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Esta guía práctica es una ayuda inestimable para aficionados de todos los niveles, pues explica todas las técnicas de la costura a mano y a máquina, incluyendo todo tipo de puntos y cierres y las telas y costuras a emplear. Los principiantes aprenderán los conocimientos básicos, guiados por diagramas y fotografías, y los ya iniciados encontrarán nuevas aplicaciones. El libro incluye un directorio de puntos decorativos y funcionales creados a mano, a máquina y con remalladora. Además, el directorio de tejidos proporciona información sobre unos 70 tipos de telas, desde las más...

A beautifully produced, comprehensive look at Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez that traces her alluring and evocative paintings and sculpture from the 1950s to today Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez (b. 1926) often says, “Soy isla” (“I am an island”), expressing her desire for solitary, uncompromising practice. It also serves as a metaphor for her experience as an islander—connected to and disconnected from both the mainland and mainstream art currents, such as concretism, gestural abstraction, and minimalism. Characterized by reductive forms, clean lines, and sensuous curves suggestive of...

Rigorous and methodical in its conception, this anecdotic, entertaining, and illustrated tome presents for the first time a detailed look at the artistic career of this disciplined and talented Latin American painter and sculptor. Botero's followers will explore the history of his life, his personal beliefs, and the magic enclosed in the characteristic proportions of his work. Riguroso y metódico en su concepción este tomo anecdótico, divertido y ilustrado presenta por primera vez una vista detallada de la carrera artística del pintor y escultor mas disciplinada y talentosa de América...

New volume in important series on Argentinean art. The first to be published since 2005. Covers the middle part of the 20th century with a large section on photography. A basic reference for art from Argentina.