Xavier Nogués
Xavier Nogués

Author: ◗ Cecília Vidal Maynou (Barcelona, 1940).

Publisher: Fundació Xavier Nogués

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 8409340836

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In 1990, or thereabouts, the then promoters and members of the board of trustees of the Fundació Xavier Nogués, Joan Ainaud de Lasarte, Raimon Noguera de Guzmán, Josep Pedreira and Ramon Gonzalez (now sadly de- ceased), together with the patrons August Testor, Oriol Bohigas and Jordi Curós, proposed, as a founding act, the publication of a book dedicated to the life and work of Xavier Nogués. The project was given the go ahead, and the then presi- dent, Mr Ainaud, wrote the foreword to the book. However, it was subsequently put on hold until a later date, despite everyone’s best efforts. Now we are fortunate enough to be able to revive the project and, by way of a tribute, we would like to put on record the interest the above individuals showed in the publication of the book you are now holding. We would also like to thank Joaquim Horta for the painstaking care taken with the initial project and the new patrons who have worked on the current one.

Salvador Dal’, Or the Art of Spitting on Your Mother's Portrait
Salvador Dal’, Or the Art of Spitting on Your Mother's Portrait

Author: Carlos Rojas

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780271040844

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Among the many books written on or by Salvador Dalí, this is the first to give a complete, well-documented picture of his life and art. Carlos Rojas's approach to Dalí is somewhere between biography, Freudian analysis, and art and literary interpretation. Dalí is haunted from earliest childhood by the specter of his elder brother who died as a toddler shortly before Dalí was conceived (both brothers and the father bore the same name), as he is haunted by the devouring phantom of his mother, that praying mantis on whose portrait he would like to spit. Dalí is seen as endlessly struggling to affirm his identity and existence. A combination of genius, madman, neurotic, and spoiled brat, Dalí is illuminated by his work, while the known facts of his life, his own writings, those of his sister, and of others, are used to analyze the paintings, which are described in considerable detail. Rojas also provides sustained analyses of Dalí's relationships, including his influential amorous and intellectual affair with Federico García Lorca.

Barcelona and Modernity
Barcelona and Modernity

Author: William H. Robinson

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 0300121067

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Catalogus van een tentoonstelling van werk van Catalaanse kunstenaars.

Digital Modernism Heritage Lexicon
Digital Modernism Heritage Lexicon

Author: Cristiana Bartolomei

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-08-11

Total Pages: 1385

ISBN-13: 3030762394

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The book investigates the theme of Modernism (1920-1960 and its epigones) as an integral part of tangible and intangible cultural heritage which contains the result of a whole range of disciplines whose aim is to identify, document and preserve the memory of the past and the value of the future. Including several chapters, it contains research results relating to cultural heritage, more specifically Modernism, and current digital technologies. This makes it possible to record and evaluate the changes that both undergo: the first one, from a material point of view, the second one from the research point of view, which integrates the traditional approach with an innovative one. The purpose of the publication is to show the most recent studies on the modernist lexicon 100 years after its birth, moving through different fields of cultural heritage: from different forms of art to architecture, from design to engineering, from literature to history, representation and restoration. The book appeals to scholars and professionals who are involved in the process of understanding, reading and comprehension the transformation that the places have undergone within the period under examination. It will certainly foster the international exchange of knowledge that characterized Modernism

Artwork
Artwork

Author: Herbert Francis Wauthier

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Death Before Glory
Death Before Glory

Author: Martin Howard

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2015-09-30

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1781593418

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Death Before Glory! is a highly readable, thoroughly researched and comprehensive study of the British army's campaigns in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period and of the extraordinary experiences of the soldiers who served there. Rich in sugar, cotton, coffee and slaves, the region was a key to British prosperity and it was perhaps even more important to her greatest enemy Ð France. Yet, until now, the history of this vital theatre of the Napoleonic Wars has been seriously neglected. Not only does Martin Howard describe, in graphic detail, the entirety of the British campaigns in the region between 1793 and 1815, he also focuses on the human experience of the men Ð the climate and living conditions, the rations and diet, military discipline and training, the treatment of the wounded and the impact of disease. Martin Howard's thoroughgoing and original work is the essential account of this fascinating but often overlooked aspect of the history of the British army and the Napoleonic Wars.

Cerámica Y Cultura
Cerámica Y Cultura

Author: Robin Farwell Gavin

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780826331021

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By examining both historic and contemporary examples, the editors move discussion of the enameled earthenware known as mayolica beyond its stylistic merits in order to understand it in historic and cultural context. It places the ceramics in history and daily life, illustrating their place in trade and economics.