Novedades del último mes en libros de Historia general del arte

Durante el siglo XVIII se empezó a forjar un nuevo y creciente interés sobre las bellas artes que estimuló su conocimiento y estudio. En toda Europa se crearon instituciones como las academias y los museos, que pretendieron cuidar el desarrollo de las artes y salvaguardar sus mas distinguidas creaciones, un legado patrimonial que conformo irremisiblemente la identidad cultural de los distintos paises del continente. El estudio de su pasado, su desarrollo y su historia, se convirtio, poco a poco, en una nueva disciplina humanistica. Este libro estudia este proceso tal y como se produjo en España, desde los estudios eruditos del siglo XVIII hasta su llegada a la universidad a comienzos del XX. A el han contribuido, con sus novedosas investigaciones, una serie de distinguidos especialistas que debatieron recientemente sobre esta tematica en el Museo Nacional del Prado.Joaquin Alvarez Barrientos, Luis Arciniega, Beatriz Blasco Esquivias, Adrian Fernandez Almoguera, David Garcia Lopez, Javier Gonzalez Santos, Hilary Macartney, Concepcion Lomba Serrano, Jonatan Jair Lopez Muñoz, Jesus Pedro Lorente Lorente, Jorge Maier Allende, Carlos Sambricio, Carmen de Tena.

El arte de la fantasía es un libro de consulta visual sobre todo lo fantástico: desde las bellas artes hasta la ilustración, y desde los surrealistas y simbolistas hasta los creativos que trabajan en territorios indefinidos. Si bien los artistas de nuestros libros de historia (Blake, Goya, Dali, Magritte, Ernst) fueron los primeros en llevar el arte fantastico a las galerias, fueron los artistas del siglo XX quienes lo llevaron a las masas. Es en este libro donde, por primera vez, estan unidos y tienen el mismo peso, presentando una fascinante y reflexiva seleccion de las mejores obras de arte de fantasia que existen.

* El arte puede ser tan fascinante como frustrante. Una sola obra puede tener varios significados, y existen muchas formas de entenderla, interpretarla y apreciarla. Este libro claro y accesible des

¡EL CÓMIC QUE LES DEVUELVE A LAS MUJERES ARTISTAS UN ESPACIO PROTAGONISTA EN LA HISTORIA DEL ARTE!En los museos nos encontramos a muchas mujeres representadas en obras de arte, pero muy pocas mujeres artistas. Pero hay muchas, y siempre las ha habido. ¿Por que se las ha olvidado? Porque la historia del arte ha sido escrita por hombres, para hombres, y ellos se han otorgado el papel protagonista.Ha llegado la hora de que las mujeres artistas vuelvan a ser el centro de atencion. Desde el Renacimiento en Europa hasta nuestros dias en todo el mundo, todas estas creadoras, a menudo vanguardistas, han contribuido a la historia del arte con genialidad.Como artistas visuales, pintoras, escultoras, fotografas y realizadoras de video, han creado obras que dan testimonio de nuestra humanidad.Este comic muestra a las artistas trabajando lo mas cerca posible de la creacion de sus obras. Porque tanto en la historia, como en las artes, cuanto mas visibles sean las mujeres, mas se reducira la desigualdad.

New artistic practices with the mysticism of the Brossian universe as a backdropTaking its title from the last poem written by Joan Brossa, published posthumously and now recovered in this book, Sumari Astral is a collective project in which the participating artists explore the reality we construct and transform through language, art or thought, using text, image or even gesture.In this way, connecting Joan Brossa's legacy with contemporary artistic practices, Sumari Astral brings together diverse voices, artworks, verses, spells, aphorisms and other types of play in an arrangement of images and texts that, closing the circle, returns to us the question of the possibilityand impossibilityof cosmic order.The last poem by Joan Brossa, 'Sumari Astral,' which had gone out of print, can now be rediscovered as a fold-out poster included with the publication's dust jacket.Participating artists: Caterina Almirall, Claudia Elies, Itziar Okariz, Gabriel Ventura, Mafe Moscoso, Andre Romo, Esther Ferrer, Marti Vitaliti, Itxaso Corral, Pilar Bonet, Irene Sola, Sofia Montenegro, Silvia Gubern, Quim Pujol, Pedro G. Romero, Pilar Soler Montes, Eulalia Rovira, Angela Millano, Michael Lawton, Anna Dot, Enric Farres Duran, Ignasi Aballi, Aldo Urbano, Cristina Mejias, Luz Broto, Magda Bolumar, Marc Vives, Oriol Sauleda and Amor Estadella, Gerard Horta, Fuentesal y Arenillas and Lua Coderch.

