La historia de la lingüística en diez mitos y profecías

A beautifully produced, comprehensive look at Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez that traces her alluring and evocative paintings and sculpture from the 1950s to today Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez (b. 1926) often says, “Soy isla” (“I am an island”), expressing her desire for solitary, uncompromising practice. It also serves as a metaphor for her experience as an islander—connected to and disconnected from both the mainland and mainstream art currents, such as concretism, gestural abstraction, and minimalism. Characterized by reductive forms, clean lines, and sensuous curves suggestive of...

Throughout the history of art, drawing has always represented the most profound and true expression of artists' visions, the final frontier to prove the depth of their talent. This book is an exploration of several of Colombia's most representative artists' pencil work. In most cases, these sketches are the most basic yet crucial point of an artistic idea that is later completed in another medium—paint, marble, photography, or a computer. A lo largo de toda la historia del arte, el dibujo representa la expresión más profunda y verdadera del artista, la frontera final para probar la...

Roma de cine es un libro escrito para todo el que le apasiona la historia; y para el que le gusta el cine "de romanos"; y para usted, que es un nostálgico de los viejos gallineros; y para usted, que es un friki del peplum desde antes de que hubiera frikis

Los nombres de los lugares constituyen una fuente inagotable de sonidos con los que el ser humano se ha relacionado desde sus orígenes. Pero sólo uno de estos sonidos ha permanecido inalterado conservando su significado a lo largo de los tiempos. Un sonido asociado al concepto primigenio de cortadura del que posteriormente se nutrieron numerosas raíces antiguas.