Cinema, art i pensament

"Sensuous, voluptuous, provocative--the female form has inspired artists for centuries, making it perhaps the most popular subject in the history of painting. Since Venetian painter Giorgione's Sleeping Venus, the first notable female nude in Western painting, painters have focused their talents on the infinite possibilities of the representation of the female body. Featuring lush, full-page illustrations of masterpieces of the genre, Reclining Nude is a feast for the senses. From Titian's alluring Venus of Urbino to Manet's guileless Olympia, Reclining Nude provides a fascinating tour of the ...

Isern struggles to make friends while his twin brother, Roger, has no problem doing so. With his help, Isern learns how to skateboard and he begins to see things in a different light.

El diccionario es ante todo una obra didáctica: constituye uno de los más importantes instrumentos en el aprendizaje tanto de la lengua materna como de las lenguas extranjeras. La complejidad de los sistemas lingüísticos por una parte, y, por otra, la de la competencia comunicativa y su progresivo desarrollo, hacen que las necesidades específicas de los distintos tipos de aprendientes - derivadas de factores como los diferentes niveles de competencia alcanzados, la edad del discente, los objetivos marcados en el proceso de aprendizaje, la relación existente entre la L1 y la L2, etc. -...

A stunning presentation of works by contemporary Chinese artists, from the collection of the Swiss diplomat Uli Sigg, one of the worlds most influential collectors of Chinese contemporary art. This book reflects on the current state of art in China today through a selection of over 50 works by different artists produced between 1986 and 2006 a period of enormous economic and social change in the country with worldwide implications. This book shows Chinese avant-garde art against the backdrop of Chinas radical social and economic changes. Many of the works reveal the tension between current...