Los Misterios del Gran Arcano

Explores the life and work of artist, engineer, inventor, scientist, and Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci, looking at the historical figure as well as the ideas underlying his investigations of nature. Reprint.

"It deals witb a distinguished career which led the Colombian artist from her early stage of "windows" and "doors" to a series of "atmospheres"--In which she seems to leap through the frames of her earlier paintings to find herself before the light that is on the other side and was merely hinted at before. The white canvases of her "atmospheres" - luminous, sparkling and full of matter - in turn fulfill their cycle, opening the way for a further stage which is marked by the recuperatian of the object and a new and fresh approach to nature.

"Pocket version synthesis of other books by the author on the same subject. In four chapters (precolumbian, colonial, republican, and 20th century), author gives a capsulated summary of what Ecuadorian art has been, from the past to the present, in a simple style intentionally suitable for high school students, hence its interest. Complemented with a short bibliography and a glossary of terms for those unfamiliar with the artistic and architectural field"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Robert Redford es una de las grandes estrellas de la historia de Hollywood. A partir de documentos personales de Redford (como diarios, notas de guión o cartas) y de cientos de horas de entrevistas grabadas, Michael Feeney Callan nos descubre al hombre que se esconde tras esta estrella legendaria: su agitada infancia, su incierto comienzo en el mundo de la interpretación, la trágica muerte de su hijo, su tortuosa relación con el director Sydney Pollack, su activismo político, sus éxitos y fracasos artísticos, sus amistades y sus romances.