La violencia en casa

This publication tours the Museo de Arte de Ponce's collection of highly regarded Spanish painting and sculpture. The museum, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, celebrates the richness of Western art from the dawn of the Renaissance through to the end of the 19th century.

A beautifully produced, comprehensive look at Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez that traces her alluring and evocative paintings and sculpture from the 1950s to today Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez (b. 1926) often says, “Soy isla” (“I am an island”), expressing her desire for solitary, uncompromising practice. It also serves as a metaphor for her experience as an islander—connected to and disconnected from both the mainland and mainstream art currents, such as concretism, gestural abstraction, and minimalism. Characterized by reductive forms, clean lines, and sensuous curves suggestive of...

La primera catedral concebida en gótico en el Reino de Aragón, y aun en la Corona, vinculada a la expresión simbólica de la monarquía del joven Jaime I, ha sido la gran desconocida hasta las investigaciones derivadas de la reciente restauración, prolongada durante veinte años. En su seno se ha identificado la configuración original del edificio y se han distinguido las modificaciones que experimentó en épocas sucesivas, incluidas las de las restauraciones del siglo XX. Una parte esencial de este reconocimiento ha sido la de sus acabados: los cromáticos de las superficies de los...

Reprint of survey of 19th century art history in Costa Rica. The book studies how art, economy, politics and society interrelated during the formative process of the nation and the ideals that promoted local art appreciation.