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3) El Greco
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Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and work of Doménikos Theotokópoulos, the sixteenth-century artist who created his greatest works in Spain where he was known as "El Greco."
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xi, 194 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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English
Description
In a compelling example of cultural politics, the Spaniard Pablo Picasso has been transformed into a hero of French modernism. Recently, however, there is a growing awareness that Picasso's involvement with his native land was crucial throughout his life. In this book, eminent art historians examine Picasso's dynamic relationship with the country of his birth and its cultural and artistic traditions.
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English
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Memory is not the same thing as history. Inside Spain as well as outside, many believe-- wrongly-- that under Franco's dictatorship, nothing truthful or imaginatively worthwhile could be said or written or shown. Treglown argues that in recent years the country has begun to make a more public attempt to "reclaim" its modern history, and reveals that despite state censorship, events of the time were vividly recorded. The result is a much-needed reexamination...
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x, 258 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Examines how indigenous artists crafted and used mapas de mercedes de tierras, land grant maps, to negotiate land disputes with Spanish authorities in sixteenth-century New Spain"--
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