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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning: Volume 2
by Bruce Stiftel Vanessa Watson Henri AcselradDialogues in Urban and Regional Planning offers a new selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning school associations. The award winning papers presented illustrate the concerns and the discourse of planning scholarship communities and provide a glimpse into planning theory and practice by planning academics around the world. All those with an interest in urban and regional planning will find this collection valuable in opening new avenues for research and debate.This book is published in association with the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN), and the nine planning school associations it represents, who have selected these papers based on regional competitions.
Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 6: The Right to the City
by Christopher Silver Robert Freestone Christophe DemaziereThe Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning series offers a selection of some of the best scholarship in urban and regional planning from around the world. The internationally recognized authors of these award-winning papers take up a range of salient issues from the theory and practice of planning. This 6th volume incorporates essays that explore the salient issue commonly referred to as "The Right to the City." This theme speaks to a growing new movement within planning theory and practice with multiple aims and strategies but with the common objective of advancing a more just and equitable world. The right to the city functions as a manifesto advancing academic explorations of the opportunities for, and barriers to, expanding human and environmental justice. At the same time, it extends beyond academic inquiry to engage directly with the policy, legal and political dimensions of human rights. The right to the city has been invoked by global bodies such as United Nations-Habitat and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to bolster not only their agendas around fundamental human rights but advance urban policies promoting inclusion, sustainability, and resilience. Dialogues 6 offers engaging explorations into the academic expeditions by the global planning community that have helped to energize this movement. The papers assembled here through processes of peer review represent an invaluable collection to untangle the complexities of this dynamic new approach to urban and regional planning. The Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) series is published in association with the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) and its member national and transnational planning schools associations.
Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp
by Pierre Cabanne”Marcel Duchamp, one of this century’s pioneer artists, moved his work through the retinal boundaries which had been established with impressionism into t field with impressionism into t field where language, thought and vision act upon one another, <P><P>There it changed form through a complex interplay of new mental and physical materials, heralding many of the technical, mental and visual details to be found in more recent art...In the 1920s Duchamp gave up, quit painting. He allowed, perhaps encouraged, the attendant mythology. One thought of his decision, his willing this stopping. Yet on one occasion, he said it was not like that. He spoke of breaking a leg. ’You don’t mean to do it,’ he said.The Large Glass. A greenhouse for his intuition. Erotic machinery, the Bride, held in a see-through cage—’a Hilarious Picture.’
Dialogues with Silence
by Thomas MertonAn intensely personal devotional book from Thomas Merton, the ultimate spiritual writer of our time, showing his contemplative and religious side through his prayers and rarely-seen drawings. The only Merton gift book available.Dialogues with Silence contains a selection of prayers from throughout Merton's life--from his journals, letters, poetry, books--accompanied by all 100 of Merton's rarely seen, delightful Zen-like pen-and-ink drawings, and will attract new readers as well as Merton devotees. There is no other Merton devotional like this, and the paperback edition will be elegantly designed and packaged.
Dialogues with Silence
by Thomas MertonAn intensely personal devotional book from Thomas Merton, the ultimate spiritual writer of our time, showing his contemplative and religious side through his prayers and rarely-seen drawings. The only Merton gift book available. Dialogues with Silence contains a selection of prayers from throughout Merton's life--from his journals, letters, poetry, books--accompanied by all 100 of Merton's rarely seen, delightful Zen-like pen-and-ink drawings, and will attract new readers as well as Merton devotees. There is no other Merton devotional like this, and the paperback edition will be elegantly designed and packaged.
Diamond Bar
by City of Diamond Bar Diamond Bar Historical SocietyAs with many Southern California communities, Diamond Bar's recorded history began with a Spanish land grant. One of the area's first settlers was Jose de la Luz Linares, who founded Rancho Los Nogales (Ranch of the Walnut Trees) on the 4,340 acres granted to him by Mexican governor Juan Alvarado in 1840. The grant included Brea Canyon and the eastern Walnut Valley, a portion of which became the Diamond Bar Ranch, founded by Frederick E. Lewis II in 1918. In 1956, the area looked much as it did in 1840, its golden hills peppered with green stands of oak and walnut trees and grazed by large herds of cattle. In that year, the Transamerica Corporation paid $10 million for 8,000 acres of Brea Canyon, with plans to construct Southern California's largest master-planned community and name it Diamond Bar. Incorporated on April 18, 1989, the city of Diamond Bar is home to nearly 55,000 residents and is located at the crossroads of the Orange (57) and Pomona (60) Freeways on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.
