BELLAS ARTES

Con largos años a sus espaldas, el cine de terror guarda en su sombría morada muchos de los grandes momentos de la historia del séptimo arte, ahí está el monstruo de Frankenstein, Norman Bates o el sibarita de Hannibal Lecter para dar fe de ello. En el interior de este libro podrás revivir algunas de las mejores secuencias del género rodadas desde los albores del cine hasta nuestros días, y lo harás en compañía de los directores, actores y equipo técnico que las convirtieron en pequeñas obras de arte, en locuras sangrientas o en verdaderos análisis de la mente humana.

En 1975 se reunieron en un solo libro los principales artículos publicados por André Bazin en la prensa especializada, con el respaldo de Jeanine Bazin y François Truffaut. Este último llegó a decir que, “más que un crítico, Bazin era un escritor de cine, que se preocupaba más de escribir los films que de juzgarlos”.

In art history, we tend to be on first name terms only with the most revered of masters. The Renaissance painter and architect Raphael Santi (1483–1520) is one such star. The man we call simply Raphael has for centuries been hailed as a supreme Renaissance artist. For some, he even outstrips his equally famous, equally first-named, contemporaries, Leonardo and Michelangelo. From 1500 to 1508, Raphael worked throughout central Italy, particularly in Florence where he secured his reputation as a painter of portraits and beautifully rendered Madonnas, archetypical icons within the Catholic faith. In 1508 he was summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II and later embarked on an ambitious mural scheme for the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Within this room, Raphael’s The School of Athens is considered a paradigm of the High Renaissance, merging Classical philosophy with perfected perspectival space, animated figures, and a composition of majestic balance. This essential introduction explores how in just two decades of work, Raphael painted his way to legendary greatness. With highlights from his prolific output, it presents the mastery of figures and forms that secured his place not only in the trinity of Renaissance luminaries but also among the most esteemed artists of all time.

Aunque nunca salió de su tierra natal en los Países Bajos, Rembrandt van Rijn(1606-1669) cambió el curso del arte occidental con su extenso repetorio de pinturas, dibujos y grabados. Su prolífica obra abarca escenas religiosas, históricas y seculares, así como una de las más extraordinarias series de retratos y autorretratos de la historia.

Drawing together original research, design studies, and cultural essays, Renewing the Dream offers the first comprehensive look at the changes remaking the mobility landscape of Southern California—and the opportunities to reappropriate vast tracts of the city for new uses. Edited by James Sanders and produced with the global architecture studio Woods Bagot, this book explores the forces propelling this shift as well as its controversial impact on Los Angeles, as a city once famed for its car-oriented, low-rise landscape is transformed into a more diverse, more dense, more complex place. This many-sided portrait offers essays by a distinguished group of writers, designs for the city’s future, and studies of how the new mobility might allow areas now dedicated to parking and gas stations to be reimagined. Rounding out its portrait are historic photographs, maps, Hollywood images, and the artwork of David Hockney, Catherine Opie, Ed Ruscha, Wayne Thiebaud, Carlos Almaraz, and stills from La La Land to Chinatown. The book is a thought piece on the future of American cities, with lessons that will carry resonance all around the globe.