Este trabajo, fruto del proyecto "Reconocimiento de los valores culturales de los afrodescendientes del Pacífico Colombiano y fortalecimiento de su identidad" pretende como objetivos generales el rescate, valoración y difusión del patrimonio urbano y arquitectónico de la región del Pacífico colombiano, el cual incluye desde la vivienda y su arquitectura hasta los modelos urbanos y los componentes del ordenamiento territorial que son específicos del Litoral Pacífico.
Globalization has quickened the process of communication across the world, creating changes in material and non-material culture with the flow of ideas.
El traje de caballero es uno de esos símbolos subestimados pero perdurables de la civilización moderna, escribe Christopher Breward al comienzo de este libro, y plantea que durante casi cuatrocientos años, artistas y filósofos lo han señalado como evidencia de la incesante búsqueda humana de la perfección.
Transcultural things examines four sets of artefacts from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: maps pointing to Poland-Lithuania's roots in the supposedly 'Oriental' land of Sarmatia, portrayals of fashions that purport to trace Polish culture back to a distant and revered past, Ottomanesque costumes worn by Polish ambassadors and carpets labelled as Polish despite their foreign provenance.
A beautifully illustrated global history of collage from the origins of paper to todayWhile the emergence of collage is frequently placed in the twentieth century when it was a favored medium of modern artists, its earliest beginnings are tied to the invention of paper in China around 200 BCE.
Transcultural things examines four sets of artefacts from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: maps pointing to Poland-Lithuania's roots in the supposedly 'Oriental' land of Sarmatia, portrayals of fashions that purport to trace Polish culture back to a distant and revered past, Ottomanesque costumes worn by Polish ambassadors and carpets labelled as Polish despite their foreign provenance.
Shortlisted for the 2025 Wolfson History PrizeLonglisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Non-fictionA Times Best History Book of the Year 2024'Every page glittering with insight.