The Diamond of Drury Lane (Cat Royal #1)
by Julia GoldingOrphan Catherine "Cat" Royal, living at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, tries to find the "diamond" supposedly hidden in the theater, which unmasks a treasonous political cartoonist, and involves her in the street gangs of Covent Garden.
Diana Rigg: The Biography
by Kathleen TracyRecently voted the "sexiest television star of all time" by TV Guide readers, Diana Rigg is best known as the brilliant and seductive British agent, Emma Peel on The Avengers. The Tony and Emmy award-winning actress is famous not only for her acting talent, but for her keen intelligence and strong opinions as well.Diana Rigg biographer Kathleen Tracy reveals the fascinating professional and personal life of this rebellious, outspoken icon of feminism-from her childhood in India and early days with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London to her tenure on The Avengers, her role in the Bond film On Her Maiesty's Secret Service and her distinguished stage career.
Diane Arbus: A Biography
by Patricia BosworthBosworth's remarkable look at the life of Diane Arbus, one of the most acclaimed and provocative photographers of her time Diane Arbus became famous for her intimate and unconventional portraits of twins, dwarfs, sideshow performers, eccentrics, and everyday "freaks." Condemned by some for voyeurism, praised by others for compassion, she was nonetheless a transformative figure in twentieth-century photography and hailed by all for her undeniable genius. Her life was cut short when she committed suicide in 1971 at the peak of her career. In the first complete biography of Arbus, author Patricia Bosworth traces the arc of Arbus's remarkable life: her sheltered upper-class childhood and passionate, all-consuming marriage to Allan Arbus; her roles as wife and devoted mother; and her evolution from fashion photographer to critically acclaimed artist--one who forever altered the boundaries of photography.
Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer
by Arthur LubowThe definitive biography of the beguiling Diane Arbus, one of the most influential and important photographers of the twentieth century, a brilliant and absorbing exposition that links the extraordinary arc of her life to her iconic photographs.Diane Arbus brings to life the full story of one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century, a visionary who revolutionized photography and altered the course of contemporary art with her striking, now iconic images. Arbus comes startlingly to life on these pages, a strong-minded child of unnerving originality who grew into a formidable artist and forged an intimacy with her subjects that has inspired generations of artists. Arresting, unsettling, and poignant, her photographs stick in our minds. Why did these people fascinate her? And what was it about her that captivated them?It is impossible to understand the transfixing power of Arbus’s photographs without understanding her life story. Arthur Lubow draws on exclusive interviews with Arbus’s friends, lovers, and colleagues, on previously unknown letters, and on his own profound critical understanding of photography, to explore Arbus’s unique perspective. He deftly traces Arbus’s development from a wealthy, sexually precocious free spirit into first a successful New York fashion photographer, and then a singular artist who coaxed hidden truths from her subjects. Lubow reveals that Arbus’s profound need not only to see her subjects but to be seen by them drove her to forge unusually close bonds with these people, helping her discover the fantasies, pain, and heroism within each of them.Diane Arbus is the definitive biography of this unique, hugely influential artist. This magnificently absorbing, sensitive treatment of a singular personality brushes aside the clichés that have long surrounded Arbus and her work to capture a brilliant portrait of this seminal artist whose work has immeasurably shaped art and modern culture.Lubow’s Diane Arbus finally does justice to Arbus, and brings to life the story and art of one of the greatest American artists in history.Diane Arbus includes a 16-page black-and-white photo insert.
Diane von Furstenberg: A Life Unwrapped
by Gioia DilibertoA sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late twentieth-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the “wrap dress,” captured the modern feminist spirit.The daughter of a Holocaust survivor and wife of an Austrian nobleman, Diane von Furstenberg burst onto New York’s fashion scene in 1969, and within a few years became an international sensation with her colorful wrap dress in printed jersey. Embraced by millions of American women of all ages, sizes, and shapes, the dress became a cult object and symbol of women’s liberation, tied inexorably to the image of youth, independence, and sex Diane herself projected.In this masterful biography, Gioia Diliberto brings Diane’s extraordinary life into focus, from her post-World-War-II childhood in Belgium, through her rise to the top of the fashion world during the decadent seventies and glamorous go-go eighties, to her humiliating failures both professional and personal, and her remarkable comeback in the nineties. Like Coco Chanel, Diane has always been her own best advertisement. Morphing from a frizzy brunette outsider in a sea of sleek blondes to a stunning pop cultural icon, she embodied the brand she created—“the DVF woman,” a model of self-sufficiency, sensuality, and confidence.Diliberto’s captivating, balanced portrait, based on scores of interviews with Diane’s family, friends, lovers, employees, and the designer herself, explores von Furstenberg’s relationships with her husbands and lovers, and illuminates fashion’s evolution from rare luxury to marketing monster and the development of a uniquely American style. Lively and insightful, the book also explores the larger world of the nation’s elite, where fashion, culture, society, politics, and Hollywood collide. Diane von Furstenberg is a modern fable of self-invention, fame, wealth, failure, and success that mirrors late-twentieth century America itself.
