In the beginning was the image. Contradicting the first verse in the Gospel of John –‘In the beginning was the Word’–, the protagonism of the visual takes the lead in the study of the most distant past, and also in contemporary communication. Archite
Architecture books, like art books, are imaginary museums. Three recent books explore editorial narration with images from complementary angles: The Book on the Floor uses the famous photograph of André Malraux surrounded by pages of an art book as a
Hal Foster—por entonces director adjunto de Art in America— recopiló en 1983 una admirable colección de ensayos, publicados por la modesta Bay Press con el título The Anti-Aesthetic, que jalonaban el territorio de la cultura posmoderna. Desde la mode
This visual itinerary starts from perplexity and hope. Perplexity is caused by the moment of the world, a loud confusion that we strive to hear and pretend to understand. Hope comes from the endless bank of contemporary images, a fascinating legacy w
Biblioteca sin techoLa biblioteca sin techo es la de Holland House, en Londres, y la imagen está tomada el 23 de octubre de 1940, después de su destrucción por las bombas de la Luftwaffe. Esta antigua mansión Tudor, durante largo tiempo sede cultural
