Bibliotecas de arte, arquitectura y diseño / Art, Architecture and Design Libraries / Art, Architecture and Design Libraries

La idea de que la lectura puede contribuir al bienestar de la gente es antigua. Pero pocas obras hablan de la naturaleza de los procesos que llevan a la reconstrucción de uno mismo a partir del encuentro con la palabra escrita. Este libro es un esclarecedor ensayo sobre los rodeos que permiten que la lectura desencadene una reorganización de lo posible, aun en los contextos más difíciles.

Picasso was born a Spaniard and, so they say, began to draw before he could speak. As an infant he was instinctively attracted to artist’s tools. In early childhood he could spend hours in happy concentration drawing spirals with a sense and meaning known only to himself. At other times, shunning children’s games, he traced his first pictures in the sand. This early self-expression held out promise of a rare gift. Málaga must be mentioned, for it was there, on 25 October 1881, that Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born and it was there that he spent the first ten years of his life. Picasso’s...

* Los canarios alegran la casa, no sólo con el canto, sino también con sus resplandecientes colores, que van desde el amarillo azafrán hasta el rojo escarlata, del anaranjado más tenue a los colores más inesperados. Este libro le enseñará a reconocer las principales razas y a apreciar las innumerables y sorprendentes variedades cromáticas. * Encontrará aquí valiosos consejos referentes al arte de criar canarios, de domesticarlos para el canto, de cuidarlos, etc. * Además, podrá aprender a interpretar los mensajes que se esconden tras las distintas formas de cantar, las actitudes...

The main objective of this work was to obtain an overview of the Roman monetary circulation in Gallaecia following the road network that crossed this territory in Roman times. With a historical and economic emphasis, this volume aims to understand the process of monetization within the economy of the Galicians and Asturians and the ways in which the phenomenon occurs. Of particular importance is the fact that these people were never minting currency so the monetization process was not provoked by civic institutions but through contact with people and goods coming from outside the territory....