Historia del arte para jóvenes

Con El ruido eterno Alex Ross consiguió un éxito sin precedentes en un libro sobre música: la unanimidad crítica y la popularidad entre los lectores lo convirtieron en el gran autor internacional sobre el tema. En Escucha esto, el crítico musical del New Yorker continúa su apasionada exploración de este arte, y "nos demuestra que comprender la música es una forma de entender el mundo" (Time). Conjugando la vida y el arte, la música y la historia, Alex Ross teje atemporales retratos de los maestros canónicos –Mozart, Verdi o Schubert– a la vez que muestra su visión de la música ...

For the first time in the history of research both in Spanish and German linguistics, this book undertakes a comparative study ofthe lexical structures commonly understood as ‘word families’ and the theoretical and methodological basesof their analysis.Using the word families derived from dec(ir) and sag(en) as a main reference point, thestudy discusses differenttheoretical approaches and positions.

This collection of eighteen papers delivered at the twelfth biennial British Judeo-Spanish Studies conference, held in London in 2001, offers a wide selection of world-wide current research into the language, literature, and history of the Sephardi Jews. With contributions by Rachel Amado Bortnick, Tracy K. Harris, Jill Kushner Bishop, Judith R. Cohen, Alexia Duchowny, Dora Mancheva, Aitor Garcia Moreno, Elaine R. Miller, Aldina Quintana, Samuel G. Armistead, Julia R. Lieberman, Ronnie Perelis, Angel Berenguer Amador, Messod Salama, Rena Molho, Rivka Havassy, Maria Esformes and Matilde...

"Sensuous, voluptuous, provocative--the female form has inspired artists for centuries, making it perhaps the most popular subject in the history of painting. Since Venetian painter Giorgione's Sleeping Venus, the first notable female nude in Western painting, painters have focused their talents on the infinite possibilities of the representation of the female body. Featuring lush, full-page illustrations of masterpieces of the genre, Reclining Nude is a feast for the senses. From Titian's alluring Venus of Urbino to Manet's guileless Olympia, Reclining Nude provides a fascinating tour of the ...