Propuesta de gramática funcional

"The birds, now immobile were organized in a scanner and converted into disturbing [photographic] images that maintain their vigorous splendor, sumptuous colors; the eternal presence of the beautiful "Duino Elegies" where poet Rainer Maria Rilke sings to the lethal birds of the soul and the beauty of the angels that announce their death are the inspirational reference for the artist"--Colophon. Includes short story "The man who spoke with birds" by Ethel Krauze.

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

El 68, el Halconazo en 71, la reforma electoral del 79, los simos de 85, la "caida del sistema" en las elecciones del 88, los asesinatos de Lui Donaldo Colosio y Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu en 1994, el zapatismo, el regimen de Ernesto Zedillo y el "error de diciembre", el arribo de Vicente Fox a la presidencia, el ascenso de Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador y la sospechosa incognita del proceso electoral de 2006: aqui se analizan, ademas de los grandes acontecimientos, todos los giros en el papel de los medios en Mexico en los ultimos cuarenta años, lo que se ha conseguido en cuanto al derecho a...

Beto Ortiz vuelve al lugar del crimen. Es nuestro cronista de la huida. El prófugo que pasea por el mundo algunas tristezas pero siempre regresa, maltrecho, tras perder otra vez las mismas guerras: una familia que se deshace ante sus ojos, un corazón en perpetua clandestinidad, un país que se derrumba sobre su cabeza. Hay personas que son destinos y los destinos están escritos. Como este libro. Con la crueldad de un niño que trae noticias horribles con una sonrisa.

Behind Frida Kahlo’s portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida’s work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico’s gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he...