La Profecia de Los Iluminados

Esta es la bella y prístina historia de dos seres condenados a renacer sin poder estar juntos jamás. Recorren tantas vidas así como el sol y la luna recorren el día, encontrándose tan poco. Terminan por encontrarse en cada nueva existencia, aunque sea imposible estar juntos. “A veces, ni el amor más puro basta” se pronuncian uno al otro como frase de evocación, que les ayuda a recordarlo todo. Como una súplica; y nos muestra que el amor es difícil y las cosas del amor complicadas. Aunque haya personas que anhelen estar juntas puede haber algo que los separe. Una pareja astral que ...

This sequel to the first volume, surveys the second phase of the collection of MUSAC, The Castilla and Leon Museum of Contemporary Art. Featuring works by over 100 artists from 2005 to the present, with critical texts and illustrated introductions.

INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY. HOW DO THE OBJECTS IN A STILL LIFE REFLECT THE CUSTOMS, IDEAS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE TIME? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH NORBERT SCHNEIDER ASKS IN THIS BOOK. THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND THE 17TH CENTURY WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE HEYDAY OF THE STILL LIFE. IT IS AN ART FORM WHICH GIVES US VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S NOTIONS OF DEATH. STILL LIFES CHART THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE AS WELL AS THE GRADUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE MEDIAEVAL CONCEPT OF THE...

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...