Lola con alas

El arte de los celtas paganos y del primer cristianismo (500 a.C.-800 d.C.) fue capital para la identidad de este pueblo. Su significado, omnipresente, trascendía la mera ornamentación con un sistema de símbolos que hacía claras afirmaciones sobre el estatus, el poder y el género, sobre la guerra y lo sobrenatural. Por mucho que se tratase de un objeto de uso, su decoración hablaba un lenguaje rico en alusiones, que contiene las claves de una visión del mundo muy diferente de la nuestra. Que los artistas celtas eran maestros supremos en su oficio, queda patente en la sutileza de sus...

This is the first book-length study of Carmen Miranda in English. It traces her origins as a radio singer, recording artist and film star in Brazil in the 1930s, before exploring in depth her Hollywood screen roles and the construction of her long-lasting star persona in the USA.

Famous for having elevated the status of landscape painting, Pieter Bruegel the Elder is also considered to be the greatest 16th-century Flemish master of scenes from ordinary life. This volume presents a collection of his work, including 12 masterpieces.

"Whereas today's fashionable diets create deficiencies and imbalances, and deprive us of part of the joy of living, [this book offers] a celebration of food as an integral part of happiness ... Robuchon offers ... recipes balanced for all seasons and all stages of life, and ... acupuncturist and neuropharmacologist Dr. Nadia Volf provides detailed explanations of the nutritional virtues of fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, meats, and fish--and their effects on our physical and mental well-being"--Amazon.com.