Actas Congreso INARS

A review and documentation of the collections of the museum of contemporary art located in Santiago, Chile. The museum collection is considered the most important in engravings with 1000 prints along with 600 paintings, 130 drawings, sketches and watercolors and 80 sculptures from the late 19th century to current art. The book includes a brief history and architecture of the museum, the members of the "Friends of the Museum" association, the conservation and documentation policies and detailed data on the national and international exhibitions and cultural activities for the 8 year period. An ...

Con sus más de 3 mil 500 años de antigüedad, La epopeya de Gilgamesh es considerada la obra literaria más antigua de la humanidad. Resulta fascinante, por tanto, que una obra con esa longevidad sea tan actual, pues aborda los problemas que preocupan al ser humano desde siempre: la finitud de la vida, la amistad, el deseo de realizar grandes empresas... Esta edición pretende acercar a los jóvenes de secundaria y bachillerato a una obra que, por su profundo sentido humano, emociona y sorprende al lector de hoy.

La visión completa de la Capilla Sixtina desde sus pinturas cuatrocentistas de las paredes laterales hasta la cúpula de Miguel Ángel. El profesor Henrich X. Pfeiffer, gran especialista en la materia, analiza cada detalle pintado en los frescos y nos muestra sus secretos artísticos y teológicos, en un trabajo profusamente ilustrado y documentado en bibliotecas y otras fuentes vaticanas.

The combination of portrait statue, monumental support, and public lettering was considered emblematic of Roman public space even in antiquity. This book examines ancient Roman statues and their bases, tombs, dedicatory altars, and panels commemorating gifts of civic beneficence made by the Augustales, civic groups composed primarily of wealthy ex-slaves. Margaret L. Laird examines how these monuments functioned as protagonists in their built and social environments by focusing on archaeologically attested commissions made by the Augustales in Roman Italian towns. Integrating methodologies...