Bibliotecas de arte, arquitectura y diseño / Art, Architecture and Design Libraries / Art, Architecture and Design Libraries

With profound texts, through an agile presentation and complemented by more than four hundred full-color illustrations, Rosa Giorgi shows us paintings, frescoes, sculptures, engraved codices, and engravings populated by the most amazing heavenly and demonic figures, ranging from seraphs and cherubs, to the riders of the Apocalypse, demonic possessions and exorcisms, purgatory and paradise.

A stunning presentation of works by contemporary Chinese artists, from the collection of the Swiss diplomat Uli Sigg, one of the worlds most influential collectors of Chinese contemporary art. This book reflects on the current state of art in China today through a selection of over 50 works by different artists produced between 1986 and 2006 a period of enormous economic and social change in the country with worldwide implications. This book shows Chinese avant-garde art against the backdrop of Chinas radical social and economic changes. Many of the works reveal the tension between current...

Based on the idea that all forms of knowledge are interconnected and that the human mind weaves them together naturally, this book encourages the incorporation of art education into all other forms of education instead of keeping them separate and compartmentalized. It urges parents and teachers to make art education an integral part of children's daily lives, arguing that by combining various disciplines, such as health and photography or geometry and painting, children will develop into smarter and more creative individuals. By turning art into a part of both playtime and their education,...

La obra nos habla de la figura del emperador Carlos V, monarca español del siglo XVI, que consiguió reunir un gran número de posesiones territoriales. El prólogo de Geoffrey Parker y los autores, hispanistas de referencia, analizan la vida de Carlos V y su reinado, su labor como gobernante, su interés por el mundo del arte y, finalmente, la conquista y colonización de los territorios americanos de México y Perú. La publicación contiene una extensa selección de imágenes de cuadros, monumentos, edificios, documentos, mapas, etc., que permite complementar y profundizar la información ...