Los Misterios del Gran Arcano

En el siglo XV discurre en Cataluña y Levante bajo la influencia de las dos grandes escue­las renacentistas europeas: italiana y flamenca. En Castilla la pintura del siglo XV sigue un rumbo diferente que hemos de analizar con más detalle. Ante todo, hemos de decir que se nota un sensible retraso entre los estilos renacentistas de Cataluña y Castilla. Es un retraso espacial, puesto que Cataluña se halla en contacto directo con los focos franceses, y mantiene con Italia un ininterrumpido comercio marítimo. Castilla se encuentra un tanto descentrada de las rutas comerciales más...

Alongside considerable continuity, 20th-century diachronic linguistics has seen substantial shifts in outlook and procedure from the 19th-century paradigm. Our understanding of what is really new and what is recycled owes a great debt to E. F. K. Koerner's minutely researched interpretations of the work of the field's founders and key transitional figures. At the cusp of the 21st century, some of the best known scholars in the field explore how these methodological shifts have been and continue to be played out in historical Romance, Germanic and Indo-European linguistics, as well as in work...

Proyecto que reúne a una decena de profesores de distintas Universidades localizadas en diversos puntos del mundo

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...