Esteticas del malestar explora las potencias criticas del arte contemporaneo en un presente atravesado por crisis sociales, politicas, ecologicas y afectivas.
A modo de cartografia de problemas, lineamientos teorico-politicos e influencias intelectuales, Un devenir oblicuo propone trazar un recorrido en torno a la obra de Nelly Richard y la conformacion de la critica cultural, desde 1970 hasta el presente.
A special collectors edition packed with never-before-seen archival material, this is the definitive inside story of grime: raw, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore.
The captivating story of football told through 100 amazing objects collected from its rich history - a must-read for any football fanWhat do a Paul Gascoigne puppet, the 1895 British Ladies' kit, John Motson's coat, an inflatable unicorn or the 1966 World Cup Final ball tell us about the beautiful game?
Die Perfektion digitaler Technologien hat uns eine makellose Welt versprochen – doch gerade im Fehlerhaften finden wir eine überraschende Quelle für Kreativität und Inspiration.
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.
How today's questions surrounding monuments and the ways we commemorate our past first arose in Rembrandt's timeMonuments occupy a controversial place in nations founded on principles of freedom and self-governance.
How today's questions surrounding monuments and the ways we commemorate our past first arose in Rembrandt's timeMonuments occupy a controversial place in nations founded on principles of freedom and self-governance.
Plongez-vous dans l'histoire riche et mystérieuse des geishas avec notre dernier livre : "L'histoire des geishas au Japon - Une excursion à travers l'histoire culturelle du Japon".
La tristeza de nuestros museos es un ensayo que aborda las inevitablestensiones entre la importación de modelos culturales en América Latina y laconsigna del asentamiento de un proyecto de modernidad.
'A wonderful, vibrant account' Susie Dent'A secret history like no other' BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year 2024Longlisted for the 2025 Berger PrizeWhat if walls could talk?
A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to Renaissance ItalyIn the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Renaissance Italy received a bounty of goods from Portuguese trading voyagesfruits of empire that included luxury goods, exotic animals and even enslaved people.
'A beautiful, deeply affecting and powerful marriage between art and activism' - KHALED HOSSEINI, bestselling author of The Kite Runner'These are vital conversations.
The first major history of photography from coastal East AfricaThe ports of the Swahili coastZanzibar and Mombasa among themhave long been dynamic centers of trade where diverse peoples, ideas, and materials converge.
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence.
"Este libro forma parte del proyecto Leaking women: mujeres que sostienen eltecho, el cual explora cruces entre maternidad, investigación y práctica artística.
A new examination of the history of ceramic art, spanning ancient to modern times, emphasizing its traditions, materials, and methods of makingConcise but comprehensive, Ceramic Art brings together the voices of art historians, conservators, and artists to tell the history of making art from fired clay.
"Este libro de Fernanda Carvajal posee un decisivo valor inaugural al ser elprimer estudio dedicado al legendario trabajo de las Yeguas del Apocalipsiscuyo corpus estético-político y cultural aparece aquí enteramente recreado y,como tal, es un libro que merece ser destacado por su aporte disciplinar alcampo de especialización crítica de las escrituras sobre arte en Chile.
New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and imagesTales Things Tell offers new perspectives on histories of connectivity between Africa, Asia, and Europe in the period before the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century.
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence.
A new examination of the history of ceramic art, spanning ancient to modern times, emphasizing its traditions, materials, and methods of makingConcise but comprehensive, Ceramic Art brings together the voices of art historians, conservators, and artists to tell the history of making art from fired clay.
Why modern and contemporary artand art conservationcan't be understood without taking account of the revolutionary impact of plasticsModern and contemporary art wouldn't exist without the invention of plastics.
A vivid account of Dutch seventeenth-century art and material culture against the backdrop of the geopolitics of the early modern worldThe seventeenth century witnessed a great flourishing of Dutch trade and culture.
The first major history of photography from coastal East AfricaThe ports of the Swahili coastZanzibar and Mombasa among themhave long been dynamic centers of trade where diverse peoples, ideas, and materials converge.
Este libro ofrece una aproximación práctica y sencilla a las posibilidades de uso que tiene una herramienta de software libre como QGIS en trabajos relacionados con el urbanismo.
Indagar en la historia del Museo a Cielo Abierto de Valparaíso como fenómeno museográfico inaudito implica necesariamente deambular por las calles y cerros para detenerse en sus muros: como intervenciones realizadas colectivamente y fuera de los circuitos artísticos e institucionales, nos invita a preguntarnos cómo fueron posibles y qué lugar o no lugar habrían de tener en el campo del arte.
From Neil MacGregor, the acclaimed creator of A History of the World in 100 Objects and the Director of the British Museum, comes a unique, enthralling exploration of the age of William Shakespeare to accompany a new BBC Radio 4 series.
*As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week*'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount' Sunday TelegraphA toy train.
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.
A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to Renaissance ItalyIn the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Renaissance Italy received a bounty of goods from Portuguese trading voyagesfruits of empire that included luxury goods, exotic animals and even enslaved people.
'A book about a strange form of pop art where the criminal and the celebrity meet'Jeremy Deller'I've been waiting for a book like this for years, and this is the best I could have hoped for.
How the interactions of non-elites influenced Athenian material culture and societyThe seventh century BC in ancient Greece is referred to as the Orientalizing period because of the strong presence of Near Eastern elements in art and culture.
A vivid account of Dutch seventeenth-century art and material culture against the backdrop of the geopolitics of the early modern worldThe seventeenth century witnessed a great flourishing of Dutch trade and culture.
