Claves del Lenguaje Humano

This collection of essays, curriculum units, and study guides on Latin American art and musical traditions is designed to help interested teachers take a comprehensive approach to teaching these subjects. The introduction features the essay, "Media Resources Available on Latin American Culture: A Survey of Art, Architecture, and Music Articles Appearing in Americas" (K. Murray). Section 1, The Visual Arts of Latin America, has the following articles: "The Latin American Box: Environmental Aesthetics in the Classroom" (R. Robkin); "Mascaras y Danzas de Mexico y Guatemala" (J. Winzinger); "The...

Roger Ebert has been writing film reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times for over four decades now and his biweekly essays on great movies have been appearing there since 1996. As Ebert noted in the introduction to the first collection of those pieces, “They are not the greatest films of all time, because all lists of great movies are a foolish attempt to codify works which must stand alone. But it’s fair to say: If you want to take a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema, start here. Enter The Great Movies III, Ebert’s third collection of essays on the crème de la crème of...

Definir lo sublime como lo inaferrable que nos aferra es, fundamentalmente, subrayar su propia paradoja: su disolverse en el momento mismo en que nos atrapa. De manera que la experiencia de sentirse atrapados se acompaña siempre de la experiencia de sentirse perdidos.

A close-up look at the life and work of the legendary painter Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn is set against the backdrop of the artistic and intellectual developments of seventeenth-century Europe and complemented by lush, full-color reproductions of some of the artist's most famous works. (Fine Arts)