What s so special about Dutch paintings of cheese When does Art Nouveau become Art Deco Why were the Pre Raphaelites obsessed with gingers Find out in one sentence with comedian and art historian Verity Babbs Heaps of fun and endlessly fascinating a must read for any history of art enthusiast Utterly brilliant Alice Loxton Verity Babbs journeys through 50 key art movements across history answering ten questions for each in just one sentence at a time Within these fascinating and sometimes hilarious nuggets of art wisdom Verity covers everything from who inspired the movement and its impact on history to the key artists and artworks for each Spanning 500 years from the Renaissance to the Young British Artists this wonderfully illustrated book is for anyone who wants to learn more about art and also have a laugh along the way It won t answer everything nor will you be a genius by the end of it but you will feel a little less lost next time you re in a gallery or museum and will most likely become a whole lot more helpful on your pub quiz team Equally amusing and enlightening this brilliant book offers an answer for every art question you ve wanted to ask plus those you re yet to think of while standing in a museum Ruth Millington

The social movement popularized by CaShawn Thompson in 2013 Black Girl Magic has taken a life of its own empowering women of color all over the world In this 2026 calendar you ll celebrate the beauty power resilience and general amazingness of Black women Featuring 12 full color photographs of Black women young and old Includes 12 Black Girl Magic esque quotes to fulfill and empower you each month Bonus spread for September December 2025 Generous grids for adding appointments and reminders Includes major official world holidays Opens to 12 inches x 24 inches

When how where does a mark become a musical note What alchemy occurs to transform a symbol into sound a song a symphony a chorus Music is interwoven into the fabric of our lives We listen to it some of us play it but throughout history humans have also attempted to capture it visually from the musical images of Ancient Sumer to Frozen s Elsa standing on the side of a mountain her voice making crystals in the air In this startlingly original history of music Eleanor Chan takes us on a journey through sound that encompasses the 35 000 year old flute found in a German cave Kandinsky s kaleidoscopic paintings illuminated manuscripts and haute couture Classically trained musician and art historian Dr Eleanor Chan opens up a world of sound and vision exploring different ways to think about listening and seeing Ultimately this book asks the reader what it is and what it might mean to truly see music

This 12 month calendar includes a bonus planning spread for September December 2025 In addition to the beautiful art each monthly spread includes the previous and next month for reference major world holidays and observances phases of the moon and plenty of room to add your own reminders and special occasions Features include 12 x 12 12 x 24 open Cover design eliminates need for plastic packaging Printed on FSC certified paper with soy based ink Planning spread for September December 2025 Spans January December 2026 Generous grid space for notes appointments and reminders Official major world holidays and obeservances Moon phases based on Universal Time Full color images from the Disney Dreams Collection by Thomas Kinkade Studios Disney

This first biography of the Kettle s Yard artists reveals the life of a visionary who helped shape twentieth century British art and explores a thrilling moment in the history of modernism Beautifully written A book I have always hoped someone would write Nigel SlaterJim Ede was a man of remarkable energy and vision a collector dealer fixer critic and above all friend to artists As Laura Freeman shows in this captivating biography the lives of Ede and the artists he championed represent a thrilling tipping point in twentieth century modernism a new guard a new way of making and seeing and a new way of living with art At Kettle s Yard in Cambridge he opened his home and his collection to all comers Art ca be found there wherever you look in a pebble feather or seedhead His approach has shown generations of visitors that learning to look can be a whole new way of life A beautiful original biography Freeman s writing has Ede s flair grace and insight Financial Times A cabinet of curiosities The story of a life and of a century London Review of Books