The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald Vol 1
by Ben P RobertsonAn energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline.
Diario de una bordadora
by Srta. LyloLa inspiradora historia de Srta. Lylo, o cómo el bordado puede enmendar, reparar y construir una vida. «Srta.Lylo consigue atravesarte intensamente con la aguja y el hilo. Las puntadas se convierten en un idioma cargado de sutileza y sensibilidad. Este libro es mucho más que un libro sobre bordado: es una absoluta obra de arte y generosidad».Agustina Guerrero «A mí, el bordado me salvó», nos dice la narradora al inicio. Hasta los treinta y cinco años, su vida discurrió como un punto hilván. Pero al decidir ser madre, comenzó un vía crucis de ilusiones, de soledad, de culpa, que transitó hasta hallar en el bastidor una inesperada salida. Hoy, con el nombre de Srta. Lylo, teje su historia de aprendizaje y búsqueda de identidad, una historia que se entremezcla con la de otras mujeres, como Jane Austen, May Morris o Louise Bourgeois, cuyas trayectorias fueron atravesadas por la aguja. Un emotivo relato lleno de delicadeza y ternura, una guía de iniciación al bordado y a la vida. La crítica ha dicho... «Lo más valioso en los bastidores de Loly no son los bordados, es la historia de valor y remiendo que existe detrás de ellos. Te celebro mi querida valiente, porque bordas uno de los dolores más profundos e ignorados de nuestra historia, porque cuando una levanta la aguja, todas bordamos».Gimena Romero
Diary of a Drag Queen
by Crystal Rasmussen Tom Rasmussen“This book changed my life. Tom Rasmussen’s honesty, vulnerability, and fearlessness jump out of every page and every word. It is the queer bible I’ve always needed.” —Sam Smith, singer and songwriter"Tom covers the nuance, doubt, and uncertainty of being a drag queen. Crystal covers the transcendence . . . Charisma and quick intelligence—two qualities that have long been prerequisites for drag . . . Diary puts on technicolor display." —Katy Waldman, The New YorkerIn these pages, find glamour and gaffes on and off the stage, clarifying snippets of queer theory, terrifyingly selfish bosses, sex, quick sex, KFC binges, group sex, the kind of honesty that banishes shame, glimmers of hope, blazes of ambition, tender sex, mad dashes in last night's heels plus a full face of make-up, and a rom-com love story for the ages. This is where the unspeakable becomes the celebrated. This is the diary of a drag queen—one dazzling, hilarious, true performance of a real, flawed, extraordinary life. "I hope people like me will read this and feel seen and loved by it. I hope people who aren't like me will enjoy it, laugh with it, learn from it. And I hope people who don't like me will file lawsuits just so I can wear my brand-new leopard-print skirt suit and bust their asses in court."—Crystal Rasmussen, in Refinery29
Diary of a Library Nerd
by Kyoko Church Vanity ChaseDiary of a Library Nerd is the story of a shy librarian who, after befriending a timid library user, discovers she has a surprisingly dominant side... The book is brought to life with sketches and illustrations from the librarian's life as she metamorphoses from introvert to Domme.
The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur
by Jean-Claude EllenaAn intimate exploration of inspiration and creativity, from the "parfumeur exclusif" of the house of Hermès. A scent has incantatory powers, capable of transporting you to your past, of kindling fantasies, of creating a vivid mise en scène--literally out of thin air. In the hands of the truly great, perfume creation is a kind of alchemy. Where does inspiration for this visceral art come from? How does one capture the essence of emotions, of desire? Jean-Claude Ellena has a sublime gift. As "parfumeur exclusif" (or "the nose") for Hermès, he elevates fragrance to an art form. A "writer of perfume," his concoctions are as finely composed and evocative as a haiku. He is also a conjurer of sorts: "I create an illusion that is actually stronger than reality . . . you enter the scent and follow the path." The Diary of a Nose is a collection of Ellena's meditations on the world of scents, and what stirs his creation of some of the world's most desired fragrances. Inspiration can come from anywhere--a market stall, a landscape, or even the movement of calligraphy. Though each smell has its own distinct character, a gifted perfumer creates olfactory experiences that are intensely personal and unique, that blossom on the body and leave a trace of us lingering after we have left a room. Seductive, delicate, and elegant as any of Ellena's creations, The Diary of a Nose seeks to capture the most elusive facets of this rarefied and mysterious art.
