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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,...

With regards to historical linguistics, the study of Romance languages enjoys the privilege of a long documentation history, which, with Latin as its basis, dates back almost three thousand years. This long tradition makes it possible to analyze nearly every language-historical aspect, as well as to develop methods and test theories without having to rely on speculation. Drawing upon this rich history, Romanische Sprachgeschichte (Romance Language History) describes the systematic nature of spoken and written language in the Romance language area on the one hand, and on the other hand...

This new and spectacular series of more than 180 paintings, all of them chosen by Fernando Botero himself, and 50 of which have never been published before, reveal the essence of the feminine in his work. Four drawings on acetate inserts that Botero created exclusively for this book and an essay on the work of Botero written by the famous Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes complements this impressive survey of Botero's work. Esta nueva selección de las pinturas de Fernando Botero, es una nueva y espectacular serie de más de 180 pinturas, 50 de ellas hasta ahora inéditas y escogidas por el...

El de Ridley Scott es, en principio, un caso poco común en la historia del cine. Su filmografía (con 23 títulos, hasta el momento) cuenta con dos obras, "Alien, el octavo pasajero" (1979) y "Blade Runner" (1982), cuya fama, éxito y calidad artística han superado e, incluso, sobrepasado a su propio director. Nos encontramos ante una carrera amplia y variada, con algunos altibajos y alguna que otra obra poco acertada, pero que, en líneas generales, nos presenta a uno de los directores más personales e interesantes del cine contemporáneo. Ya por sí sola esta dicotomía lo hace, a...