Hacia un enfoque múltiple de la polisemia

Este estudio no es una historia del cine, sino un ensayo de clasificación de las imágenes y de los signos tal como aparecen en el cine. Se considera aquí un primer tipo de imagen, la imagen-movimiento, con sus variedades principales, imagen-percepción, imagen-afección, imagen-acción, y los signos (no-lingüísticos) que las caracterizan. Unas veces la luz entra en lucha con las tinieblas, y otras desarrolla su relación con el blanco. Las cualidades o potencias se expresan sobre rostros, o bien se exponen en "espacios cualesquiera", mientras que otras veces revelan mundos originarios o...

Housed in the former 16th-century convent of Santo Domingo church, now the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, Mexico, is an important collection of textiles representing the area’s indigenous cultures. The collection includes a wealth of exquisitely made traditional weavings, many that are now considered rare. The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca details a joint project of the Getty Conservation Institute and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico to conserve the collection and to document current use of textile traditions in daily life and...

Now available again, this lively and accessible introduction to one of the world's most beloved artists is filled with color illustrations, fascinating biographical information, and insight into Picasso's artistic development. What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What was his studio like? Who were the people who had the most influence on his art? The answers to these and other questions help bring into focus the Spanish artist's brilliant career and his influence on 20th-century art. Color reproductions of Picasso's masterpieces are...

The correspondence between Joan Mir and Josep Llus Sert - comprehensively compiled for the first time in this publication - offers an essential document for understanding the convergence between these two individuals despite the physical distance that separated them for most of their lifetimes. The correspondence is supplemented with personal statements from Mir and Sert in the form of writings, photographs, sketches, architectural plans, and press clippings. This material has been consulted in the archives of the Josep Llus Sert Collection at Harvard University, the Fundaci Pilar i Joan Mir...