El Manual del TATUAJE POLINESIO

"It deals witb a distinguished career which led the Colombian artist from her early stage of "windows" and "doors" to a series of "atmospheres"--In which she seems to leap through the frames of her earlier paintings to find herself before the light that is on the other side and was merely hinted at before. The white canvases of her "atmospheres" - luminous, sparkling and full of matter - in turn fulfill their cycle, opening the way for a further stage which is marked by the recuperatian of the object and a new and fresh approach to nature.

A rich man had a garden in which he had planted pear trees sprung from seeds taken from Eden. If eaten, these pears were said to have rejuvenating properties. Since he never had the opportunity to sample his pears -- because the fruit was always stolen from the bough -- he charged his children with finding the thief. But only his youngest will undertake the task and find the enchanted dove.

El presente libro forma parte de un serie que pretende abarcar de forma general y concisa una Historia completa del Arte Español junto con las obras EL SIGLO DEL RENACIMIENTO y DEL NEOCLASICISMO AL IMPRESIONISMO. Este volumen –el primero que se edita- trata del periodo barroco, abarcando todas las manifestaciones artísticas que se incluyen habitualmente en los currículo de Historia del Arte (arquitectura, pintura y escultura).

New volume in important series on Argentinean art. The first to be published since 2005. Covers the middle part of the 20th century with a large section on photography. A basic reference for art from Argentina.