El arte románico español

¿Hay algo más bello que tener un abuelo que sepa contar las historias más disparatadas, los pequeños y grandes milagros y las aventuras más increíbles? Las emocionantes historias entre el abuelo y su nieto, que cuenta Heinz Janisch en tonos tiernos sobre la infancia, la alegría, el amor, el adiós y las mejillas rojas, son ilustradas por Aljoscha Blau con dibujos y colores maravillosamente poéticos, convirtiendo Mejillas rojas “...en uno de los libros más bellos, donde el texto, los dibujos y la edición forman una unidad ideal" (Die Zeit, prestigioso semanario alemán). "Mejillas...

"Men ved du, hvordan det, der foregår i en, viser sig udadtil? Det er som et sort ildsted i ens sjæl, og ingen kommer nogen sinde for at varme sig derved, og de, der går forbi, ser kun lidt røg fra skorstenen, og så går de videre." Vincent van Gogh var ikke bare en uforlignelig kunstner. Også i sine breve formåede han at give udtryk for sine inderste tanker og følelser i farver og billeder, så ordene giver genklang i læserens hjerte. Den danske forfatter og musik- og kunstkritiker Kai Flor har udvalgt og oversat et væld af de smukkeste og mest sigende af den lidenskabelige...

"Pocket version synthesis of other books by the author on the same subject. In four chapters (precolumbian, colonial, republican, and 20th century), author gives a capsulated summary of what Ecuadorian art has been, from the past to the present, in a simple style intentionally suitable for high school students, hence its interest. Complemented with a short bibliography and a glossary of terms for those unfamiliar with the artistic and architectural field"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Arreguín's palpitations of color and light and arrested movement awaken our sublimated vision. His paintings seem to force our entire being to experience its livingness as an insatiable yearning and questing of the eyes." - from the Foreword by Tess GallagherBorn in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguín has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. His canvases are tapestries that mingle diverse and interpenetrating influences and images: the traditional crafts of his native Michoacán; the lush rainforests of his...