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En 1919, Walter Gropius fundó en Weimar (Alemania) la Staatliche Bauhaus: un lugar para la construcción. El proyecto nació como una escuela utópica en la que formar, integrando diversas disciplinas artísticas a través del objeto y la arquitectura, a los nuevos artesanos que se demandarían para un principio de siglo arrollador. Una idea que evolucionaría hacía el diseño a partir de su sede en Dessau con el célebre "arte y teconología: una nueva unidad". Apostaron por una comprensión social y funcional del arte, a través de un profundo compromiso ético y estético que hacía...

"Follows a fictional Sheffield band from Mexico, in the style of legendary magazine 'The Face' ... The context of the event [Art Sheffield 05] was 'Spectator T', a fictitious art goer without exposure to contemporary aesthetics, and the idea was to present artworks that would challenge this person's preconceived ideas about art. Thus, Toledo created a cover band that sang songs by local Sheffield groups, and named it after the cult Sheffield nightclub, The Limit, which closed in 1992. The band was created in Mexico ... where it played one local concert, then came to Sheffield, where it played ...

Nadar, whose real name was Felix Tournachon (1820-1910), was a conspicuous, even astonishing presence in nineteenth-century France. Engaging and quick-witted, he invented himself over and over as a bohemian writer, a journalist, a romantic utopian, a caricaturist, a portrait photographer, a balloonist, an entrepreneur, a prophet of aeronautics. The name "Nadar" was on everyone's lips. Today, it is Nadar's photography that is remembered. His sitters, who were often his friends, included the great men and women of his time: Dumas, Rossini, Baudelaire, Sarah Bernhardt, Daumier, Berlioz, George...

An incomparable portrait artist and Colombia's most outstanding photographer of the second half of the 20th century, Hernán Díaz is a cultured and versatile professional. Together, the hundred black-and-white photographs collected in this book form a gallery of Colombia's most important social, cultural, and political figures from the 1960s to the present day. Though the subjects are often public figures, Díaz's evident comradery with them brings a rare intimacy to their portraits. A critical study of his work accompanies the reproductions. En la fotografía de escenas y de gentes...

Aprenda a sorprender. Más que ninguna otra forma de arte, la naturaleza de la fotografía exige que el espectador se vea constantemente interrogado y sorprendido por nuevas imágenes e interpretaciones diferentes. Asimismo, sea bueno, de forma sistemática. El propósito de este libro es explicar qué hace que una fotografía sea excelente, a la vez que explora los recursos que utilizan los mejores fotógrafos para conseguir su propósito una y otra vez. Comprenda la composición: los famosos diagramas de Freeman rompen con los conceptos abstractos. Indague a fondo: en este libro encontrará ...