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Una guía amena para entender cómo funciona el mercado del arteEn 2019, una tabla que una anciana tenía olvidada en su cocina de París se vendió en subasta por 24 millones de euros. La mujer pasó años sin saber que aquel trozo de madera a priori irrelevante, hoy expuesto en el Museo del Louvre, era en realidad el Cristo burlado, del pintor italiano Cimabue. Por supuesto, no es normal encontrarse con semejante tesoro en una cocina, pero es un ejemplo fascinante de la importancia de conocer, valorar y dedicar tiempo al arte.Rodeado de un halo de lujo y exclusividad, el mundo del coleccionismo se antoja inalcanzable para la mayoria de los aficionados. Sin embargo, es mas accesible de lo que parece y una actividad gratificante siempre que concurran dos caracteristicas fundamentales: la pasion artistica y el conocimiento del mercado.Maria Sancho-Arroyo lleva treinta años trabajando con artistas, coleccionistas e inversores y durante dos decadas trabajo en la famosa casa de subastas Sothebys. Desde la trastienda de ese universo de sofisticacion abre la puerta a los lectores con esta guia que da acceso al rico ecosistema de ferias, galerias y colecciones.¿Inversion o pasion? desgrana de manera entretenida los canales de venta, los secretos de la tasacion, las interacciones entre los museos y el mercado, y las posibilidades del arte como bien de inversion para todos los bolsillos.Un libro, en definitiva, que busca proporcionar las herramientas esenciales para maniobrar habilmente en el mercado del arte y asegurar que cada adquisicion sea no solo gratificante, sino que tambien añada valor y satisfaccion a tu experiencia como coleccionista.

Una relectura de la intimidad en la Edad Media a través del arte románico.Vulvas, partos, penes erectos y parejas en pleno coito pueblan las iglesias románicas de nuestra geografía repartidos por portadas, capiteles y canecillos. Estas imagenes sexuales, algunas de ellas muy explicitas, han generado estupor, sorpresa e incluso rechazo en nuestra contemporaneidad, dando lugar a todo tipo de explicaciones sobre sus intenciones y significado. Sin embargo, su proliferacion y espontaneidad indican que, lejos de tratarse de una representacion del pecado, como a menudo se han interpretado, mostraban una sexualidad mucho mas abierta y acorde con la mentalidad de quienes promovieron la construccion de estos templos.El libro demuestra como, entre los siglos XI y XIII, tuvo lugar una intensa lucha por el poder politico en la que el sexo (o su ausencia) se convirtio en uno de los principales argumentos legitimadores de las elites sociales. Una batalla ideologica que dejo su huella en las imagenes sexuales romanicas que desafian nuestra logica actual.

Paul Martins Grand Tour is the story of the life of the popular Flog It! presenter, from his life as a musician and antiques dealer on the Portobello Road to being the star of the BBCs daytime schedules.It is also a Grand Tour, as Paul takes the reader on a journey through many of Britains regions, uncovering and celebrating the most intriguing and often previously unknown places, stories and people across the country. Fully illustrated in colour, Paul Martin highlights, in his own distinctive and enthusiasts voice, the very best of the sites, subjects and stories featured in his six years of travels filming one of the most beloved daytime shows in Britain.

From the bestselling author of Beethoven: The Man Revealed, In Search of Beethoven is John Suchets latest and most personal book dedicated to the life of this extraordinary composer. Part biography, part memoir, part travelogue, Suchet draws on his own life and career as a foreign correspondent and news anchor to show how Beethovens music has accompanied him through the best and worst of times. It was with him as a music-loving and adventurous teenager, as a journalist entering Beirut in the grip of civil war, and as he has continued to explore the old cities of Bonn and Vienna, in search of the man behind the music. In this novel and compelling book, we see Beethoven brought vividly and sometimes painfully to life. Suchet traces Beethovens footsteps from his early years in Bonn to his dying days in Vienna, taking us on a journey both literal and symbolic, as he uses his own experience as a Beethoven aficionado to demonstrate the life-changing power of great music.

In 2007 Romany Mark Bruce, Irish-born lawyer and self-taught artist, was confronted by a stranger while walking his dog in Kemptown, Brighton. I want a word with you, said the mysterious fellow, and walked off, without further explanation. Two days later, Romany received a follow-up email: would he consider mocking up a design for an AIDS Memorial statue, to be erected in the south-coast city? An open-call competition was underway: there were ten days left to enter. Having lost his dearest friend to the deadly virus, Romany by then predominantly a painter, though with ten years sculpting experience behind him wasted no time in making a decision, and making up a design. The rest is history, and his AIDS Memorial, dedicated to Paul Tay, is a poignant landmark much loved by Brighton residents. This monograph explores the life choices which have informed Romanys artistic pathway, and analyses the sculptural techniques he employs in his thriving painting practice. Romany is, in his own words, a sculptor who paints; his work has been exhibited internationally, from France to Australia.