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...

This new and spectacular series of more than 180 paintings, all of them chosen by Fernando Botero himself, and 50 of which have never been published before, reveal the essence of the feminine in his work. Four drawings on acetate inserts that Botero created exclusively for this book and an essay on the work of Botero written by the famous Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes complements this impressive survey of Botero's work. Esta nueva selección de las pinturas de Fernando Botero, es una nueva y espectacular serie de más de 180 pinturas, 50 de ellas hasta ahora inéditas y escogidas por el...

Scott Pilgrim's life is fantastic. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, between jobs, and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's awesome until a seriously mind-blowing delivery girl named Ramona Flowers enters his life.

Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) and Manuel Manilla (ca. 1830-1895) are the greatest exponents of Mexican popular engraving. For decades they illustrated thousands of printed matter of various kinds. Among his numerous works are the engravings for one hundred and eighty stories dedicated to children. The book in question is a compendium of the representative sample of the best works of these engravers, whose work places them as the pioneers of the illustration of Mexican children's stories. It is divided in small chapters that classify and reunite the engravings and stories of the stories...

El autor de Tocar los libros (un libro que se ha convertido ya en un pequeño objeto de culto para los amantes de los libros) se adentra en Cortázar y los libros en el mundo más íntimo y curioso de Julio Cortázar, el de su biblioteca personal. El rastro de sus libros subrayados, con esquinas dobladas, apostillas y papeles -hojas de calendario, recortes de periódico, un pedazo de cartulina garabateado- dibuja un retrato imaginario sobre el autor de Rayuela que hará las delicias de bibliófilos y bibliópatas.