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El wabi sabi, una milenaria tradición estética y filosófica directamente conectada con el zen, se relaciona con una determinada sensibilidad japonesa basada en la apreciación de la evanescente belleza del mundo físico, y encarna el melancólico atractivo que emana de la impermanencia de todas las cosas. Al concentrarse en el paisaje, las delicadas sutilezas y los objetos del mundo natural, fomenta un modo distinto de apreciar tanto la belleza como la vida, cuya expresión última busca en las cosas efímeras. El wabi sabi ha inspirado elementos tan diversos como la ceremonia del té, el...

La obra es el más completo ensayo sobre la polémica –y la herejía– iconoclasta que llevó en el Imperio bizantino de Oriente a la supresión –y destrucción– de las imágenes durante cierto período de tiempo.

Picasso was born a Spaniard and, so they say, began to draw before he could speak. As an infant he was instinctively attracted to artist’s tools. In early childhood he could spend hours in happy concentration drawing spirals with a sense and meaning known only to himself. At other times, shunning children’s games, he traced his first pictures in the sand. This early self-expression held out promise of a rare gift. Málaga must be mentioned, for it was there, on 25 October 1881, that Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born and it was there that he spent the first ten years of his life. Picasso’s...

The proceedings assemble some 240 papers covering eight sections: 1. phonetics and phonology, 2. morphology, 3. syntax, 4. lexical semantics, 5. editing and textual criticism, 6, rhetoric, poetics and literary theory, 7. applied linguistics, 8. history of linguistics. In addition, they include four plenary lectures and two round table discussions. The papers provide a panorama view of old and new concerns in Romance studies illustrated from various theoretical perspectives and providing an example of what this sector has to contribute to the development of linguistics and literary studies in...