Estudios de platería

Personajes relevantes de la vida pública española harán un retrato plural y personal de la figura del rey Juan Carlos I.Luis María Anson, Marcelino Oreja Aguirre, Miguel Ángel Aguilar, Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Manuel Marín González, Felipe González Márquez, Victoria Prego, Soledad Gallego-Díaz, Nicolás Redondo Urbieta, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Jodi Pujol, Pasqual Maragall, José Antonio Ardanza, Carlos Garaicoetxea, Rodolfo Martín Villa, Adolfo Suárez Illana, Santiago Carrillo Solares, Juan Luis Cebrián, Fernando Morán López, Santos Juliá, Jaime...

In this intermediate-level reader; twelve thematically oriented units introduce students to the literary and artistic contributions of the Hispanic world. The literary selections include most major genres and are complemented by full color illustrations of significant artistic movements. Literatura y arte can be readily used on its own or in conjunction with one or both of the other coordinated Intermediate Spanish volumes.

Sólo hay dos cosas que nos abocan masivamente al ruido y la furia, mientras otros juegan alegremente en nuestro lugar: el fútbol y las elecciones... De este último fenómeno trata la aventura de Superlópez "Elecciones en Kaxim", que transcurre en otro planeta para evitar oscuras sospechas de imparcialidad.

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...