Georges Seurat

Now available again, this lively and accessible introduction to one of the world's most beloved artists is filled with color illustrations, fascinating biographical information, and insight into Picasso's artistic development. What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What was his studio like? Who were the people who had the most influence on his art? The answers to these and other questions help bring into focus the Spanish artist's brilliant career and his influence on 20th-century art. Color reproductions of Picasso's masterpieces are...

After building a house for herself and her cat, Tomasa adds on rooms for her friends and family. Doors and windows open and close, showing what's inside each addition to the house.

Para quienes se dedican al arte, la luz puede convertirse en un poder misterioso y fascinador. El carácter visionario de la luz radica en su cualidad numinosa, porque no es la luz óptica lo que se aborda aquí, sino Aquello que a través de ella se manifiesta. Ante una realidad que solo es percibida tenuemente, la luz adquiere su verdadera significación desde la experiencia visionaria y la creación artística. Este libro presenta un estudio exhaustivo sobre el fenómeno de la inspiración, entendido como un desplazamiento de acceso a lo visionario y su posterior traducción en...

From the beginning of the sixties, Mary Kelly's works have dealth with the muddle of the language and its cultural and psychological impact. Her narrative installations question the traditional explanations of the daily life. The project The ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi comes up in 1999 after reading a piece of news published in a daily in Los Angeles, a report relating the story of Kastriot, an Albanian boy whose mother left for dead during the war in Kosovo, being rescued alive by the Serbians afterwards to meet his parents later on in good health. Based on these facts, Mary Kelly made this...

El arte contemporáneo internacional de los últimos decenios no ha dejado de diversificarse en las más variadas posiciones y corrientes. Esto ha hecho que los especialistas, y más aún los no expertos, encontraran difícil moverse en el mundo de los conceptos y teorías específicos del arte. El presente diccionario le brinda al lector la posibilidad de orientarse en este terreno, y sus descripciones e interpretaciones concisas le ofrecerán una vista panorámica del arte contemporáneo y de las discusiones inherentes a él.