La fiesta barroca. Los reinos de Nápoles y Sicilia (1535-1713)

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

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...

When a boat drifts into the harbor one day, the dying man on board gives a map and a secret to Fabio, who goes in search of a mysterious island.

La literatura artística española del siglo XVII es su primer libro, publicado tras un minucioso y erudito estudio del tema. Puede considerarse como la obra más importante entre las editadas hasta ahora sobre este tema, hasta hace poco por completo desconocido. Karin Hellwig analiza los tópicos en vigor en el Siglo de Oro de nuestra pintura, los debates entre los artistas, las reflexiones sobre la eventual nobleza de su arte, las relaciones con las teorías ya consagradas, especialmente en Italia... El libro aporta una documentación de primera mano que permite conocer un ámbito...