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Descubra la moda que se atrevió a ser diferente, que comprometió reputaciones y puso carreras en peligro. Esto es lo que sucede cuando se desafía la tradición. 50 momentos imprescindibles que asombraron al mundo y cambiaron para siempre la moda convencional con una narración de las fascinantes historias que se esconden detrás de la creación, la acogida y el legado de cada una de las piezas seleccionadas. Desde las impresionantes chaquetas globo a las camisetas protesta, los pantalones Bumster y los vestidos de imperdibles, este libro hace un repaso de la moda más vanguardista a través de fascinantes diseñadores, atrevidas campañas publicitarias, alta costura surrealista y prendas radicales. Se examina paso a paso la historia de la moda moderna a través de las piezas que se apartaron del canon y se presentan aquellos momentos que cuestionaron conscientemente los límites, que desafiaron las normas establecidas y que causaron un terremoto que aún retumba en la actualidad. "Se puede ver hasta el advenimiento de una revolución en la ropa. En las prendas se puede ver y sentir todo".

No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840–1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cézanne called “only an eye, but my God what an eye!” who stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting directly from the object. It could be said that Monet reinvented the possibilities of color. Whether it was through his early interest in Japanese prints, his time as a conscript in the dazzling light of Algeria, or his personal acquaintance with the major painters of the late 19th century, the work Monet produced throughout his long life would change forever the way we perceive both the natural world and its attendant phenomena. The high point of his explorations was the late series of water lilies, painted in his own garden at Giverny, which, in their approach toward almost total formlessness, are really the origin of abstract art. This biography does full justice to this most remarkable and profoundly influential artist, and offers numerous reproductions and archive photos alongside a detailed and insightful commentary.

This comparison of the works of Monet and Rothko provides exhilarating new insight on these pioneers of abstraction and masters of color. Recent research on late impressionism has highlighted the surprising correspondences between the work of impressionist paragon Claude Monet and that of abstract painters such as Mark Rothko. This book offers an unprecedented dialogue between the paintings of Monet and Rothko, two artists who explored the frontiers of abstraction. It explores the uncanny similarities between their works, painted almost half a century apart, as well as the significance of the differences between the master artists’ styles. Monet conveyed the immediacy of his impressions of nature, while Rothko plunged the viewer into the depths of colors that he superimposed and interwove. And yet this book—originally conceived to accompany an exhibition at the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny and illustrated with sixty chromatically organized reproductions—reveals an undeniable relationship between their pictorial universes, challenging the viewer’s perception of abstraction and modernity. This confrontation, contextualized through the analysis of renowned critics, sheds new light on the oeuvre of two of the greatest masters of painting and offers fresh insight into the essence of what makes their works so inherently original.

During the pivotal years between the world wars, Surrealist artists on both sides of the Atlantic responded through their works to the rise of Hitler and the spread of Fascism in Europe, resulting in a period of surprising brilliance and fertility. Monstrosities in the real world bred monsters in paintings and sculpture, on film, and in the pages of journals and artists' books. Despite the political and personal turmoil brought on by the Spanish Civil War and World War II, avant-garde artists in Europe and those who sought refuge in the United States pushed themselves to create some of the most potent and striking images of the Surrealist movement. Trailblazing essays by four experts in the field trace the experimental and international extent of Surrealist art during these years--and, perhaps most unexpectedly of all, its irrepressible beauty.

Miedo, pero fascinación; espanto, pero atracción. Nuestra relación con los monstruos es dual y contradictoria desde el inicio de los tiempos y precisamente por eso tantos artistas decidieron plasmar sus peores pesadillas y las causas de tanto horror en innumerables obras. Algunas de las más emblemáticas y oscuras están dentro de este libro. Pasar las páginas de este libro es un acto de valor, aunque todos sabemos lo seductor que puede ser el peligro.

Basado en cientos de entrevistas con los propios directores, pero también con productores, estrellas, agentes, guionistas, ejecutivos de los estudios, esposas y ex esposas, el libro de Peter Biskind narra día a día la epopeya de los jóvenes lobos de Hollywood, la génesis de sus películas y sus luchas contra el establishment. Moteros tranquilos, toros salvajes es la espléndida crónica de ese viaje alucinante que fue Hollywood en los años setenta, la historia apasionante y verídica de la última gran edad de oro del cine americano, una exaltada celebración de la creatividad y la experimentación, pero también del sexo, las drogas y el rock and roll.