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Guía de bolsillo de la historia, los materiales y el simbolismo de los colores a lo largo de los siglos y las culturas. A través de sesenta obras maestras, que van desde los pigmentos que adornaban las cuevas prehistóricas hasta las luces de neón de Dan Flavin, los monocromos de Yves Klein y las creaciones de Veronés, Van Gogh, Delaunay, Warhol y Rothko, se exploran la historia, los materiales y el simbolismo de los colores a lo largo de los siglos y las culturas. Accesible, conciso y profusamente ilustrado, se analiza el cuándo, el cómo y el porqué de la evolución de los colores.

Desde comienzos de la década de 1970, Bruce Springsteen canta a Estados Unidos, a su clase trabajadora, a los trotamundos y a los corazones rotos. Canta a las alegrías y frustraciones de su infancia en Nueva Jersey, al amor, a las mujeres hermosas y a los coches, a la velocidad, a los grandes espacios, a la libertad… Son los protagonistas de "Born to Run", "Thunder Road", "Born In The USA", "The River" o "Streets Of Philadelphia". Con cien millones de discos vendidos en todo el mundo, Springsteen ha entrado en el círculo de los mejores cantantes de todos los tiempos. Y nadie mejor que él merece ser considerado "el Boss" del rock.

The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba’s brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands, and the palpable effects of the Inquisition. To this day, the Flemish artist remains shrouded in mystery. We know neither where nor exactly when he was born. But while early scholarship emphasized the vernacular character of his painting and graphic work, modern research has attached greater importance to its humanistic content. Starting out as a print designer for publisher Hieronymus Cock, Bruegel produced numerous print series that were distributed throughout Europe. These depicted vices and virtues alongside jolly peasant festivals and sweeping landscape panoramas. He then increasingly turned to painting, working for the cultural elite of Antwerp and Brussels. Rather than idealizing reality, he bravely confronted the issues of his day, addressing the horrors of religious warfare and taking a critical stand against the institution of the Church. To this end, Bruegel developed his own pictorial language of dissidence, lacing innocuous everyday scenes with subliminal statements in order to escape repercussions.

El gran artista Pieter Bruegel el Viejo (h. 1526/31-1569) fue un pintor y dibujante dotado de una inventiva extraordinaria que hizo historia a través de sus hermosos paisajes, sus motivos religiosos, notables por su autenticidad, y su reflejo de la vida cotidiana. Bruegel destaca sobre todo por su representación del mundo campesino y la cultura popular, ganándose el apodo de Bruegel el Campesino. Ya fuera con su retrato de cazadores temblando en medio de la nieve o la escena de una feria bulliciosa, Bruegel elevó la agricultura, las fiestas, las reuniones y los juegos del mundo rural a la categoría de arte.

This is Bunny Williams’ most ambitious book to date. Inviting us into her impressive grounds with charming personal anecdotes, expert advice, and hundreds of stunning photographs–printed on two different speciality stocks–Bunny Williams illustrates every aspect of the gardens surrounding her eighteenth-century manor house in Northwestern Connecticut in different lights and seasons. A popular stop on the Garden Conservancy circuit, Williams’ property boasts a parterre garden,year-round conservatory, extensive vegetable garden, orchard, woodlands, an aviary with exotic fowl, and a rustic poolside Greek Revival–style folly. Each section of the garden is accompanied by adirectory of featured plants—from native ferns and succulents to a wide variety of flowering specimens.

Celebrating 10 years of publishing the finest interior design and decorative arts, Cabana Anthology: The Anniversary Edition is a stunning showcase of the most impressive and influential styles featured in the cult interiors magazine in its first decade. This sublime book delves into the stories behind a multitude of stunning interiors, offering insights from the designers, collectors, and artists who have contributed to Cabana’s legacy of true artistry and craftsmanship. Founded by editor-in-chief Martina Mondadori along with designer Christoph Radl and publisher Gianluca Reina in 2014, Cabana aims to inspire a new generation of globetrotters, taking them on a journey through sophistication, obsessive collecting, colors, and fabrics. This stunning volume features the very best photography, interviews, profiles, and features from the publication, with contributions from Carlos Mota, Marco Mansi, and Marian McEvoy, and photographers Miguel Flores-Vianna, Guido Taroni, Mark Luscombe Whyte, Tim Walker, and Joanna MacLennan, among many others.