Arte, poder y sociedad en la España de los siglos XV a XX

In a profusely illustrated volume that gathers more than 150 of Diego Velázquez's most representative works, Fernando Marías describes in detail the life and work of the artist and dissects his style. The result is an accessible, erudite, and complete exploration of the work of a man who became Philip IV's favorite painter and is now considered one of the three greatest Spanish painters of all time. En un volumen profusamente ilustrada que recopila más de 150 de las obras más representativas de Diego Velázquez, Fernando Marías describe minuciosamente la vida y obras del artista y...

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

Las escenas de algunas películas famosas en las que se vulneran leyes elementales de la naturaleza sirven de pretexto en este libro para escribir sobre física. Las películas (La Guerra de las Galaxias, Kill Bill, Alien Resurrection o Superman, entre otras) se usan como motivo y como contrapunto divertido o ilustrativo. La física se explica desde una base elemental, sin renunciar a desarrollar, también con sencillez, temas interesantes para personas que disfrutan con la ciencia. El lector encontrará comentarios sobre diversos temas de física desde una perspectiva original. A modo de...

Espanol Nivel I is a textbook suitable for anyone who wants to learn the Spanish Language. It is designed to guide learners to acquire the basic communication skills needed to engage themselves in simple daily conversations. This textbook consists of an introduction to the basic grammatical structure to start communicating in Spanish. The chosen components have been organised to reflect and emphasize on the fundamental of learning language through practices. Four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) are important parts which are being focused in this textbook and...