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Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts GUARDIAN Few can match Uglow s skill at conjuring up a scene or illuminating a character SUNDAY TIMES Uglow s style is supremely elegant and often amusingly bathetic her research exhaustive but lightly worn FINANCIAL TIMES In 1781 Gilbert White was a country curate living in the Hampshire village he had known all his life Fascinated by the fauna flora and people around him he kept journals for many years and at that time was halfway to completing his path breaking The Natural History of Selborne No one had written like this before with such close observation humour and sympathy his spellbinding book has remained in print ever since treasured by generations of readers Jenny Uglow illuminates this quirky warm hearted man the father of ecology by following a single year in his Naturalist s Journal As his diary jumps from topic to topic she accompanies Gilbert from frost to summer drought from the migration of birds to the sex lives of snails and the coming of harvest Fresh alive and original and packed with rich colour illustrations A Year with Gilbert White invites us to see the natural world anew with astonishment and wonder

Marie Antoinette the very name conjures up a vibrant pastel coloured world of excess filled with satin shoes rustling silks gravity defying hairstyles decadent macarons delicious intrigue and then of course bloody Revolution This ground breaking volume first reconstructs the life and style of the captivating yet tragic Marie Antoinette married at 14 queen at 18 and guillotined at 37 from the intimate apartments she lived in to the scent she wore the trends she led and the complexities of French court life The authors draw on contemporary accounts interiors letters portraits and the tantalisingly few personal possessions that remain her shoes and fans and fragments of cloth from her dresses But Marie Antoinette has remained influential long beyond her death in 1793 The book uncovers how the ill fated Queen of France has provided a constant source of inspiration to the worlds of design fashion film and decorative arts from nineteenth century fancy dress balls to Art Deco illustration to the couture of John Galliano for Dior and the sumptuous movie by Sofia Coppola It considers afresh the legacy of a complex and mis understood figure whose style youth and notoriety have contributed to her timeless appeal

A unique illustrated history of Tudor England told through its art and artefacts The Tudor dynasty 1485 1603 gave England five monarchs and an age of relentless power plays scandal and transformation Thanks to artists like Hans Holbein the Younger we feel we have a definite idea of the characters of these famous kings and queens the miserly Henry VII the six times married tyrant Henry VIII the boy king Edward VI the devout matriarch Mary I and the virgin queen Elizabeth I Yet iconic as they are when it comes to Tudor art portraits and rulers are far from the whole story In the sixteenth century images and objects took on powerful new roles as more people than ever before used them to shape their worlds Monarchs archbishops and courtiers continued to commission artworks in a variety of media to convey messages and create a record of themselves as office holders and individuals But in this period the middling sort professional men and women were also gaining status wealth and influence They wanted to promote themselves too and used art and a dazzling array of objects to do so In this unique and beautiful book Christina Faraday uses art paintings sculpture prints tapestries embroideries clothes jewels and household objects to

Fashion design is both an industrial and cultural phenomenon It stretches from the glamorous catwalks of fashion epicentres to the industrial factories in far flung countries It is ever changing and reflects the desires and aspirations of society It discovers and capitalizes on advances in technology The collection of dresses in this book provides an introduction to the path fashion has taken in the past century It is a story that embraces social and economic change and radically fluctuating positions on gender and sexuality From the 1915 Delphos Pleated Dress to Cher s 1988 Oscars dress these are dresses that have gained a special place in design history With stunning photography selected by the Design Museum Fifty Dresses that Changed the World is the perfect gift for fashionistas and design enthusiasts of all ages

