Literatura española sobre artes plásticas / 1

Luis Bunuel's Viridiana is the story of a young novice who, in the space of a short time, is transformed from fervently pious to worldly as she moves from serving God within the convent to serving people outside the convent. When Luis Bunuel began shooting Viridiana in 1961, he decided he did not want stars for the film ("Stars are always horrible," he once remarked). Two of the twelve beggars in the film were not professional actors: the woman dwarf (she was a lottery ticket vendor in Madrid) and the leper. "I remember in particular the remarkable character who played the leper," Bunuel...

Presents a witty assortment of Spanish-language word play and visual palindromes in which sentences and series of illustrations offer an intriguing journey through the imagination. (Language)

Escrita durante la pandemia del Covid-19, esta interesante novela nos plantea una sociedad futura en la que las mujeres humanas han aprendido a vivir sin los hombres, usándolos apenas como meros recipiente de esperma para perpetuar la especie. En esta siniestra distopía, un hombre salvaje se enfrentará al sistema y descubrirá el escalofriante secreto detrás del día en que las mujeres dejaron de amar a los hombres. Ralph Barby nos vuelve a dejar boquiabiertos haciendo gala de su imaginación desbordante y su gusto por lo escabroso. Ralph Barby es el sinónimo de Rafael Barberán...

Rigorous and methodical in its conception, this anecdotic, entertaining, and illustrated tome presents for the first time a detailed look at the artistic career of this disciplined and talented Latin American painter and sculptor. Botero's followers will explore the history of his life, his personal beliefs, and the magic enclosed in the characteristic proportions of his work. Riguroso y metódico en su concepción este tomo anecdótico, divertido y ilustrado presenta por primera vez una vista detallada de la carrera artística del pintor y escultor mas disciplinada y talentosa de América...