Neuma

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...

A thematic exploration of the work of the Colombian sculptor Luis Fernando Peláez, this book spans the artist’s career from his earliest graphic design and drawings to his unique installations and large-scale works for public areas. Full-color photographs illustrate the wide variety of languages and techniques employed by the sculptor and demonstrate the exceptional quality of his creations, which can be organized into groups joined together by the slightest thread of meaning but retain their individual significance and identity. This is an excellent introduction to a little-known but...

A veinte anos de la desaparicion fisica del autor, la compleja y dilatada obra de Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) continua suscitando las interpretaciones multiples que el consideraba parte sustancial de un clasico, como lo testimonian los diez ensayos analiticos reunidos en este libro colectivo, en el que ademas se subraya que la literatura de Borges ha mantenido su vigencia a lo largo del tiempo, a la vez que se ha multiplicado por diversas geografias, por lo que su herencia literaria es patrimonio universal.

No se trata del libro ofical de Euskaltzaindia, sino la visión que nos ofrecen dos periodistas: Joan Mari Torrealdai e Imanol Murua, amplios conocedores ambos de la realidad de la lengua y cultura vasca. Un esfuerzo serio para dar a conocer y socializar lo que Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca ha sido, lo que es y lo que puede llegar a ser, el año de su noventa aniversario.