Bajo el bramido del trueno

Throughout the history of art, drawing has always represented the most profound and true expression of artists' visions, the final frontier to prove the depth of their talent. This book is an exploration of several of Colombia's most representative artists' pencil work. In most cases, these sketches are the most basic yet crucial point of an artistic idea that is later completed in another medium—paint, marble, photography, or a computer. A lo largo de toda la historia del arte, el dibujo representa la expresión más profunda y verdadera del artista, la frontera final para probar la...

El hombre en esta vida es una marioneta que da vueltas en círculos sin saber comprender hacia dónde va o que hay después que las tempestades se apagan, un ir y venir sin rumbo. Estamos extraviados y perdidos de alguna u otra manera.

The self-appointed “leader” of the artists’ group Die Brücke (Bridge), founded in Dresden in 1905, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a key figure in the early development of German Expressionism. His first works show the influence of Impressionism, Post-impressionism and Jugendstil, but by about 1909, Kirchner was painting in a distinctive, expressive manner with bold, loose brushwork, vibrant and non-naturalistic colours and heightened gestures. He worked in the studio from sketches made very rapidly from life, often from moving figures, from scenes of life out in the city or from the Die...

This collection of fifty-seven essays, manifestos, and other prose writings on literature, painting, music, and cinema is drawn from various "little magazines" published in Spain from 1919-1930. This volume, edited by Paul Ilie, is intended to serve as a tool with which to break new ground in the study of the Spanish vanguard.