Desnudos

Just as there is a fundamental difference in the use of the words “naked” and “nude”, the unclothed body can evoke a feeling of delight or shame, serving as a symbol of contradictory concepts – beauty and indecency. This book is devoted to representations of the nude by great artists from antiquity and the Italian Renaissance to French Impressionism and contemporary art; from Botticelli and Michelangelo to Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso and Botero. This beautifully produced book provides a collection that will appeal to all art lovers.

El concepto de desnudo puede llevar de la mano connotaciones fundamentales diferentes, en tanto que el cuerpo sin ropa es susceptible de suscitar sensaciones tanto de placer como de vergüenza, sirviendo como símbolo de ideas contradictorias: la belleza y la indecencia. Este libro está dedicado a representaciones de desnudos realizadas por grandes artistas de todos los tiempos, desde la antigüedad y el Renacimiento italiano al Impresionismo francés y el arte contemporáneo, de Botticelli y Miguel Ángel a Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso y Botero. Este libro, de bella factura, reúne una...

Paul Gauguin fue primero un marino y luego un exitoso corredor de bolsa en París. En 1874 comenzó a pintar los fines de semana, como pasatiempo. Nueve años después, tras la caída de la bolsa de valores, se sintió lo bastante confiado en su habilidad para ganarse la vida pintando, que renunció a su puesto y se dedicó a la pintura de tiempo completo. Siguiendo el ejemplo de Cézanne, Gauguin pintó naturalezas muertas desde el principio de su vida artística. Incluso poseía una naturaleza muerta de Cézanne, que aparece en el cuadro de Gauguin Retrato de Marie Lagadu. El año de 1891...

Anthological edition with 10 texts produced from the 1970's to present by noted artist, academic, and critic Luis Camnitzer. The critical essays are centered in art although examined from different perspectives. The author reflects, criticizes and deconstructs the way we understand the artistic system, its power nets and the incidence of the commercial market. "Camnitzer shares with us the condition of looking to a dominant cultural knot, that is, it is inserted in our own same measure in what is known as the 'Colonial relationship'"--P.6.

The volume aims to convey an impression of the richness and fascination of Romance Philology and the infinite variety of the contours and contents of the field of Romance Studies. The author was less concerned with developing novel theoretical models, but rather wanted to trace the manifestations of the most important stages in the development of the subject area and wherever possible to complement them with his own contributions. "

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.

Compilation of articles dealing with various viewpoints of the technology with respect to art, some from a philosophical and cybernetic angles; exploration of the Greek word Technē that unites the technical with the artistic.