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

Los creadores de la pintura y la escultura modernas, Picasso, Miró, Julio González, los artistas españoles de la Escuela de París, el arte nuevo, la vanguardia de los años treinta, el pabellón de París en 1937... El cosmopolitismo del modernismo y el noucentisme catalanes, la posibilidad de alcanzar un rango de modernidad en el seno de una tradición definida como España negra, el debate en torno a un arte renovador o vanguardista, la marcha de muchos artistas fuera de España, preferentemente a París, la invención del arte moderno que es la pintura de Pablo Picasso y Joan Miró, la ...

Pedro Almodovar has been called 'the Spanish Andy Warhol' for his influence on Spanish popular culture. Almodovar comes from an austere background in rural Spain. It was the 1950s, the age of the Cold War, of mambo, of Balenciaga, of the Korean War, of the Hungarian Revolution, of the death of Stalin. But none of these events had any effect on his village. 'I felt like an astronaut at the court of King Arthur.' In response, Almodovar proceeded to carve for himself a unique niche in contemporary cinema with films bursting with vibrant energy and vivid, primary colours - each frame saturated...

Arrullos, canciones, juegos, adivinanzas y villancicos componen esta antologia del rico y variado folklore infantil mexicano, folklore que no ha perdido su frescura, que ha sobrevivido a influencias ajenas, y que perdura, con su carga de tradicion y cultura, en las claras voces de nuestros ninos.

Revolutionary and troublemaker Diego Rivera (1886-1957) pioneered public art - particularly with his magnificent murals - that was both highly advanced and profoundly accessible. His tumultuous career is surveyed in this richly illustrated Spanish-language entry in the Basic Art series celebrating major artists. This enticing collection shows both the wide range of his art and its influence on other painters and artistic movements.