El XIV duque de Alba coleccionista y mecenas de arte antiguo y moderno

El arte del siglo XIX está formado por muchos artes surgidos de la ruptura con las normas del pasado y de las experiencias e innovaciones de las que arrancarán muchas de las aportaciones originales y radicales del siglo XX. Porque lo que se produce, sobre todo, es un cambio de conciencia, de la noción de arte, del papel del artista en la vida moderna, de la arquitectura y de la ciudad.

"Annotated catalogue of the collection of antique pieces of Mesopotamian, Egyptian,Greek, Etruscan and Roman art from the private collection of Dr. Joaquín GumáHerrera, Count of Lagunillas (b. Cuba 1909-1980), some donations of the Cuban ScienceAcademy and Dr. Antonio Nieto and at present part of the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts.The catalogue includes scientific research contributions from three prestigious specialists: AymeChcuri for the section devoted to Egypt; doctor Maria Castro Miranda for the Greek classicobjects and philologist Ana Vilma Castellanos Bisset with texts on the...

Título: “El Palacio del Gobernador De la Concha“. Autor: Federico G. Bordese. Editor: Revista HISTÓRICA del Archivo Fotográfico de Córdoba – ISSN: 1793-5748. Año: octubre de 2015.

Long before the arrival of Hernn Corts, birds, serpents, the sun and moon, and human sacrifices figured prominently in the rituals and daily spiritual life of the inhabitants of todays Mexico. In the early sixteenth century, Roman Catholic missionaries began arriving in the area of TenochtitlanMexico Cityto convert the native Mexica to Christianity. The priests met with limited success until 1531, the year Juan Diego, a poor Mexica, first encountered the vision of the Heavenly Lady, now known as Our Lady of Guadalupe.Guadalupe is a lavishly illustrated history of Mexico's religious...