Las técnicas artísticas. 3. El siglo XIX

Eva Peron (1919-1952) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Often referred to as "Evita," she was never an officially elected political figure, but by her husband's second term as President, she had become the most powerful woman in the history of her nation. By the 1960s, Evita was an international pop-culture icon; in the 1970s, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the blockbuster musical Evita about her; and in the mid-90s, the musical was adapted to a movie starring Madonna. This small, chunky paperback features all manner of vintage graphic treatments from...

Partiendo de la teoría estética de la cultura fundada por Aby Warburg, el autor aplica la categoría de "Pathosformel" al caso de las representaciones cómicas, especialmente al grabado italiano y francés de los siglo XVI y XVII, descubriéndonos cuáles fueron los mecanismos y las fórmulas inventadas por los artistas europeos de la primera modernidad para provocar con sus imágenes la risa de los contemporáneos.

1. Renata Fernández 2. Texturas virtuales 3. Walk Like a Glacier 4. Desnudos psicodélicos 5. Black Rock City

The present research study represents art historian Ramirez' reflections on the modernistic movement developed in Mexico in the early 20th century through detailed examination of diverse critical texts published in exhibition catalogues and other publications. The author analyses the protagonists, the institutions (particularly that of the National School of Fine Arts) and the visual expressions that represented the modernist alternative of Post Revolutionary Mexico. Some names mentioned include noted artists like: Jesús Contreras, Julio Ruela, German Gedovius, Gerardo Murillo (Dr. Atl),...