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"New worlds for old words / Mundos nuevos para viejas palabras" is a collection of chapters on the theme of lexical borrowing in the languages of Western Europe with particular focus on borrowing from Latin, or from Greek via Latin, into Spanish. Such cultured, or “learnèd” borrowing—as it has sometimes been designated—, is an especially intriguing feature of the Romance languages, since they also derive from Latin. It is also of particular interest to historical linguists since it is an example of what has been called “change from above”: innovation first evidenced in the...

Título: “Evolución edilicia de la Catedral de Córdoba, Argentina – En imágenes“. Autor: Federico G. Bordese. Editor: Revista del Archivo Fotográfico de Córdoba. Año: agosto de 2018.

Este libro contituye parte de la tesis doctoral del autor titulada "Imágenes e ideas en la pintura tardogótica catalana" (UAB). Estudio que analiza un conjunto de retablos pictóricos barceloneses encargados por clientes particulares entre 1443 y 1501.

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,...