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El arte puede ser tan fascinante como frustrante. Una sola obra puede tener varios significados, y existen muchas formas de entenderla, interpretarla y apreciarla. Este libro claro y accesible descompone grandes obras de arte en diez elementos sencillos para ayudarle a comprenderlas y apreciarlas mejor. Además, le permitirá responder a algunas preguntas obvias, pero complicadas: «¿Cómo crea Yayoi Kusama la sensación de infinito en Luces resplandecientes de almas?» o «¿Por qué las capas de pintura de La noche estrellada de Van Gogh son tan gruesas?».

In 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining “form-givers of the 20th century.” Today, Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) remains a locus classicus of modernism for architects and designers alike. As a Bauhaus pioneer, even his earliest work was marked by a material restraint; the balance of texture, color, and shape; and a symbiosis of local and global, big and small, rough and smooth.In this essential introductory monograph, we survey Breuer’s complete career through some of his most influential projects and ideas, from his landmark tubular furniture to the MoMA Research House to his innovation of “binuclear” housing, splitting living and sleeping areas into separate wings. Along the way, we follow Hungarian-born Breuer’s journey to international acclaim, with featured projects from Germany, France, England, Switzerland, and across the United States contributing to his global status as a modernist maestro.