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...

A stunning presentation of works by contemporary Chinese artists, from the collection of the Swiss diplomat Uli Sigg, one of the worlds most influential collectors of Chinese contemporary art. This book reflects on the current state of art in China today through a selection of over 50 works by different artists produced between 1986 and 2006 a period of enormous economic and social change in the country with worldwide implications. This book shows Chinese avant-garde art against the backdrop of Chinas radical social and economic changes. Many of the works reveal the tension between current...

An astonishing monographic of the work of internationally acclaimed artist Sergio Mora. Sergio Mora (Barcelona, 1975), also known as MAGICOMORA, is an internationally acclaimed painter, illustrator and draftsman. Among many other amazing achievements, he has received a Grammy award, collaborated with designer Philippe Starck, or designed for Gucci. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited all around the world, from Barcelona to New York, passing through Dubai or China. Moraland is the biggest monographic of his works ever published.

En esta obra, Concepción Company aplica el concepto de revolución de Thomas Kuhn, expuesto en su obra La estructura de las revoluciones científicas, a la historia de la lingüística. Para ello, hace un recuento de los diferentes paradigmas que han guiado su quehacer, empezando con los pioneros de esta ciencia relativamente joven, quienes descubrieron y estudiaron el parentesco genético de algunas lenguas indoeuropeas, para luego analizar las contribuciones de los neogramáticos, el estructuralismo, la gramática generativa y el funcionalismo. La autora sintetiza y describe cada una de...

Hay muchas razones para estar insatisfechos y aun por momentos desesperados con respecto a las habilidades para leer y escribir que presentan los de por sí pocos mexicanos que acceden a la educación media superior y superior, por no decir los poquísimos que se gradúan e incluso emprenden estudios de posgrado. Con mucha frecuencia escuchamos los lamentos acerca de la falta de comprensión de textos leídos, así como de los errores de ortografía, puntuación y en general redacción de los textos escritos por ellos. Con todo, una de las fallas más profundas y de mayores consecuencias,...