La fortaleza del dragón

The present research study represents art historian Ramirez' reflections on the modernistic movement developed in Mexico in the early 20th century through detailed examination of diverse critical texts published in exhibition catalogues and other publications. The author analyses the protagonists, the institutions (particularly that of the National School of Fine Arts) and the visual expressions that represented the modernist alternative of Post Revolutionary Mexico. Some names mentioned include noted artists like: Jesús Contreras, Julio Ruela, German Gedovius, Gerardo Murillo (Dr. Atl),...

Eugenio Barba is recognized as one of the most important theatre practitioners working today. Along with the company he founded over fifty years ago, the world-acclaimed Odin Teatret, he continues to produce extraordinary theatre performances that tour the world, and his International School of Theatre Anthropology has greatly developed research into the craft of the actor. Now revised and updated, this volume reveals the background to and work of a major influence on twentieth- and twenty-first century performance. Eugenio Barba is the first book to combine: an overview of Barba’s work and ...

The book is a selection of 112 works from approximately four hundred thousand works in the Pinacoteca, in various technique and disciplines by artists from the late 19th and 20th centuries who represent more than 100 years in the field of visual arts. Artists include: Pablo O'Higgins, Ignacio Martínez Tendon, Arturo Marty, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Angel Zárraga among many others.

El reconocimiento artístico, pese a ocupar un lugar central en los debates y jerarquías del mundo cultural, ha sido un problema poco estudiado desde el ámbito académico. Con un enfoque sociológico y a partir de ejemplos que van de la escultura clásica al arte contemporáneo, Vicenç Furió arroja luz sobre los agentes y procesos a través de los cuales se construye la reputación del arte y los artistas. La estimación del prestigio y la calidad es un hecho históricamente variable y condicionado por los filtros personales y culturales de quienes emiten este tipo de juicios. Los...