Libros de HISTORIA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

MOVIMIENTOS ARTISTICOS CONTEMPORANEOS

En el último tercio del siglo XIX algunos artistas romperán con la tradición académica y abrirán un proceso de búsqueda de nuevos lenguajes estéticos: ...

LEVANTAMIENTO DEL PLANO GEOMETRICO CIUDAD DE GRANADA S.XIX

COMO LEER JARDINES "UNA GUIA PARA ENTENDER LOS JARDINES"

CÓMO LEER JARDINES es una guía de fácil manejo que los visitantes de cualquier jardín, grande o pequeño, histórico o moderno, público o privado, ...

BRICK AND MARBLE IN THE MIDDLE AGE. NOTES OF A TOUR IN THE NORTH OF ITALY

An architect and architectural theorist, George Edmund Street (1824-81) was one of the key proponents of the 'High Victorian' Gothic style in nineteenth-century Britain. ...

ART & ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREECK WORLD. A NEW HISTORY, C. 2500- 150

This richly illustrated, authoritative and accessible book presents a fresh way of looking at ancient Greek art and archaeology, combining a clear chronological narrative ...

WILLIAM MORRIS AND THE ARTS & CRAFTS HOME

Now available in paperback, Pamela Todd's book celebrates William Morris' genius, presenting a thorough overview of his life and career, while setting out his ...

STONEHENGE COMPLETE

'All you ever wanted to know about Stonehenge is catalogued in this humorously written,beautifully illustrated book.' 'The Economist.For the fourth edition of this classic ...

ARCHAEOLOGY. THEORIES, METHODS AND PRACTICE

This is the sixth edition of the bestselling introduction to archaeology, printed in full colour for the first time, with hundreds of photographs and ...

A NEW HISTORY OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART

Stephen Campbell and Michael Cole introduce Italian Renaissance art in this easy-to-follow chronological survey. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, their book makes new ...

THE STORY OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE. 4ª ED

Now in its fourth edition, this classic bestselling book has been updated with brand new chapters and hand-drawn illustrations. Using a highly accessible approach, ...

CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES IN THE AGE OF HISTORICISM

Architects in the 19th century worked in a time of transition, of varied opinions and emerging techniques, of changing ideas and practices. Research into ...

MEMPHIS UNDER THE PTOLEMIES

Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ...

REMARKS ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES ESPECIALLY OF ITALY

Professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Robert Willis (1800-75) mostly lectured on mechanism, and was elected an honorary member ...

BYZANTIUM AND ISLAM. AGE OF TRANSITION

This groundbreaking volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the ninth century. As the period ...

AN AUDIENCE OF ARTISTS. DADA, NEO- DADA, AND THE EMERGENCE OF ABSTRACT EXPRESIONISM

The term Neo-Dada surfaced in New York in the late 1950s and was used to characterize young artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns ...

RENAISSANCE GOTHIC. ARCHITECTURE AND ARTS IN NORTHERN EUROPE, 1470- 1540

This compelling book offers a new paradigm for the periodization of the arts, one that counters a prevailing Italianate bias among historians of northern ...

THE ARCHITECTURE OF FAILURE

Against those who consider architecture to be a wholly optimistic activity, this book shows how the history of modern architecture is inextricably tied to ...

HITLER'S BERLIN : ABUSED CITY

From his first visit to Berlin in 1916, Hitler was preoccupied and fascinated by Germany's great capital city. In this vivid and entirely new ...

EL- HASSAN: ROZA EL- HASSAN. IN BETWEEN. DRAWINGS AND OBJECTS

Róza El-Hassan (*1966 in Budapest) is one of Hungarys most prominent contemporary artists. Over the past twenty years, the Hungarian-Syrian artist has acquired an ...

STELLA: FRANK STELLA. CONNECTIONS

The art of Frank Stella (born 1936) transcends the boundaries between painting, sculpture and architecture. Over the course of a five-decade career the artist ...