Heroínas y víctimas del cine

En “Genio artístico y locura”, Karl Jaspers, uno de los más grandes filósofos del siglo XX, desarrolla un estudio comparativo de las trayectorias vitales y artísticas de Strindberg, Van Gogh, Swedenborg y Hölderlin. El análisis del carácter visionario de todos ellos va acompañado de una indagación estricta sobre las relaciones entre locura y creatividad artística. Lo que, desde la perspectiva del psiquiatra, es observado como «tipología esquizofrénica», desde la del filósofo de la cultura es visto como una serie de explosiones artísticas imprescindibles para entender el...

¿Qué es una lengua romance? ¿Cómo se relacionan unas con otras? ¿Cómo se desarrollan y qué nos aportan al lenguaje en general? En este amplio y exhaustivo estudio, Rebecca Posner examina un amplio grupo de estas lenguas desde distintas perspectivas, y su

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,...

Based on the idea that all forms of knowledge are interconnected and that the human mind weaves them together naturally, this book encourages the incorporation of art education into all other forms of education instead of keeping them separate and compartmentalized. It urges parents and teachers to make art education an integral part of children's daily lives, arguing that by combining various disciplines, such as health and photography or geometry and painting, children will develop into smarter and more creative individuals. By turning art into a part of both playtime and their education,...