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Darnton nos ofrece un excelente estudio sobre el bajo mundo de las publicaciones literarias de la Francia del siglo xviii, mostrando un interesante análisis sobre su utilización para publicar difamaciones y calumnias, además de expresar fuertes críticas respecto a las prácticas cotidianas de las figuras públicas de Francia a finales de la década de 1700. Al desentrañar el arte de la calumnia, el arte del canalla, Darnton nos muestra una pieza clave en el pensamiento y la acción de la Francia que transitó del Antiguo Régimen al Imperio napoleónico.

Pop artists of the 1960s, heralded by the Great Andy Warhol, commented on everything from mainstream media to consumer society to advertising to product packaging with colorful and often comical works. Pop Art’s profound influence on contemporary art and culture remains prominent today. Nowhere else can you find so much Pop Art in such a compact, stylish book. Featured artists include - Tom Wesselmann, Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Allan Jones, Allan d'Arcangelo, Wayne Thiebaud, Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Phillips, George Segal, Ed Ruscha, Robert Indiana, Jasper...

The Short Story of Art explores 50 key works, from the wall paintings of Lascaux to contemporary installations, and then links these to sections on art movements, themes and techniques. The design of the book allows the student or art enthusiast to easily navigate their way around key periods, artists and styles. It simplifies and explains the most important and influential concepts in art, and shows how they are linked. The book explains how, why and when art changed, who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and whether they matter. It demystifies artistic...

"Mi espiritu es un pano de animas, un pano de animas de iglesia siempre menesterosa es un pano de animas goteado de cera hollado y roto por la grey astrosa."