Katy Hessel

La historia del arte desde el Renacimiento como nunca se ha contado.¿Cuántas mujeres artistas conoce? ¿Quien hace la historia del arte? ¿Hubo mujeres que trabajaron como artistas antes del siglo XX? ¿Cuales fueron las pioneras que abrieron el camino para las creadoras actuales? ¿Cuantas mujeres forman parte de las colecciones permanentes de los grandes museos?En una apasionante historia del arte, Katy Hessel, historiadora del arte y fundadora del podcast @thegreatwomenartists, presenta, entre otros, los deslumbrantes cuadros de la pintora renacentista Sofonisba Anguissola, las radicales obras de Harriet Powers en el siglo XIX, o la historia de la fascinante baronesa Von Freytag-Loringhoven, que invento el concepto de arte encontrado mucho antes que Duchamp. Viajaremos por la Edad de Oro holandesa, contemplaremos el asombroso trabajo de las artistas latinoamericanas de posguerra y conoceremos a las mujeres que estan definiendo que es el arte en la actualidad.Preparese a cambiar para siempre su perspectiva sobre la historia del arte y a abrir los ojos a muchas formas de arte antes ignoradas o menospreciadas. Desde la costa de Cornualles a Manhattan, Nigeria o Japon, esta es una historia del arte como jamas se ha visto.

From the time many years ago when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother Harry who died in tragic circumstances he was determined to find out more about him The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could He studied every relevant official document He tracked down what remained of his great uncle Harry s diaries and letters and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them He walked the route Harry took on that fatal final day of his life amid the mud of northern France And as he did so a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him Great Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life A blend of biography history travelogue and personal memoir this is Michael Palin at his very finest PRAISE FOR EREBUS Beyond terrific I didn t want it to end BILL BRYSON Magisterial Palin brings energy wit and humanity to a story that has never ceased to tantalise people THE TIMES Everybody s talking about it A brilliant book CHRIS EVANS I absolutely loved it