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One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonné of all of the artist’s masterful paintings. Drawn from our best-selling XXL edition, the book traces the artist’s life and work across 10 chapters, presenting all known paintings and drawing on his letters, contracts, diary entries, and writings to explore the man behind such groundbreaking artworks. From Virgin of the Rocks to Virgin and Child with St. Anne to the ever-beguiling Mona Lisa, you’ll find some of the finest treasures of the Louvre, Prado, and National Gallery, London here, as well as Leonardo works lost to time, but no less startling in their precision and poise.

Peter Lindbergh photographed Dior’s most exceptional muses, Marion Cotillard and Charlize Theron among them, and signed campaigns for Lady Dior and J'Adore with his inimitable style. Throughout his career, the photographer was one of the house’s closest collaborators. This final book was an original cocreation that was close to the artist’s heart―and to ours.

Zen, soothing, mystical, meditative—words cannot do justice to Asia’s most beautiful interiors. Whether it’s a gilded Tibetan monastery, a plantation in Sri Lanka, or a private villa in Thailand, each of the havens featured in this book are remarkable not only in aesthetic, but also in spirit. This showcase features about 40 exceptional locations across Tibet, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Highlights include traditional Burmese stilt houses; the breathtaking Shiv Niwas Palace in India, visited by James Bond in Octopussy; Cambodian temples; a rice barge-turned houseboat in Thailand; the “Blue Mansion”, an magnificient, indigo-painted courtyard house featured in the film Indochine; a breathtaking garden designed by Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa; and many, many more.

Scandinavia is world famous for its inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production, organic forms and everyday functionality. This all-you-need guide includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware, and industrial design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on 125 designers and design-led companies. Featured designers and designer-led companies include Verner Panton, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Timo Sarpaneva, Hans Wegner, Tapio Wirkkala, Stig Lindberg, Finn Juhl, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Arnold Madsen, Barbro Nilsson, Fritz Hansen, Artek, Le Klint, Gustavsberg, Iittala, Fiskars, Orrefors, Royal Copenhagen, Holmegaard, Arabia, Marimekko, and Georg Jensen.

A building by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) is at once unmistakably individual and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional harmony with their environment, as well as for their use of steel and glass to revolutionize the interface of indoor and outdoor, Wright’s designs helped announce the age of modernity, as much as they secured his place in the annals of architectural genius.

Las películas de Spielberg son célebres y han cautivado a millones de espectadores por la forma en que combinan el aspecto comercial con la profundidad creativa del director. A menudo sus filmes ocultan un cierto trasfondo oscuro que se complementa con su maestría para entrelazar historias extraordinarias con los aspectos más mundanos de la vida. Y es que hasta Indiana Jones tiene un lado vulnerable y humano.

En Madrid se mata poco, pero cuando se mata puede convertirse en el peor de los infiernos. Elena Blanco lo sabe. Dirige la Brigada de Análisis de Casos, el departamento que se ocupa de los crímenes más complicados y abyectos. Es una inspectora atípica, ama el karaoke, el sexo con desconocidos en aparcamientos públicos y la grappa. Pero tambien tiene una cámara oculta en su balcón que graba la calle veinticuatro horas al día. Cada noche, revisa estas imágenes buscando respuestas a su gran secreto, un caso que nunca ha podido olvidar.

En un parque, la policía halla el cadáver torturado de un menor. Luego, dos más, hasta darse cuenta de que se enfrentan a un asesino extraordinariamente retorcido. La detective Jeanette Kihlberg dirige la investigación, pero deberá enfrentarse al carácter apático de la fiscalía y los mandos policiales. Contará, además, con la ayuda de Sofía Zetterlund, una terapeuta experta en psicópatas y víctimas de abusos infantiles.

Conocido tanto por sus ideas políticas y activismo en las redes sociales como por su arte, basado en intervenciones sociales, su aproximación contemporánea al arte encontrado (ready-made) y su conocimiento de la artesanía tradicional china, la fama de Ai Weiwei se extiende más allá del mundo artístico. Esta monografía de Ai Weiwei explora todas...