Ridley Scott

Aimed at students not originally from Spain, this reference offers an overview of Spanish art history, emphasizing those periods and artists that have been major influences in universal art. The pages in this book summarize and discuss the prehistory and history of Spanish art from Altamira to the end of the 20th century. With a perspective that avoids the academic and seeks clarity, this book can serve anyone interested in Spanish art, for it explains its nuances with a rigor and simplicity that facilitate and inspire an enjoyment of its beauty. Dirigido a estudiantes no españoles, esta...

After the death of Charles I of England, Parliament put up his entire art collection of more than 1500 pieces for auction, thus setting off an arms race of sorts among various powerful members of the European royalty and nobility to see who could acquire the greatest number of masterpieces. In this study, based on the lectures he gave for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies at the National Gallery, Jonathan Brown describes the extraordinary collection that Philip IV of Spain amassed as a result of this fire sale, as well as the collecting habits of individuals such as Archduke Leopold Wilhelm...

La princesa inca Chimpu Ocllo (viuda del capitán Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega) y su criada Tocta, atrapadas en Cuzco por las derivas de la ambición entre los partidarios de Pizarro y Almagro, tendrán que resolver, sin quererlo, una cuestión de fondo político. Mientras intentan salvar sus vidas, nos dibujarán un fresco de la turbulenta época que les tocó vivir, a un lado y otro del Atlántico.

Los cuentos de siempre, los que forman parte de nuestro imaginario, los que los niños quieren escuchar antes de dormir, puestos al día e ilustrados por María Jesús Álvarez, una artista de exquisito estilo. Una antología de cuentos clásicos inolvidables: La bella y la bestia / Pulgarcito / Rapunzel / El patito feo / Los músicos de Bremen / Las hadas / Los siete cabritillos y el lobo / Piel de asno / La reina de las nieves / El sastrecillo valiente / La sirenita / El traje nuevo del emperador / Alibabá y los cuarenta ladrones / El soldadito de plomo.