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The chair has always been more than a utilitarian item in Mexican culture. The chair's utility, its fundamental importance in everyday life, has made it a productive site for experimentation, producing some of the most iconic examples of Mexican design. In this volume, design curator Anna Elena Mallet explores the chair in Mexican cultural and design history. Organized chronologically as an illustrated timeline, Silla Mexicana presents a lively history...
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A lo largo de la vida, las personas disfrutamos, de media, de más de cinco mil películas. Nos emocionamos con historias y personajes que hacen un clic en nuestro interior que no sabemos explicar. ¿Y si alguien pudiera ayudarnos a entender por qué el cine se ha vuelto imprescindible para el ser humano?En Una película para cada año de tu vida, el periodista y crítico de SensaCine Alejandro G. Calvo se convierte en nuestro guía particular y nos...
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Jorge Alderete (b. Argentina 1972, lives and works in Mexico since 1998), better known as Dr. Alderete, is considered as one of the best graphic artists and illustrators linked to underground rock scene. The book "Sonorama" comprises his production of the last 20 years, mostly produced in Mexico. Dr. Alderete designed the cover of the musical disc "La luz del ritmo" of the Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and the main poster of the Festival Vive Latino 2012....
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One of the most illustrious native sons of Guanajuato is Diego Rivera, who was born in the state capital in 1886. Though he only lived in this city for a short time during his childhood, there are parts of it that unavoidably seep into his paintings. The same happens with figures such as miners, which the painter always depicted as heroic laborers. This volume also details certain historic events, like the dawn of Independence, which were immortalized...
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Aunque la obra de Vermeer se reduce a 35 pinturas, ha originado un xito de ventas del New York Times: una película protagonizada por Scarlett Johansson y Colin Firth: récords de visitantes en museos de todo el mundo, desde Ámsterdam hasta Washington, y la creación de medidas especiales para controlar al público que acude al Mauritshuis de La Haya, lugar de peregrinación de miles de personas para observar la enigmática, inocente y encantadora...