Microgeografías de Madrid

Escritores y artistas son seres excepcionales portadores de las ideas más agudas y exactas, a las que les dan forma poética o un fondo filosófico. Esta recopilación de citas habla de todas las artes (literatura, música, danza, pintura...), de la locura de

In fall 2012, the hardcover edition of this book was released to critical acclaim and received several awards, including the 2013 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for its innovative collaborative approach and design. Now available in a smaller, more afford - able paperback edition, Petrochemical America features Richard Misrachs haunting photo-graphic record of Louisianas Chemical Corridor, accompanied by landscape architect Kate Orff s Ecological Atlasa series of speculative drawings developed through research and mapping of data from the region. Their joint effort...

As I recall discovering this book of photographs, I remember the sense of beauty and mystery that remains undiminished almost seventy years after its original publication. On a formal plane, one can easily understand how Man Ray manipulated the optics of the camera, juxtaposing near and far, object against object, space against object, and tactile against transparent. It is also apparent how he deliberately manipulated the process of photographic printmaking, using unusual tones of black, white, and gray to transform content into spaces, forms and surfaces. However, it is not simply how Man...

La publicación de un nuevo libro dedicado al estudio de nuestro cine, especialmente en el periodo silente, ha sido siempre motivo de una gran alegría para mí. Qué diré frente a toda una colección, como ésta de los Anales, que dirige, escribe y edita Juan Felipe Leal —acucioso investigador de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México— con la colaboración de Eduardo Barraza. Esta Primera parte del sexto volumen de la serie se ocupa del cinematógrafo en el último año del siglo XIX. El trabajo comienza con un acercamiento a lo que fue la Exposición Universal con la que...

Everyone puts their silver granite. Arabesques drawings -- The indiscreet eye of the cartoonist -- Photochemical precursors -- A small push -- From scientist to merchant -- First lights: Nicephorus Niepce -- The daguerreotype -- Latin American experiments -- Talbotype or calotype -- Wet collodion -- Comic Photography -- The Dry Plate -- Photographic Industries -- Industrial Visionary -- New concepts in the profession -- Not everything was lost with the world wars -- Mexican Light and shadow. First lights -- Finisecular moments -- In search of images -- Finding ways -- Contemporary nuances --...