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Clive L. LloydWhilst many books have been published about war, the role of the prisoner of war has been largely ignored or paid scant attention. This book, along with the author's other title - A History of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War 1756-1816: Hulk, Depot and Parole - aims to correct this imbalance, and is the result of his quest over thirty years into this almost-forgotten field of history. Illustrated here is an extensive selection of items from museums around the world and the author's own collection - one of the largest private collections of prisoner of war artefacts in existence - revealing the incredible skills of these imprisoned craftsmen. The items - delicate, intricate and highly detailed - include boxes, toys and automata made from bone, straw or paper, as well as paintings by artists whose work is now much in demand. The creation of these pieces seems even more remarkable when the conditions under which they would have been made and the extreme limitations the prisoners would have e ...............

Ce volume réunit tous les écrits de P. Rosenberg sur les relations artistiques entre la France et l'Italie aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. La nature de ces textes est variée : attributions inédites, nouvelles personnalités artistiques, fortune et rayonnement de peintres italiens en France, influence d'une capitale artistique italienne sur un artiste français, politique culturelle des deux pays...

Tamsin Pickeral From Dalí to Bauhaus, this exquisite collection offers art lovers an exploration of history’s most influential artists, artistic movements, and styles. Each edition contains full-colo

Acosta, una de las figuras más relevantes del panorama artístico sevillano del siglo XVIII (1709-1778), es el gran escultor de piedra, uno de sus más importantes escultores en madera y el más brillante proyectista y ejecutor de retablos de Sevilla y su arzobispado. A el se deben conjuntos escultoricos barrocos como la Real Fabrica de Tabacos, la Real Maestranza de Caballeria, la iglesia Colegial de El Salvador, la iglesia del convento de Capuchinas o los jardines del Palacio Arzobispal de Umbrete

Charles G. Salas It is often assumed that reading about the lives of artists enhances our understanding of their workand that their work reveals something about thembut the relationship between biography and art is rarely straightforward. In The Life and the Work, art historians Thomas Crow, Charles Harrison, Rosalind Krauss, Debora Silverman, Paul Smith, and Robert Williams address this fundamental if convoluted relationship. Looking to such figures as Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Leonardo da Vinci, and the artists associated with the name Art & Language, the volume's authors have written a set of provocative essays that explore how an artist's life and art are intertwined.

A complete catalog of the 147 paintings in the Royal Collection executed by Flemish artists who were active principally in the seventeenth century.

Segunda edición de una obra fundamental para conocer la historia de los más señalados castillos de la tierra castellano-manchega. Divididos por provincias, con un estudio amplio inicial, el autor ofrece historias y descripciones de las mejores fortalezas de esta Región que basa su nombre en la existencia de cientos de castillos. Entretenida, amena, rigurosa, y con una espectacular colección gráfica de fotos, planos, esquemas, mapas y buenos índices.

- Muestra de Artes Visuales no sólo pretende expresar de una manera más explicita la variada utilización de las diferentes disciplinas artísticas sino que también engloba a las prácticas fotográficas