BELLAS ARTES

Este libro resume las inquietudes y reflexiones que por más de 45 años han venido realizando en este país, profesionales, grupos de la sociedad civil, instituciones educativas privadas y oficiales y grupos sociales, sobre la planificación del territorio, tanto a nivel nacional, regional, como local. Se verán los desafíos y oportunidades de la región metropolitana de Santo Domingo y cuáles proyectos estratégicos coadyuvarían a concretizar el desarrollo de estas oportunidades. El área Metropolitana de Santo Domingo es una resultante, es el producto, de una realidad política, social y económica, de la falta de planificación global y sectorial que ha prevalecido en el país a través de su historia y sobre todo de una incapacidad gerencial de las autoridades para llevar a cabo aquellos proyectos que propendan hacia un mejor bienestar de la población. Santo Domingo es el receptáculo de hombres y mujeres desplazados de sus lugares de origen, por la falta de empleos, oportunidades y servicios. Ha sido destino de una esperanza que estamos comprometidos a restaurar.

Poseer libros y vivir con ellos. Una obra concebida para lograr que nuestra biblioteca se integre de manera armoniosa al lugar en el que vivimos. Este hermoso volumen ofrece numerosas ideas para aquellas personas interesadas en que sus libros no sólo encuentren el lugar que les corresponde dentro de la casa, sino también para que los volúmenes establezcan con la vivienda y con sus habitantes un maridaje perfecto. Las fotografías recogen ejemplos sorprendentes y soluciones poco usuales que brindarán orientación a los profesionales en el terreno de la decoración de interiores. También será de utilidad para quienes no son expertos en esta rama, pero cuyo amor a los libros los lleva a buscar ambientes propicios que les permitan dar rienda suelta a su pasión bibliográfica. Se encuentran aquí desde las propuestas más tradicionales y abiertamente conservadoras, hasta aquellas que sorprenden por su audacia y originalidad.

Vogue gathers a stylish collection of at-home, intimate portraits photographed by today's fashion icons, designers, models, and artists, each documenting their creative lives under lockdown. Vogue: Postcards from Home is a beautiful and unforgettable collection of self-rendered images from a bevy of celebrities, photographers, filmmakers, actors, creative directors, performance artists, fashion designers, and models. Kendall Jenner, Virgil Abloh, Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Karen Elson, Florence Pugh, Maurizio Cattelan, Billy Porter, Donatella Versace, Gisele Bündchen, Cindy Sherman, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Kim Kardashian West are among those who share a glimpse of their lives under lockdown. From singer Lizzo meditating at home, to actress Florence Pugh honing her cooking skills, to Miuccia Prada contemplating Prada's next collection in her garden--these snapshots reflect a moment in history when the world turned upside down but creativity flourished. This unique record of a moment is a must-have for devotees of fashion, art, culture, and photography, and reaches across a readership of all ages. A portion of the proceeds will go to A Common Thread, Vogue's new fundraising initiative to provide assistance to the fashion industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The world appears to be divided into cat and dog lovers, but fortunately Walter Chandoha, the 20th century’s greatest pet photographer found himself happily in the middle. He loved these intriguing creatures equally for their unique beauty and individualism, and as subjects to photograph in a career spanning over 70 years. While working on his critically acclaimed TASCHEN book Cats, Chandoha handpicked his favorite dog photos for a potential follow-up title, putting into carefully marked boxes hundreds of contact sheets, prints, and color transparencies, many unseen for at least 50 years, and some totally unseen. Chandoha sadly passed away in 2019 at the age of 98, but his legacy lives on in this dashing sequel dedicated to man’s best friend. “Walter Chandoha’s photographs of dogs are compelling not just because dogs have an inherent charm, but because the person behind the camera was a master of his craft,” writes the photography critic Jean Dykstra in the book’s introduction. We see terriers, collies, beagles, bloodhounds, poodles, small dogs, big dogs, show dogs, working dogs, and many more, featuring over 60 breeds photographed in both black-and-white and glorious Kodachrome.Spanning a 50-year period, the book is divided into six sections, and each chapter reveals Chandoha’s exceptional combination of technique, versatility, and soul. The opening chapter “In the Studio” focuses on formal portraiture; next it’s “Strike a Pose” where our canine companions ham it up for the camera; in “Out and About” they get to roam and play, often photographed with Chandoha’s own children; next it’s “Best in Show” with Chandoha using his reportage skills to capture vintage dog shows from the Mad Men era; in “Tails from the City,” the dogs are hitting the streets of mid-century New York; and in the closing chapter “Country Dogs,” it’s back to nature, the fields, and the beaches. Dogs is an unleashed photographic tribute to these lovable and loyal creatures.

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating “I want to be a machine,” he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with mass-production methods and images, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed the Factory. This book introduces Warhol’s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which revolutionized distinctions between “high” and “low” art and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.