The prestigious Design Museum looks back at the most iconic shoes of recent history in this stylish and informative book Shoes hold a special place in the hearts of many people and their design can range from the humble and practical to the exquisite Whether mass produced or individually hand crafted designed for practicality or to make a bold fashion statement shoes never fail to exert a fascination on the popular imagination Here the Design Museum studies the top fifty shoe designs that have made an impact in the world of design today from the 1863 Frye boot worn by soldiers during the American Civil War to Manolo Blahnik s 1994 Campari Mary Janes and many in between Discover the social changes that affected the evolution of shoe design and the developments in technology that transformed the manufacture of footwear With stunning photography selected by the Design Museum Fifty Shoes That Changed the World is the perfect gift for fashionistas and design enthusiasts of all ages

EL COMIC QUE ELS RETORNA A LES DONES ARTISTES UN ESPAI PROTAGONISTA A LA HISTORIA DE L'ART!Als museus trobem moltes dones representades en obres d'art, pero molt poques dones artistes. Pero n'hi ha moltes, i sempre n'hi ha hagut. Per que se les ha oblidat? Perque la historia de l'art ha estat escrita per homes, per a homes i s'han atorgat el paper protagonista.Ha arribat lhora que les dones artistes tornin a ser el centre datencio. Des del Renaixement a Europa fins als nostres dies a tot el mon, totes aquestes creadores, sovint avantguardistes, han contribuit a la historia de l'art amb genialitat.Com a artistes visuals, pintores, escultores, fotografes i realitzadores de video, han creat obres que donen testimoni de la nostra humanitat.Aquest comic mostra les artistes treballant el mes a prop possible de la creacio de les seves obres. Perque tant a la historia, com a les arts, com mes visibles siguin les dones, mes es reduira la desigualtat.

No city shaped the modern world quite like London a powerhouse of trade finance and empire the centre of global influence in the nineteenth century But beyond the familiar stories of power and politics its true life played out in the streets where market traders music hall crowds and factory workers gave it its vitality its light and its shadows Forgotten London uncovers its stories bringing to life the highs and lows of those who made the city what it was Covering the transformative years from the Victorian era to the Second World War this richly illustrated book featuring photographs colourised images and period artwork immerses readers in a side of London often overlooked With Peter Ackroyd s masterful storytelling it offers an unforgettable journey into the city s past Step into its streets meet its people and see London as you ve never seen it before

A new and definitive account of one of the most famous and mysterious manuscripts in the world The Book of Kells is a mystery It is distinct from all copies of the gospels from the early Middle Ages not only in the quality and amount of its decoration but also in the peculiarities of the ordering of its contents the oddness of its apparatus the appearance of the script the interplay of text and ornament and the erratic forms of its Latin Scholars cannot agree on the number of scribes and artists involved or establish the purpose of the Book or decide whether its oddities are the result of incompetence or carelessness and how those oddities relate to the minutely careful and deeply meaningful art The Book of Kells is probably the most famous manuscript in the world and Victoria Whitworth s masterly treatment offers something new

In the late autumn of 1789 two of Europe s most celebrated painters met in Rome One Angelica Kauffman was a Swiss born prodigy who had conquered the art scenes of London and Italy The other Élisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun a Parisienne portraitist and favourite of the ancien regime had just fled revolutionary France under threat of violence and scandal Both were feted in their time both were trailblazers in a male dominated world visionaries who helped define eighteenth century art and feminism before the term existed This dual biography framed within a thrilling story restores these two extraordinary but unjustly overlooked figures to their rightful place in history Set against a backdrop of revolution empire and Enlightenment it traces the dramatic lives and remarkable careers of Vigee Le Brun and Kauffman artists who not only achieved unparalleled success and influence but did so while pushing the boundaries of what women could be both on canvas and in society With vivid storytelling one of the most gifted living writers of artistic biography Franny Moyle reclaims their legacies She examines how each artist navigated fame scandal and exile explores the relationships between them and their peers and considers how they were caught up in the