Literatura española sobre artes plásticas / 1

Este libro sigue el programa de la asignatura de Historia del Arte Moderno que se imparte en la Facultad de Historia de la UNED. Se ha pretendido que también pueda ser útil para los alumnos de otras universidades. El libro cuenta con gran cantidad de reproducciones de obras de arte para establecer la relación entre el texto y las imágenes.

"Arreguín's palpitations of color and light and arrested movement awaken our sublimated vision. His paintings seem to force our entire being to experience its livingness as an insatiable yearning and questing of the eyes." - from the Foreword by Tess GallagherBorn in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguín has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. His canvases are tapestries that mingle diverse and interpenetrating influences and images: the traditional crafts of his native Michoacán; the lush rainforests of his...

Una monografía sobre la historia y arte del hospital de la Orden de San Juan de Dios en Madrid. Lourdes García Melero presenta su tesis doctoral defendida en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, en esta obra compuesta de dos volúmenes y un apéndice documental en CD.

A movie can transport us back to a lost moment in time or can remind us of a loved one. Movies have the power to give people strength during difficult times, and they can serve as do-it-yourself manuals to carry people through life. In this fun book, the authors suggest answers to everyday challenges taken from movies throughout history. For example, a fear of commitment might lead one to watch "Breakfast at Tiffany s," or if one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, "American Beauty" might be the movie to turn to."

Since the Foundation of The Hispanic Society of America in 1904 by Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955), there has never been an artist so closely related to his famous art collection as Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). The doors of the Hispanic society had only been open for only a few months when Huntington discovered the work of Sorolla, who at the time was exhibiting at Grafton Galleries. Huntington had found in Sorolla an artist that shared the same love for Spain, its villages and habits; that is why he began organizing the exhibition that would take place a year later. They worked...