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Un interesante recorrido a través de la historia de la escritura desde sus orígenes hasta la época moderna, que nos revela cómo ha cambiado nuestra relación con la palabara escrita en la era digital. Desde las simples formas representativas que se usaban en el antiguo Egipto para registrar los trueques hasta los sofisticados recursos tipográficos disponibles en un ordenador del siglo XXI, podemos afirmar que los distintos periodos de la historia de la escritura conforman la historia de la civilización misma. En La historia de la escritura, Ewan Clayton analiza las distintas etapas de...

"Annotated catalogue of the collection of antique pieces of Mesopotamian, Egyptian,Greek, Etruscan and Roman art from the private collection of Dr. Joaquín GumáHerrera, Count of Lagunillas (b. Cuba 1909-1980), some donations of the Cuban ScienceAcademy and Dr. Antonio Nieto and at present part of the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts.The catalogue includes scientific research contributions from three prestigious specialists: AymeChcuri for the section devoted to Egypt; doctor Maria Castro Miranda for the Greek classicobjects and philologist Ana Vilma Castellanos Bisset with texts on the...

Testimonio fiel de la obra representativa del escritor cat lico franc s Bloy, hombre controvertido que present siempre una sola cara, la del batallador en defensa de sus ideas.

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),...