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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.

"Arreguín's palpitations of color and light and arrested movement awaken our sublimated vision. His paintings seem to force our entire being to experience its livingness as an insatiable yearning and questing of the eyes." - from the Foreword by Tess GallagherBorn in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguín has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. His canvases are tapestries that mingle diverse and interpenetrating influences and images: the traditional crafts of his native Michoacán; the lush rainforests of his...

Este texto que el lector tiene en sus manos plantea algunas reflexiones sobre las relaciones entre arte y literatura, poniendo el acento en varios conceptos centrales como ecfrasis, narración, visión, imagen y figuración, entre otros. Aborda el tema de la representación del cuerpo en el arte helenístico, el humanismo y la relación entre narración (literaria) y arte (escultórico), a partir de la emblemática obra Laocoonte y sus hijos. Por otro lado, describe un conjunto de obras a partir de las estrategias que ofrece la ecfrasis como figura retórica.

En este ensayo filosofico sobre la figura del Fausto legendario, mitico y literario, Reuter intenta responder a las siguientes preguntas: de donde procede el atractivo irresistible de la historia del doctor Fausto?, en que consiste su extrana e inquietante profundidad? y por que sigue fascinando a las generaciones?