Arte, política y crítica

King Mazzel sets out to join the other Magi as they travel to Bethlehem but finds his journey frequently delayed by the many people who need his help along the way.

"Splendid multiauthored volume is an important addition to Ediciones Encuentro of the Biblioteca Quinto Centenario. Fourteen erudite chapters offer comparative visions of the development of architecture and urbanism in the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies, emphasizing the viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru. Selected studies reflecting a variety of methodological approaches to the subject include 'Nuevos espacios para el culto' by Viñuales, 'El convento urbano' by Gutiérrez and Maeder, and 'Santuarios de peregrinación' by Nicolini. Excellent visual material consisting of color plates, ...

Argentine painter Guillermo Kuitca, born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, is widely considered one of the most important contemporary artists in South America. Architecture, theater, music and cartography play a central role in his work, where maps and blueprints are condensed into a world of poetic and territorial fantasies, and reality and fiction overlap. Whether depicting an "Acoustic Mass" at the Old Vic or a constellation map of "Heaven," in each painting or drawing collected here, Kuitca measures the world anew, shedding light on complex spatial contexts and intertwined social processes. This...

Los indicadores del metro de París, la señalización del aeropuerto Charles de Gaulle y los rótulos de las autopistas suizas son algunos de los lugares donde Adrian Frutiger, el gran diseñador tipográfico de nuestro tiempo, ha dejado su huella. En este libro, Adrian Frutiger examina el origen de los signos y la escritura, desde los primeros símbolos hallados en las cuevas prehistóricas o en tabletas de barro, pasando por la caligrafía medieval o la invención de los tipos móviles, hasta llegar a la aparición de las modernas tipografías de palo seco, como la Univers, la Helvetica,...