Il filo rosso della vicenda sono i viaggi dell'architetto finlandese Alvar Aalto in Italia e i contatti che ne derivano. L'architettura italiana si trasforma per Aalto in una piccola biblioteca ...

Distinguished by their lavish sculpture, metalwork or tile facades, Art Nouveau buildings certainly stand out. Art Nouveau buildings are unique, audacious and inspirational. Rejecting historic styles, considered inappropriate for an ...

Picturing Death: 1200-1600 explores the visual culture of mortality over the course of four centuries that witnessed a remarkable flourishing of imagery focused on the themes of death, dying, and ...

This richly illustrated book is a monument to modern urban construction in Naples. It features some fifty new photos by celebrated French photographer Cyrille Weiner as well as historic images, ...

When Antje Freiesleben and Johannes Modersohn opened their own Berlin-based firm Modersohn & Freiesleben Architekten in 1994, the city, which had been divided until 1989, needed to be repaired and ...

These papers highlight recent archaeological work in Northern England, in the commercial, academic and community archaeology sectors, which have fundamentally changed our perspective on the Neolithic of the area. Much ...

As a result of the Napoleonic wars, vast numbers of Old Master paintings were released on to the market from public and private collections across continental Europe. The knock-on effect ...

Today the Museum of Modern Art is widely recognized for establishing the canon of modern art; yet in its early years, the museum considered modern art part of a still ...

There was a discontent among Russian men in the nineteenth century that sometimes did not stem from poverty, loss, or the threat of war, but instead arose from trying to ...

An exceptional talent, master of Expressionist art, cofounder of Die Brücke group. Where Ernst Ludwig Kirchners work is concerned, superlatives are basic. It is all the more surprising, therefore, that ...

Prises dans les années 1934-1937, les photographies de Jean Besancenot (Jean Girard, 1902-1992) sont un témoignage exceptionnel sur les communautés juives rurales du Maroc, aujourd'hui disparues. Peintre de formation, Besancenot ...

Connettoma racconta le connessioni che si attivano nel lavoro di progettazione dello studio di Michele De Lucchi, che dal 2019 prende il nome di AMDL CIRCLE. In una suggestiva sequenza ...

The philosophy of CLB Architects, Inspired by Place, permeates all the firms design work, from public projects to bespoke homes. Their portfolio projects - timeless, thoughtful, distinct and beautiful - ...

Future Airports re - examines the relationship between the growth of capital and the history of New York City real estate by speculating that airports play a role in the ...

This book is the story of an extraordinary survivor from the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain: the Alhambra cupola, now in the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin. The cupola, ...

Switzerland is well-known for its host of remarkable collections of 18th century European porcelain. Exemplary representatives include renowned collectors such as Dr Albert Kocher and Dr Marcel Nyffeler. A number ...

Emergence: Volume 5 covers the growth of the Grimshaw practice into a global network, with the opening of studios in Sydney, Doha and Kuala Lumpur. It covers Grimshaws focus on ...

Anti-Museum charts the development of the anti-museum as a concept and as it has been realised in practice. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the New Museum and ...

In the late 19th century, numerous Russian artists found inspiration in the style of French Impressionist painters. Often, a journey to Paris acted as a catalyst for their burgeoning interest ...

Agence d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de design, Jakob + MacFarlane défend une architecture innovante et engagée, en prise avec les urgences environnementales et les défis technologiques du XXIe siècle. Créée en ...