Anamorfosis

Los estudios sobre platería gozan en los últimos años de un auge extraordinario. No es ajena a esa moda la consideración como algo autónomo,con personalidad propia, valiosa tanto por la entidad, a veces muy espectacular de las piezas, con frecuencia joyas en el más estricto sentido del término, como por las enseñanzas de todo tipo (sociales, económicas ... y, por encima de todo artísticas) que se derivan del conocimiento minucioso del contexto en que se realizan y que explica o propicia su aparición. La Platería de la diócesis de Tui posee de entrada el enorme atractivo de...

Chronicling the birth of haute couture and haute cuisine, this illustrated account documents how the young, charismatic, and attractive King Louis XIV—the first man to wear silk stockings, high heels, and cover himself entirely with diamonds—played a major role in the origin of French style. This detailed analysis combines historical research with fanciful anecdotes in order to describe how the French established standards of sophistication, style, and elegance that today's international chefs, famous hairstylists, distinguished cafés, and elegant hotspots still aspire to meet. Una...

SPECIAL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Fifty contemporary, cutting-edge photo-graphers open our eyes to the magical artificiality embraced by fashion photography today: chronicling the very processes of fashion, fashion photography is like fashion itself - it celebrates the immediate, the frivolous and the ephemeral. The striking images in this book playfully flirt with superficiality as readily as they take on the more established aesthetic conventions of art photography. Ingrained with paradox and contradiction fashion photography mirrors the moods and desired of the moment. And more:...