Fernando A. de Sotomayor

Long before the arrival of Hernn Corts, birds, serpents, the sun and moon, and human sacrifices figured prominently in the rituals and daily spiritual life of the inhabitants of todays Mexico. In the early sixteenth century, Roman Catholic missionaries began arriving in the area of TenochtitlanMexico Cityto convert the native Mexica to Christianity. The priests met with limited success until 1531, the year Juan Diego, a poor Mexica, first encountered the vision of the Heavenly Lady, now known as Our Lady of Guadalupe.Guadalupe is a lavishly illustrated history of Mexico's religious...

Recetas para pintar Paisaje esta inspirado en los libros y manuales de cocina, de hecho,“cocinar” dentro del argot del artista significa experimentar con técnicas y nuevos materiales, hacer pruebas y mezclas entre diferentes sustancias para conseguir nuevos efectos técnicas, estilos y recursos del oficio. El contenido del libro es esencialmente didáctico, con ejercicios para practicar y profundizar en el uso de las técnicas y una sección donde se explica la aplicación de materiales o sustancias poco habituales para conseguir variados efectos.

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí's film, An Andalusian Dog, produced with Buñuel, marked his official entry into the tightly-knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the woman who became his lifelong companion and his source of inspiration. But his relationship soon deteriorated until his final rift with André Breton in 1939. Nevertheless Dalí's art remained surrealist in its philosophy and expression and a...

Se ala el autor en una nota preliminar: "En el primer poema aludo a Quetzalco tl, sin nombrarlo en la an cdota de Chi-Chen Itz . Es a la mitad de este trabajo donde hago recuerdo de dos h roes culturales fruto del tr pico: Buda universal, Quetzalco tl de nuestra Am rica. Los dos poemas son una sola imagen con diferentes luces: juventud y madurez.