Armas blancas / Edged Weapons

Una recopilación de las mejores columnas de una de las mejores periodistas del país. Por más de una década la revista Semana ha publicado las columnas, entrevistas y crónicas de María Jimena Duzán. En estas ha quedado un registro de la realidad política del país, de los líderes y las fuerzas que compiten por el poder, así como de escandalosas formas de corrupción y graves atentados a la democracia; en sus investigaciones, Duzán elabora los grandes temas que ocupan el interés colectivo en un momento en que la sociedad ve pasar ante sí hechos que marcan el rumbo de su historia,...

The self-appointed “leader” of the artists’ group Die Brücke (Bridge), founded in Dresden in 1905, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a key figure in the early development of German Expressionism. His first works show the influence of Impressionism, Post-impressionism and Jugendstil, but by about 1909, Kirchner was painting in a distinctive, expressive manner with bold, loose brushwork, vibrant and non-naturalistic colours and heightened gestures. He worked in the studio from sketches made very rapidly from life, often from moving figures, from scenes of life out in the city or from the Die...

Naive art became recognized as such at the end of the 19th century. Created by artists who often lacked formal education, and characterized by a simplicity and spontaneity far removed from formal, institutionally approved styles, naive art is more popular today than ever. This oversize book honors a wide range of important artists of this distinctive form from many countries and time periods, including Henri Rosseau, Seraphine de Senlis, Andre Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Joan Miro, Guido Vedovato, Niko Pirosmani, and Ivan Generalic.

Treinta y dos miniaturas a todo color más oro representativas de la Biblia más profusamente ilustrada de la historia.