BELLAS ARTES

Chaikovski es, sin duda, uno de los compositores más queridos por los aficionados a la música en todo el mundo, una popularidad que, sin embargo, suele ir acompañada de un difuso conocimiento de su vida, sustentado en lugares comunes y clichés, cuando no en un cierto recelo por parte de ciertos sectores de la crítica, que han acabado por transmitir una imagen distorsionada de su figura. El presente libro viene a poner las cosas en su sitio. De la mano de un meticuloso análisis de la vasta correspondencia del compositor, así como de numerosos documentos de archivos rusos y de otros países, y de un profundo conocimiento de la Rusia de la época, Alexander Poznansky ofrece en esta exhaustiva biografía el más completo retrato realizado hasta la fecha del gran compositor ruso, con un tono objetivo y alejado de cualquier atisbo de loas, sensacionalismo o sesgo ideológico. En sus capítulos se recrean con detalle la época, el entorno y las relaciones personales del compositor, así como su trayectoria creativa, prestando especial atención a hechos de la vida poco conocidos o frecuentemente malinterpretados, como los años en la Escuela de Jurisprudencia, la catastrófica historia de su matrimonio, su homosexualidad, la singular relación con su mecenas Nadezhda F. von Meck o las circunstancias de su prematura muerte.

Renowned interior designer and tastemaker Charlotte Moss celebrates flowers and offers endless inspiration in their use as glorious additions to decorating, entertaining, and everyday living. Charlotte Moss encourages readers to bring the garden indoors--with ideas for arranging flowers, selecting containers, and placing blossoms around the house. An inviting cluster of blooms on a guest room's bedside table, lavish floral displays for parties and holidays, single stems adding life to any corner of a room--Moss has been photographing her flower arrangements for over a decade. This book is a celebration of her artistry and a testament to flowers as part of day-to-day life. From Moss's grander displays in the city to her more informal and breezy creations at her home in the country, as well as in the refined interiors of her clients, the visual result is a chronicle of the myriad ways flowers provide inspiration--indoors and out. Readers will be further motivated as Moss describes the contributions of past tastemakers: Gloria Vanderbilt for her ingenious use of floral patterns in her licensed products, Pauline de Rothschild for her fantastic tablescapes, Bunny Mellon for her profusive use of topiaries, Constance Spry for the use of inventive containers and for her groundbreaking artistry, and Lady Bird Johnson for her embrace of the simple, exquisite wildflower. With nature as her muse, Moss implores us to create the backdrop for a life well lived, imbuing every day with flair, beauty, and elegance.

A dazzling tour of Château de Haroué, the epitome of opulent French style and one of today’s must-see examples of vibrant eighteenth-century architecture and design. Located in a remote village in the Lorraine region of northeastern France, the estate of Château de Haroué is an unrivaled treasure of Gallic culture and heritage. Built between 1720 and 1729 for Marc de Beauvau, Prince de Beauvau-Craon, constable of Lorraine and viceroy of Tuscany, his descendents have inhabited the castle and kept it going in high style ever since.

Christian Bérard worked freely in many artistic circles and fields as a painter, designer of theater and film sets and costumes, fashion designer, interior designer, masterful draftsman, and colorist. His iconic drawings epitomized the Paris fashion world and graced the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Women’s Wear Daily in the 1920s and 1930s. Tracing his eccentric and colorful life of encounters and artistic partnerships with the greatest creatives of his time—Jean-Michel Frank, Christian Dior, Gabrielle Chanel, Jean Cocteau, Boris Kochno—this book includes more than two hundred of his paintings, drawings, photographs, intimate correspondences, and interior decorations, along with portraits of Bérard by Cartier-Bresson, Horst, and Schall.

The works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are monuments of transience. Gigantic in scale, they are always temporary, created to exist only for a limited time and to leave unique, unrepeatable impressions. “From the smallest of the Packages made in Paris in the early 1960s, to the delicate pattern of hundreds of branches embraced by a translucent fabric veil... in Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s works there is nothing abstract, nothing imagined; it is all there―corporeal and tangible.” (Lorenza Giovanelli)

* Si alguna vez le ha fascinado una película, un director o una buena fotografía, este libro es el indicado. Descubra los géneros y los movimientos cinematográficos más destacados. * Las películas constituyen una guía accesible e inspiradora sobre la historia del cine, que se completa con unos fascinantes análisis sobre las grandes obras maestras, ilustradas con las fotografías más representativas. *Una obra de referencia para todos los amantes del cine que les permitirá conocer el significado de las más conocidas producciones.