Memoria latente

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" With these words, Pablo Picasso described the revolutionary methods of painting and artistic perspective with which he challenged the ways people and the world were defined. His life was a similarly complex prism of people, places, and ideologies that spanned most of the twentieth century. Acclaimed scholar Mary Ann Caws provides in Pablo Picasso a fresh and concise...

Thrust into the global spotlight on her engagement to Prince William, Kate wore a sapphire blue wrap dress by London-based label Issa that promptly sold out. It was the first step in Kate's evolution to become the modern royal style icon she is today – the Duchess of Cambridge. In the decade since, Kate has become the Duchess of Cambridge, a future Queen and a mother of three. Her outfits range from high street to haute couture, with women worldwide fascinated by her style and eager to copy it. The Duchess has used her clothing to make diplomatic gestures, to send messages of solidarity and ...

Son, simplemente, 27 alicantinos ilustres. Sí, tuvieron en su grandeza algo en común: todos entregaron su corazón y su inteligencia a un movimiento de sístole-diástole. Se constriñeron al amor al terruño, a la “terreta” y expandieron su amor al mundo. Fueron, a la vez, pueblerinos y universales... Vayamos en busca de esos nidos donde nacieron, rincones profundos de esta provincia. O de esas moradas donde vivieron, descansaron, escribieron, soñaron... Formaron parte del paisaje humano y, hasta si se me permite, del paisaje geográfico. Cada uno fue montaña en la montaña, mar en...

Alfonso Reyes y Jesus Silva Herzog fueron hombres cabales, honestos y, sobre todo, dos hombres apasionados de Mexico. Desde jovenes su preocupacion y desvelo fue Mexico. El destino les brindo varias oportunidades para servir a su pais, con las palabras y las letras. Los dos mexicanos eran tambien hombres de estudio y pensamiento fecundos. De esas meditaciones dieron a la estampa titulos como "Vision de Anahuac"(1917), "Yerbas del tarahumara"(1934), "Letras patrias"(1946), "La x en la frente"(1952), de parte de Reyes. "Conferencias. Apuntes sobre la evolucion economica de Mexico"(1927),...