BELLAS ARTES

Lampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter Édouard Manet (1832–1883) is now considered a crucial figure in the history of art, bridging the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Manet’s work combined a painterly technique with strikingly modern images of contemporary life, centered on the urban Paris experience. He recorded the city’s parks, bars, and cabarets, often delighting in the frisson of underground or provocative content. The Paris salon rejected his Déjeuner sur l’herbe with its juxtaposition of fully dressed men and a nude woman, while the steady gaze and unabashed pose of the prostitute Olympia, a very modern reworking of Titian’s Venus of Urbino, caused a society scandal.

Una película independiente sobre unos famosos asesinatos comienza su rodaje en la sierra de Madrid. Por ella desfilará un extenso elenco de divertidos personajes, a cuál más incompetente que el anterior, dejando a su paso planos muy mal rodados y lecciones para toda la vida.

Manufacturing Architecture is the first reference guide to customizing repetitive manufacturing for architects. Computer-aided design has greatly expanded the opportunities for architects to create innovative buildings with custom components. While most architects were exposed to CAD when they were students, few of them have in-depth knowledge or experience with using it to customize repetitive manufacturing processes. This book provides designers of all levels with all the information they need to make the most of the exciting opportunities offered by custom manufacturing. Clear diagrams and narratives explain the 20 most useful manufacturing processes for typical building components. Case studies from around the globe show how these processes can be customized in order to create variation, lower costs, decrease production waste, and use a wider selection of materials. With over 1,000 images, including photographs and hundreds of specially created diagrams, Manufacturing Architecture is as inspiring as it is useful.

The first international monograph of one of the most exciting painters working in Brazil today, Marina Perez Simão. Marina Perez Simão (1981–) is an internationally recognized contemporary artist who uses a variety of techniques, such as collage, drawing, watercolor, and oil painting, as starting points to combine interior and exterior landscapes. She composes visual journeys that sometimes traverse the unknown, the abstract, and the nebulous, but which also include visions and memories.   Simão’s work is held in several public collections worldwide, including the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, in Saint-Étienne, France; the Ekard Collection in the Netherlands; the Samdani Art Foundation in Bangladesh; the Sifang Art Museum in China; the Speed Art Museum in Kentucky; and the Dallas Museum of Art, among others.

En I Love You, Mario Testino presenta un homenaje fotográfico a las bodas. El comienzo de una vida nueva, que es también una culminación y una promesa pública, capturado desde un punto de vista fotográfico único que muestra la belleza no solo en la emoción y la tradición, sino también en la intimidad de la alegría compartida. Con ensayos de la ilustre diseñadora de moda Carolina Herrera y del experto en fiestas Riccardo Lanza, el libro rastrea los recuerdos de Testino de muchos momentos icónicos y muchos otros desconocidos capturados en contextos familiares y de estrecha amistad. Gracias a un nivel de acceso inigualable, Testino desvela lo secreto, lo tierno, lo salvaje y lo festivo de este tipo de celebraciones, algunas de las cuales pueden considerarse las uniones más célebres de las últimas cuatro décadas. I Love You es un homenaje a las bodas ya todo lo que ellas comprenden. Una declaración de amor y un acercamiento al corazón de las novias que se preparan, a ritos entre amigos y al entusiasmo de fiestas extraordinarias Cada imagen muestra las fantasías únicas sobre las nuevas vidas que están a punto de comenzar.

Early astronomers, drawn to Mars's fiery glow in the night sky, named the planet after their god of war. In the centuries since, Mars has captivated humankind as a source of endless speculation and a beacon of hope for its potential habitability. Through six decades of NASA’s pioneering research missions, the mysteries of the red planet have been gradually uncovered, revealing a world not so unlike our own that likely once supported life.