Umbral: Crónicas Y Relatos Yuxtapuestos

El año 1915 llega a Guadalajara, procedente de Europa el maestro José Rolón. Funda su afamada academia y comienza a formar a los músicos que formarán su orquesta, ésta debuta el año de 1917. Antes el año de 1880 existió una orquesta que es el antecedente inmediato de esa tradición orquestal. El estudio es una investigación profunda basada en archivos locales y fuentes de primera mano, así como de los testimonios de algunos de los participantes en varias etapas de la historia singular de la agrupación. Posee un catálogo elaborado por Ramón Macías Mora de casi todos y cada uno...

Quique's father is a soccer announcer. He pushes his son hard in school. The boy thinks he will never please his dad until one day he achieves his goal and gets the recognition he longs for. This book comes with a separate workbook with fun activities to test reading comprehension.

Art historians praise American artist Sam Francis (1923-1994) for painting bold abstract images that elude definition. They often celebrate his ability to create art that seems to be fluid and formless with shapes that are constantly emerging and dissolving. Their specific images -- mandalas, trellises, spirals, self-portraits -- emerged from the artist's psyche, giving form to ideas he could feel and sense but not put into words, but that speak of the great and powerful forces that drive the human mind. Francis painted these archetypal images throughout his career, but they dominated his art ...

Naive art became recognized as such at the end of the 19th century. Created by artists who often lacked formal education, and characterized by a simplicity and spontaneity far removed from formal, institutionally approved styles, naive art is more popular today than ever. This oversize book honors a wide range of important artists of this distinctive form from many countries and time periods, including Henri Rosseau, Seraphine de Senlis, Andre Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Joan Miro, Guido Vedovato, Niko Pirosmani, and Ivan Generalic.

La lectura de el libro de las virtudes hará sentir bien a quien se interne en sus páginas. Sus relatos conmueven profundamente porque ofrecen una filosofía sensible y generosa de la vida y traen a la memoria recuerdos de lo que se supone que es el mundo