BELLAS ARTES

* La guía esencial para todo artista o creativo que trabaje con el color. * Empieza con los elementos básicos de tono, valor, saturación, temperatura y opacidad para avanzar hacia cuestiones más complejas, como la mezcla de colores, la interacción del color y el pigmento. * Cada página está ilustrada con hermosos círculos cromáticos pintados a mano; un completo índice de pinturas proporciona una guía de referencia imprescindible para elegir y comprar los materiales que todo artista debería tener a mano. Las gamas cromáticas son sencillas y asequibles. La mayor parte son colores cotidianos a los que puede acceder cualquier estudiante, aunque también se pueden encontrar en gamas profesionales, más caras, de pinturas al óleo. Este libro es el resultado de miles de horas de ensayo y error por parte del autor, la colaboración de colegas y la generosidad de profesionales y expertos en sus temas especializados. Es, por tanto, una contribución a un diálogo en curso sobre el color y sobre cómo se comprende y se enseña.

With a keen eye for art and having spent her childhood in Japan, Singapore, and the United States, rising star designer Sara Story brings a unique perspective to all of her projects. Drawing inspiration from her extensive travels and passion for art and fashion, her work combines bold, contemporary art with antique pieces from every corner of the world to create extraordinary homes for her clients and her own family. She exacts her aesthetic vision with a style that combines modern with bohemian, creating well-collected, polished environments that feature crisp, elegant, and comfortable design gestures.

The first illustrated book to chronicle the dramatic 1973 face-off between French and American fashion designers, which left an indelible mark on the fashion industry, launched American designers as a global force, and challenged the cultural norms of the time. Images from the archives of renowned fashion photojournalists Bill Cunningham and Jean-luce Huré—largely unseen until now—capture the behind-the-scenes drama, fabulous clothing, iconic models, and glamorous guests at this historic show.

The Book of Miracles first surfaced several ago and is one of the most spectacular discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The near-complete illustrated manuscript, created in Augsburg around 1550, is composed of 169 pages of large-format illustrations in gouache and watercolor, depicting wondrous and often eerie phenomena. The mesmerizing images deal with both biblical and folkloric tales, depicting stories from the Old Testament and Book of Revelation as well as events that took place in the immediate present of the manuscript’s author. From shooting stars to swarms of locusts, terrifying monsters to fatal floods, page after page hypnotizes with visions alternately dreadful, spectacular, and even apocalyptic.

An illustrated journey through modern surf culture guided by the international surfers and communities that define its inclusive and passionate nature. Epic photography brings the stories of a unique group of global communities, and the surfers that represent them, to life. Told in their own words, some of the world’s most exciting professional and freestyle surfers—at different moments in their careers—introduce the influential figures, places, and waves that have shaped their lives, and their surfing. From Ireland’s rugged and unforgiving west coast to the famous beaches of Oahu, Hawaii, making stops across six continents along the way, Breitling provides a unique and unexpected window on the modern surf experience.

Interior designer Edward Bulmer breathes new life into centuries-old houses with a sympathy that is rooted in a deep understanding of the past, transforming them into comfortable homes designed for modern living.