BELLAS ARTES

The inimitable style of renowned French interior designer Madeleine Castaing, chronicled in-depth for the first time. While many were drumming to the beat of modernism in the early- and mid-twentieth century, French antiquaire and decorator Madeleine Castaing created her own look that was a unique blend of neoclassicism, Proustian romanticism, and pure wit. Her distinctive aesthetic vision has inspired tastemakers on both sides of the Atlantic, and her devotees--both then and now--are legion. Ocelot carpeting, opaline blue, "coolie" lampshades, and an eclectic mix of neoclassical furnishings ranging from English Regency to Napoleon III all formed part of the vocabulary of "le style Castaing." This lavishly illustrated volume--the first on her work--explores in-depth the elements of her style, and examines how she crafted interiors so emotive that visitors felt that they had stepped into a Balzac novel or a Proustian recollection. Her entire life and career are chronicled, from her early years in Montparnasse, the epicenter of artistic activity in Paris, to her incomparable country house Leves and her legendary shop on rue Jacob in Paris.

Este libro esencial sobre la figura de Toulouse-Lautrec recorre un universo de cantantes, bailarinas, músicos y prostitutas para descubrir a un artísta dotado de un gran empatía, una habilidad figurativa sorprendente y una sensibilidad única para captar la energía y las historias propias de una ciudad.

This monograph details thirty-four major architectural works from Valode and Pistre, including commercial, retail, industrial, and cultural projects. Founded in 1980 by its current directors Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, Valode and Pistre Architects is a highly sought-after architecture and design firm based in Paris. Their predominantly large-scale projects are distinguished by their high degree of diversity from the Contemporary Art Museum of Bordeaux to the L Oreal factory and more recently the T1 Tower La Defense in Paris. Their innovative designs for the Beaugrenelle Center on the Front of the Seine won the Global Award for Excellence in 2015 for its approach to urban development. The book features works such as the Renault Technocentre near Paris, Las Mercedes business park in Madrid, and a group of hotel towers in Beijing. The book also looks at future projects that were recently awarded to Valode and Pistre a new Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center and three stations of the Grand Paris Express transit line.

Basado en las clases magistrales de John Truby, Anatomía del guión aborda conceptos y arquetipos extraídos de la filosofía y la mitología para transformarlos en una técnica actualizada para la redacción de guiones cinematográficos de gran profundidad narrativa. El método de Truby es tan brillante como práctico. Su desarrollo se fundamenta en el crecimiento emocional y moral de sus protagonistas, y ofrece a lectores —profesionales y aficionados— multitud de herramientas y técnicas específicas para lograr que los personajes cobren sentido y el público conecte con ellos; ofrece además recursos para construir tramas sorprendentes, siempre con el sello personal del propio autor. Los 22 pasos para la composición de un guión que propone Truby se pueden aplicar a todo tipo de escritos, desde novelas y cuentos, a artículos periodísticos, memorias y ensayos. Son, sin embargo, en el guión donde han probado su mayor eficacia.

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: Violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. This work offers a comprehensive reassessment of Caravaggio’s entire œuvre with a catalogue raisonné of his works. Each painting is reproduced in large format, with recent, high production photography allowing for dramatic close-ups with Caravaggio's ingenious details of looks and gestures. Five introductory chapters analyze Caravaggio's artistic career from his early struggle to make a living, through his first public commissions in Rome, and his growing celebrity status. They look at his increasing daring with lighting and with a boundary-breaking naturalism which allowed even biblical events to unfold with an unprecedented immediacy before the viewer.