Dragones / Dragonology

In a profusely illustrated volume that gathers more than 150 of Diego Velázquez's most representative works, Fernando Marías describes in detail the life and work of the artist and dissects his style. The result is an accessible, erudite, and complete exploration of the work of a man who became Philip IV's favorite painter and is now considered one of the three greatest Spanish painters of all time. En un volumen profusamente ilustrada que recopila más de 150 de las obras más representativas de Diego Velázquez, Fernando Marías describe minuciosamente la vida y obras del artista y...

Book and parallel exhibition is the first retrospective of the paintings by mid-career, Yishai Jusidman (b. Mexico, 1963). His work draws on seventeenth-century portraiture and modern monochrome; a naturalistic still lifes and action painting, a Renaissance technique of tempera and digital electrostatic printing. His artistic production combines visual richness with conceptual rigor and historical breadth. The exhibition includes selections from each of the shows produced since 1987 and will include about 70 pieces in a wide range of formats and scales, from collections in Mexico, Latin...

The book is a selection of 112 works from approximately four hundred thousand works in the Pinacoteca, in various technique and disciplines by artists from the late 19th and 20th centuries who represent more than 100 years in the field of visual arts. Artists include: Pablo O'Higgins, Ignacio Martínez Tendon, Arturo Marty, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Angel Zárraga among many others.

En el siglo X, la cultura estaba resguardada en los conventos y monasterios donde los monjes conocían el Latín. Con la caída del Imperio Romano, desaparecieron las Escuelas Palatinas que difundían y preservaban el latín. Esto facilitó el nacimiento de las lenguas neolatinas o romances y empezaron a evolucionar en los sonidos de su propia lengua. El castellano y los otros dialectos peninsulares conservaban la huella de los substratos prerromanos, sobre todo en la Toponimia y tienen cono punto de partida la Lengua Madre, el Latín. Un monje de este Monasterio de San Millán de Suso,...