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Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí's film, An Andalusian Dog, produced with Buñuel, marked his official entry into the tightly-knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the woman who became his lifelong companion and his source of inspiration. But his relationship soon deteriorated until his final rift with André Breton in 1939. Nevertheless Dalí's art remained surrealist in its philosophy and expression and a...

The Short Story of Art explores 50 key works, from the wall paintings of Lascaux to contemporary installations, and then links these to sections on art movements, themes and techniques. The design of the book allows the student or art enthusiast to easily navigate their way around key periods, artists and styles. It simplifies and explains the most important and influential concepts in art, and shows how they are linked. The book explains how, why and when art changed, who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and whether they matter. It demystifies artistic...

n esta nueva entrega de Varia Nummorum, serie que comenzó en el ya un tanto lejano año 2012, seguimos con el propósito de ofrecer al lector novedades, estudios y curiosidades (en este volumen más de 100) en torno a la numismática antigua, preferentemente (y casi de manera exclusiva) de los siglos II a.C. al siglo I d.C.

Este libro es una historia personal del filme más emblemático del gran realizador chileno que revela minuciosamente, paso a paso, todas las vicisitudes técnicas y humanas que debió enfrentar para su realización, constituyendo también una pieza maestra de la memoria histórica de Chile. “Lo que hicieron Patricio Guzmán y su equipo es un prodigio. Ellos registraron un mito en tiempo real. Hay un país hablando desde el pináculo de su historia, todos encarnando arquetipos y personajes sobre un escenario que hoy nos parece tan coordinado como inevitable. Tragedia a la chilena, con...