Una casa con piano

Pop artists of the 1960s, heralded by the Great Andy Warhol, commented on everything from mainstream media to consumer society to advertising to product packaging with colorful and often comical works. Pop Art’s profound influence on contemporary art and culture remains prominent today. Nowhere else can you find so much Pop Art in such a compact, stylish book. Featured artists include - Tom Wesselmann, Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Allan Jones, Allan d'Arcangelo, Wayne Thiebaud, Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Phillips, George Segal, Ed Ruscha, Robert Indiana, Jasper...

A rich man had a garden in which he had planted pear trees sprung from seeds taken from Eden. If eaten, these pears were said to have rejuvenating properties. Since he never had the opportunity to sample his pears -- because the fruit was always stolen from the bough -- he charged his children with finding the thief. But only his youngest will undertake the task and find the enchanted dove.

Textos de Felipe B. Pedraza, Concepción García de León Álvarez, Ma Teresa Cattaneo, Germán Vega García-Luengos, Marta Villarino - Graciela Fiadino, Enrico Di Pastena, Sofía Eiroa, Olga Fernández Fernández, Fernando Doménech Rico, Ma Teresa Julio, Marie-Francoise Déodat-Kessedjian, Juan José Pastor Comín, Alejandra Pacheco y Costa, Antonio Ballesteros González, Christophe Couderc, Emilio Palacios Fernández, María Elena Arenas Cruz, Andrés Peláez Martín y Ma Ángela Celis Sánchez.

¿Quién no conoce el cuento de “El soldadito de plomo”? En la narración de Hans Christian Andersen, el soldado de una sola pierna se enamora de la bailarina de palacio, es arrancado de su pequeño mundo, comienza un viaje aventurero en un barco de papel y, finalmente, regresa a casa, donde se le depara un final agridulce. Jörg Müller, el gran ilustrador suizo se apoya en esa historia como punto de partida para crear este inusual álbum sin palabras. El artista quiere que los dibujos sean “leídos” atentamente. Los múltiples detalles contenidos en ellos señalan el camino y...