Cristal de Vanguardia

La victoria del bando sedicioso en la Guerra Civil supuso el despliegue de unos mecanismos represivos sin precedentes en la historia de España. El régimen que acaudillaba el general Franco fue especialmente beligerante en el control de la información y de la opinión. La censura franquista articuló un sistema coercitivo terriblemente eficaz y cruel en todos los ámbitos de la difusión de la información, la opinión, el pensamiento y la creación artística. Hasta ahora diversos especialistas han estudiado sus efectos en el cine, la radio, la prensa, el teatro o la literatura. Sin...

Pleasantly plump With whimsical irony and a style reminiscent of the old masters, Fernando Botero (b.1932) began painting caricatured animals and corpulent bodies with disproportionate heads at a time when his contemporaries were fervently rejecting figurative work in favor of abstraction. More recently he has expanded into sculpture, creating delightful large-scale bronze works portraying the same sorts of voluminous figures he so loved to paint. Like the writings of Gabriel García Márquez or the music of Astor Piazzola, Botero's work has come to represent modern Latin American culture....

Sandra Angelo teaches you the basics of drawing in colored pencil and beyond! Inside this gorgeously illustrated how-to-draw book, you will find numerous step-by-step demonstrations that will teach you how to create beautiful drawings in colored pencil. First you'll learn about the tools and materials you need to get started, with tips about choosing amongst various types of textured and colored papers. Then you'll discover a series of colorful demonstrations with easy-to-follow progressions and clear instructions. As you follow along, you'll also glean important information about colored...

Eva Peron (1919-1952) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Often referred to as "Evita," she was never an officially elected political figure, but by her husband's second term as President, she had become the most powerful woman in the history of her nation. By the 1960s, Evita was an international pop-culture icon; in the 1970s, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the blockbuster musical Evita about her; and in the mid-90s, the musical was adapted to a movie starring Madonna. This small, chunky paperback features all manner of vintage graphic treatments from...