de 12 millones de dólares
Don Thompson

Un banquero multimillonario invierte 12 millones de dólares por el cadáver de un tiburón descomponiéndose dentro de una tinaja.Un lienzo lleno de gotas de colores se vende por 140 millones de dólares.Una chaqueta de cuero abandonada en una esquina se subasta por la suma de 690.000 dólares.Si el negocio del arte moderno es serio, ¿por qué parece una broma?En este recorrido ameno y fascinante por las casas de subastas, las galerías y el mundo de los coleccionistas, Don Thompson desvela los secretos económicos y las estrategias de marketing que impulsan al mercado a producir los precios astronómicos a los que …

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Trasfondo ideológico del cine
Trasfondo ideológico del cine
Gastón Soublette
Este libro es la tercera obra de Gastón Soublette sobre simbología del cine y una vez más, el destacado filósofo, esteta y musicólogo chileno devela los mensajes que esconden las películas que no son percibidos a simple vista por el espectador.
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