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Un recorrido por la imponente colección expuesta en las salas del museo MNAC. Este libro explica las obras que se pueden ver en el museo MNAC enmarcándolas en un relato general y rigurosamente actualizado sobre la historia del arte catalán de los últimos siglos de la Edad Media.

Detrás de los retratos de Frida Kahlo se ocultan tanto la historia de su vida como la de su obra. Es precisamente esta combinación la que atrae al espectador. La obra de Frida es un testimonio de su vida. Pocas veces se puede aprender tanto acerca de un artista con sólo contemplar lo que él inscribe dentro del marco de sus cuadros. Frida Kahlo es sin lugar a dudas la ofrenda de México a la historia del arte. Tenía apenas dieciocho años cuando un terrible accidente cambió su vida para siempre, dejándola discapacitada y agobiada de un dolor físico permanente. Pero su carácter...

"El canon accidental: Woman artists in Argentina (1890-1950)" presents a wide selection of works produced by women artists in Argentina from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. By making visible their careers, which often included consecration at different venues, the exhibition sets out to examine the paths explored by women as they searched for an artistic identity and a way to make a living. "El canon accidental" includes more than 80 works by 44 artists at the margins of art history and by others almost entirely unknown today, though they earned the admiration of their...

Major Arcana in English, represent in a reading vital things, of great importance, transcendental, with a long duration in time. They symbolize some fundamental archetypes of the human psyche and their meaning entails the learning of certain lessons or experiences of great impact in our lives. In tarot, the arcana are considered as hidden energies, either white magic or black magic. The term arcana refers to the 78 cards that make up the deck of cards that is often used as a way to guess or prophesy about the future. Each of the 22 arcana represents an image of archetypal character, with...