Historia contemporánea de Europa 1789-1989

El desplazamiento de Diocleciano y posteriormente la transformación cristiana de Constantino, a comienzos del siglo IV, abre un nuevo mundo cultural y artístico que nos ha dejado buenas muestras de su creatividad y belleza, como queremos mostrar en esta colección dedicada al arte bizantino que no sólo hereda el antiguo estilo helénico del que está muy próximo, sino que está marcado por el lujo y la riqueza que caracterizan el arte final del Imperio romano.

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El papel de las mujeres en la Grecia clásica era el propio de una sociedad patriarcal: obediencia al padre y luego al marido, crianza de los hijos y, lo más importante, limitación al ámbito privado. Sin embargo, algunos personajes femeninos destacan por su capacidad para superar esas limitaciones. Carlos García Gual ha seleccionado aquellas historias en las que "inolvidables y patéticas damas rasgan los velos de la censura y alzan la voz con una espléndida dignidad". Narra las historias de Ismenodora, Leucipa, Tecla, Talestris, Ifigenia y Cariclea, entre otras. Nos acerca a sus vidas,...