Memoria Digital

The life of Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) is as compelling as that of any of the women she portrayed in dozens of unforgettable movies and plays—a list that includes Casablanca, Intermezzo, Gaslight, The Bells of St. Mary's, Notorious, Anastasia, and Hedda Gabler. Hers is a story that begins with a tragic childhood in Sweden, then moves on to the nightmare of Germany under the Nazis and later to Hollywood in its golden age. From her position as America's most beautiful, admired, and loved actress, she was plunged into national disgrace and branded "an apostle of degradation" for her...

La obra integra una iconografia completa de Mexico: las tradiciones populares - las que se han perdido, las que estan a punto de desaparecer y las sobrevivierntes - los movimientos sociales y la cultura, a traves de fotografias, seleccionadas por Deborah Holtz, asi como recuerdos y lecturas de Monsivais. El cronista evoca los momentos decisivos y cotidianos de la nacion. Se trata, en sintesis, de una historia del mundo imaginario y vivencial de los mexicanos desde la Colonia hasta nuestros dias. De la Revolucion de 1910 al Mexico de mediados del siglo XX, del cine a la lucha libre, de Octavio ...

Esta rigurosa monografía, amplia y detallada, sitúa al papiamento dentro de los criollos románicos, al tiempo que sitúa su historia externa y describe su estructura interna, diacrónica y sincrónica, subrayando las semejanzas que lo relacionan con dis

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...