Paul Cezanne

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...

Se recogen en este volumen trabajos lingüísticos de índole muy diversa, pero siempre con un factor común: el análisis contrastivo de las lenguas inglesa y española. Aspectos concretos de léxico, la sintaxis, la fonología, la retórica, la pragmática, la traducción o la enseñanza del inglés y el español aparecen analizados desde diversas perspectivas teóricas.

This volume brings together a selection of contributions presented at the 15th European Symposium on Languages for Special Purposes, held at the University of Bergamo (Italy) from 29 August to 2 September 2005. The conference title, «New Trends in Specialized Discourse», reflects the emphasis given to recent orientations in research, coming from established as well as new authors in the field. As suggested by the title of this volume, the analysis of specialized discourse calls for a specialized discourse analysis. When applied linguists deal with vocational discourses, they are faced with...

Nacido en la India en 1954 y afincado en Londres, Anish Kapoor se ha convertido en uno de los artistas más emblemáticos del panorama atístico actual y en un claro representante del multiculturalismo que inaugura el siglo XXI. Su obra, en la que se funden vocabularios visuales y códigos culturales de diversos tiempos y lugares, no entiende de fronteras y busca los puntos de unión y las coincidencias en las divergencias y en los límites: lo colonizado y lo colonizador, el Este y el Oeste, lo ancestral y lo moderno, la naturaleza y la cultura, lo sagrado y lo secular...todo ello amalgamado ...

A landmark encyclopedia on Nicaragua's diverse levels of cultural expression, including history, geographic diversity (Litoral del Pacífico, Centro, Norte y Litoral del Caribe) and information on cultural groups by activity (art, theatre, dance, etc.).