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The book describes and analyses the Scanian War, which was fought from 1675 to 1679 between, on one side, primarily Brandenburg and Denmark-Norway and, on the other, Sweden. The war was mainly fought in Scania, the former Danish lands along the border with Sweden, and in northern Germany. The (...)

During the 17th century, Europe experienced only four years of general peace: 1610 and 1680-82. This scenario of almost continuous strife provided the terrain for the rise of the standing professional armies. The states were eager to avoid a repetition of the chaos and destruction that had plagued (...)

Il catalogo della mostra "Marlene Dumas. Open-end" - curato da Caroline Bourgeois in collaborazione con l'artista e disegnato da Roger Willems di Roma Publications - presenta oltre cento opere, tracciando un percorso incentrato sulla produzione pittorica di Dumas, con una selezione di dipinti e (...)

In 1634 the Thirty Years' War had taken a spectacular turn. The great protagonists of 1630, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and Generals Tilly and Wallenstein were dead.The Swedish army was disoriented without the presence of its charismatic king. Chancellor Oxenstierna was to preserve his legacy, (...)

El boom de los 60 fue un momento clave para la fotografía de moda, con el inicio de las supermodelos y la llegada de la sensacional y radicalmente diferente Twiggy.El artista y restaurador Antoni Miralda presenta por primera vez su fotografía de moda de los años sesenta de París y Londres en un (...)