Mies van der Rohe gave a master class in modernity and style with his German Pavilion, built for the International Exhibition of Barcelona of 1929. The architect distilled his “less is more” concept to create this singular space of light and shade, glass and marble, air and water. This monographic work describes it to us in all its plenitude.
What did Picasso, Monet, and Georgia O'Keefe have in common? Exactly: all three were great artists ... and great lovers of cats.
Discover the main pictorial movements by the hand of 21 kittens experts in art. The cubist cat, the rococo, the surreal cat ...
Barcelona is a mosaic of landscapes and atmospheres: the port and the Rambla, the Gothic route around Ciutat Vella, Eixample, Modernism and Gaudí, the Olympic urban planning, the museums and sculptures, leisure and night life… A complete visual report complemented with general and thematic maps of the city.
Modernism. The beauty of a unique artistic movement.
Considered the Catalan equivalent of Art Nouveau, Modernisme was an artistic movement of great beauty that reached its peak in Barcelona between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, coinciding with a time of profound social, economic and technological changes.
This book analyses the complete history of the evolution of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Likewise, by means of photographs, drawings and 3D illustrations, it shows in great detail the techniques and ideas that Gaudí introduced into each one of the spaces of this monumental work, a symbol of Bilbao's urban transformation and one of the most visited museums in Spain.
Picasso is undoubtedly one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century. The strength of his work, pure creative energy, is both a valuable and influential legacy. This book focuses on the artist's evolution through his works that, from his youth to maturity, are exhibited in the Picasso Museum of Barcelona.
Salvador Dalí extended his fascinating imaginary language to all areas of art, and it was where he reflected his overflowing and overwhelming personality, making him one of the main artistic references of all time. This book provides a thorough overview about the most important works of the artist's life.
