Aby Warburg (1866-1929) and his mythical Mnemosyne Atlas are essential references in the histories of art and visual studies. His influence on our work is evident in publications we have produced, from ‘Casa, cuerpo, crisis’ (AV 104, 2003) to ‘Pensar
Of great American photographers of the approximate first half of the twentieth century – a distinguished group that includes Alfred Stieglitz, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Paul Strand, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams,
The centenary of the Bauhaus coincides with the fiftieth death anniversary of its founder and director, the architect Walter Gropius (1883-1969). The double celebration seals the association between the figure and the school, however true it is that
The biography is a difficult genre. Anyone daring to write one is in for a chain of musts: articulate the narrative, use firsthand material, match it up with what has already been said, have a broad view of the biographee’s field, strike a balance be
Should biographers respect their subjects? Not necessarily, but even in books about serial killers, authors try to dig beneath the skin of protagonists. No such thing happens in the Philip Johnson biography by Mark Lamster, a writer who previously wr
American museums engrave the names of benefactors on a ‘donors wall.’ This biography of Dominique and John de Menil begins with thanks to the hundreds who were interviewed and the institutions that granted access to their archives, but also includes
It is true: Frederick Kiesler was a minor figure in twentieth-century architecture. But, as José Luis Luque writes in this exemplary biography of the controversial character, it is precisely the minor figures that set the tone of the times. Born in 1
La imagen tradicional de El Greco, forjada hace un siglo, lo entroncaba con la religiosidad castellana, en particular con la mística. En los últimos años se ha vuelto a insistir en su inspiración religiosa, pero asociándolo a corrientes más ortodoxas
A partir de las ultimas aportaciones al estudio de la obra y la vida de Mies, Martin Filler intenta desentrañar ese concepto, tan vago como frecuente, que ha dado en llamarse ≪lo miesiano ≫. Una evaluación cabal del peso de Mies en nuestra historia d
Alemania entre dos guerras: aprendizaje, crisis y madurez 1912. Retrato del artista joven, ante su primera casa. Mies lleva siete años en Berlín; al poco de llegar, el filósofo Alois Riehl y su mujer le encargan el proyecto de su casa y se convierte
Ruth Zylberman Autobiografía de un edificio
Franceso Pecoraro
Cáceres 2021
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Andrés Barba
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László Moholy-Nagy
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Giorgio Grassi
Madrid 2022
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Richard J. Williams
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Ai Weiwei
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Justin Beal
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Cloe Pitiot (ed.) Nina Stritzler-Levine (ed.)
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