Series de culto

Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza, (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably. It has been the purpose of BICRES I (from the beginnings to 1600), published in 1994 in the same series, to bring already available bibliographical information together with the more recent research findings, scattered in many places, books and articles and published during the past one hundred years. Now, the second volume, covering the years from...

Este volumen reúne los trabajos presentados en las III Jornadas de Historia y Patrimonio de Lepe. Participan cualificados especialistas de diversos ámbitos patrimoniales que, siempre desde perspectivas globales y conocimientos interdisciplinares, abordan varias de las parcelas más relevantes del patrimonio local, diagnosticando la situación actual y proponiendo, en su caso, medidas de intervención destinadas a su preservación y posible puesta en valor. Las peculiaridades y signifi cado histórico de la arquitectura defensiva e industrial de la zona, la política patrimonial del...

Great grandfather longed to travel the seas, but life got in the way and he never left. His dauthter, though, carries out her father's dreams.

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...