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The Grammar Made Easy series is ideal for complete beginners as well as for those non-linguists who have some knowledge of the language but need to know the basics of grammar to progress beyond phrasebook level. The books consist of seven units that present basic grammar topics in an accessible and non-patronising manner. A companion website provides extensive interactive grammar practice, it contains around 220 activities (those included in the book plus extra ones) covering all the language in Spanish Grammar Made Easy. Learners work at their own pace and move through the different sections ...

"Pocket version synthesis of other books by the author on the same subject. In four chapters (precolumbian, colonial, republican, and 20th century), author gives a capsulated summary of what Ecuadorian art has been, from the past to the present, in a simple style intentionally suitable for high school students, hence its interest. Complemented with a short bibliography and a glossary of terms for those unfamiliar with the artistic and architectural field"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Arte (in)útil reflexiona en torno a la idea de artista emergente e institución cultural como ente legitimador. El contenido de este marco solo es la punta del iceberg sobre la mediatización cultural entre arte, artista e institución, pero sirve para entender cómo se inicia el artista en un circuito y qué mecanismos se utilizan para absorberlo. Así es cómo se aleja el arte de ser una herramienta política crítica de pensamiento, y se convierte en producción y, por tanto, en un producto más del contexto posfordista. A partir del cambio de paradigma sobre la idea de exposición con el ...

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,...