El nombre de Jonathan Brown está inexorablemente unido a Diego Velázquez y ese trabajo tan sólido y popular desde hace años a veces eclipsa otros intereses del autor que van desde el coleccionismo a agudas apreciaciones sobre...
En este libro se reúnen las conferencias de la tercera edición de la Cátedra Museo del Prado, dirigida por Jonathan Brown. Al hilo de su biografía y de su experiencia personal en el ámbito de la historia del arte, el...
Pintura en Hispanoamérica Siglos XVI a XIX pretende ser una obra comprensiva, que se aproxime con rigor y exhaustividad a los diversos aspectos que conforman el panorama pictórico que se abre en Hispanoamérica a lo largos de los siglo...
Every time he confessed his sins, young seminarian Vince Lombardi sought forgiveness for the one he just couldnât stop committing-playing football. Football was more than a game to Lombardi. It was life. And the values it took to succeed...
On the streets of South Philly, Angelo Dundee learned what it took to surviveâa sense of purpose, a clear head, and sometimes . . a powerful right uppercut. Boxing was the family business and the ring was his home.
Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Prophet Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marriage and the threat of amputation or stoning under Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based...
The Baroque period was crucial for the development of art theory and the advancement of the artistic academy. This collection of primary sources brings this important period to life with significant documents and texts. It conveniently assembles major...
Discusses the Spanish artist Diego Velazquez and explores the mysteries presented by his paintings. This title features essays that looks at the changing relationship between Velazquez and his patron Philip IV. It also explores the problem of attribut...
This critical discography of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde opens with an introduction that illustrates the challenges the opera poses to performers. The discography lists all complete recordings, all major selections, and hundreds of individually recorded...
Art historians have often minimized the variety and complexity of seventeenth-century Spanish painting by concentrating on individual artists and their works and by stressing discovery of new information rather than interpretation. As a consequence, the...