Primer Seminario de Formación Artística y Cultural

Los claros retratos metálicos, desnudos y naturalezas muertas de Tamara de Lempicka resumen el espíritu del Art Déco y del apogeo del Jazz, además de reflejar la vida elegante y hedonista de la élite adinerada, exclusiva y glamurosa de la París de entre guerras. En el arte de Lempicka confluyen una formidable técnica clásica con elementos prestados del cubismo, combinación que en su momento representó el culmen de la modernidad y de la moda, toda vez que se inspiraba en maestros tradicionales del retrato, como Ingres y Bronzino. Este libro destaca la pureza racional y la línea...

Introduccion a la linguistica hispanica actual: teoria y practica has been specially designed for students of Spanish with little or no linguistic background, who need to understand the key concepts and constructs of Hispanic Linguistics. The book has been carefully crafted to introduce the reader to the main areas of linguistics, both theoretical and applied. General Linguistics, Phonology and Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics, History of the Spanish Language, Language Variation, and Second Language Acquisition are concisely and accurately outlined, providing a...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary...

The Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (MNAV) celebrated its first centennial in December of 2011. The museum and the building that houses it has endured transformations and different names throughout these 100 years. This is the first time that the history of the Museum is presented in a single volume; until now only scattered documentation, catalogues, folders and press releases existed. The editorial proposal included the participation of three former directors -Ángel Kalenberg, Jacqueline Lacasa and Mario Sagradini- that gave testimony of their experience, which accounts for forty-one...