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La vida, signifique lo que signifique, no es algo que pueda explicarse desde la eternidad. La memoria de Mariano Fortuny y Marsal ha estado demasiado condicionada por la épica de un destino artístico situado más allá de los avatares terrenales. Sin embargo, como todos los seres humanos, hubo de conciliar sus aspiraciones personales con la complejidad de un sistema que cambiaba rápidamente, condicionado por las apariencias y el dinero. A mediados del siglo XIX, el arte empezó a funcionar como un elemento de prestigio para una nueva élite deseosa de exhibir su poder, no siempre experta...

Since the Foundation of The Hispanic Society of America in 1904 by Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955), there has never been an artist so closely related to his famous art collection as Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). The doors of the Hispanic society had only been open for only a few months when Huntington discovered the work of Sorolla, who at the time was exhibiting at Grafton Galleries. Huntington had found in Sorolla an artist that shared the same love for Spain, its villages and habits; that is why he began organizing the exhibition that would take place a year later. They worked...

This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, it explains from scratch the fundamentals of phonetics (the study of speech sounds) and phonology (the study of sound systems) and describes in detail the phonetic and phonological characteristics of Spanish as it is spoken in both Spain and Latin America. Topics covered include consonants, vowels, acoustics, stress, syllables, intonation, and aspects of variation within Spanish. Clear comparisons are made between the sounds of Spanish and those of English, and students ...

Some of the finest examples of early modern glass in the world appear in this illustrated volume featuring over 200 objects from Bröhan's collection of Austrian, Bohemian and German glass.