EL BLOG DE ASKAN

La historia de mi vida habla de momentos que viví desde pequeño hasta hacerme mayor, de recuerdos que tengo y que nunca olvidaré. Momentos divertidos, difíciles, etc… Esta ha sido mi vida.

Constituye no sólo un documento apasionante sobre la vida y la obra de un hombre que antepuso siempre la verdad a la conveniencia, sino también una fuente de primera importancia para la mejor comprensión de su pensamiento.

First published in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes was destined to beget a whole new genre, the so-called picaresque novel. Its great popularity may be attributed largely to its daring autobiographical form, which allows the reader to observe the magnificent, conquering Spain of Charles the Fifth through the inner consciousness of a humble figure called Lazarus, whose name, perhaps, comes from the poor leper mentioned in the Gospels. The Lazarillo is the first literary expression of a feeling basic to the very existence of the Spanish people, especially since the fifteenth century: they were what...

In 1956, Time magazine referred to Pollock as “Jack the Dripper.” His iconic paintings stretch out with the generosity and scale of the landscape of America's West where the artist grew up. The cathartic dribbled paint reflected Pollock's troubled mind. This book traces his career and discusses how his loose, individual style was used as a political weapon in the Cold War, representing America as a free, democratic nation. Illustrations simplify the theory and reveal the hidden meaning behind the mesh of painted lines.