Días de navidad: Cuentos y recetas
by Jeanette WintersonLibro del año según The Sunday Telegraph y uno de los mejores libros del año según The New York Times. «Un festín de historias. Winterson nos ha traído un regalo de Navidad en forma de libro.»NPR Durante años Jeanette Winterson ha escrito un relato cada Navidad: cuentos llenos de fantasmas y de carámbanos, de trineos y de muérdago, pero con esa dosis de ironía y reflexión que solo ella es capaz de transmitir. En Días de Navidad se reúnen doce de ellos: historias para leerse en voz alta, en familia, frente al fuego de la chimenea, y que acompañan hermosas ilustraciones y festivas recetas muy personales. La crítica ha dicho...«En ninguno de sus libros encontraremos la fe de Winterson en el poder de la narración con tanta intensidad como en su nuevo libro, Días de Navidad. Oscuro, lleno de imaginación y (marca Winterson) perversamente divertido. Un regalo navideño para ser leído en voz alta junto a la chimenea en una noche de diciembre.»New York Times Book Review «Winterson nos ha dado una inesperada alegría navideña. Unos cuentos mágicos y exuberantes.»Washington Post «Si anhelas el misterio, los rituales familiares y los manjares de Navidad, disfrutarás con Días de Navidad de la audaz y reveladora escritora feminista Jeanette Winterson.»Elle «Los cuentos de invierno de Winterson logran indefectiblemente deslumbrarnos.»Alfred Hickling, The Guardian «La mezcla de golosinas narrativas de Winterson tiene el encanto del siglo XIX tan necesario en el sombrío siglo XXI.»Kirkus «Lleno de encanto y con hermosas ilustraciones. Es un libro para escapar de los aspectos menos sanos de la Navidad al país de las maravillas literarias.»Stylist «Una guirnalda navideña maravillosa y sorprendente, ingeniosa y entretenida.»Kate Saunders, Saga Magazine «Una mezcla poco convencional de cuentos, recetas, memorias, historia y filosofía personal. Una mezcla que funciona brillantementeThe Sunday Times' Culture «Los cuentos sobrenaturales, espeluznantes, inteligentes, divertidos y conmovedores de Winterson refrescan nuestra apreciación de lo que realmente significa dar, amar y compartir alegría.»Booklist «Sorprendente y entretenido. Una lectura deliciosa para largas noches de invierno.»BBC «Días de Navidad modela esta abundancia de esperanza en todo. Incluso aquellos que disfrutan de la temporada con ambivalencia encontrarán algunas golosinas para saborear en sus páginas.»Lambda Literary Review Sobre la autora«Winterson [...] a través de la heterodoxia de sus textos, dinamita categorías, vocabularios y convenciones tristes. Una escritora maravillosa.»Marta Sanz, Babelia «Jeanette Winterson es una fuerza desatada de la naturaleza. Ella sola es el cambio climático entero.»Carmen Morán Breña, El País «Mientras la mayoría de autores y autoras se limitan a regurgitar la imaginación de sus antecesores, [...] esta inglesa rebelde se pone la literatura por montera y la reinventa.»María Ángeles Cabré, Babelia
Dia's Story Cloth
by Dia ChaThe story cloth made for the author by her aunt and uncle chronicles the life of the Hmong people in their native Laos and their eventual emigration to the United States.
Diaspora and Visual Culture: Representing Africans and Jews
by Nicholas MirzoeffThis is the first book to examine the connections between diaspora - the movement, whether forced or voluntary, of a nation or group of people from one homeland to another - and its representations in visual culture. Two foundational articles by Stuart Hall and the painter R.B. Kitaj provide points of departure for an exploration of the meanings of diaspora for cultural identity and artistic practice. A distinguished group of contributors, who include Alan Sinfield, Irit Rogoff, and Eunice Lipton, address the rich complexity of diasporic cultures and art, but with a focus on the visual culture of the Jewish and African diasporas. Individual articles address the Jewish diaspora and visual culture from the 19th century to the present, and work by African American and Afro-Brazilian artists.
Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture: Asia in Flight (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series)
by Sheng-mei MaThis book offers an incisive and ambitious critique of Asian Diaspora culture, looking specifically at literature and visual popular culture. Sheng-mei Ma’s engaging text discusses issues of self and its relationship with Asian Diaspora culture in the global twenty-first century. Using examples from Asia, Asian America, and Asian Diaspora from the West, the book weaves a narrative that challenges the twenty-first century triumphal discourse of Asia and argues that given the long shadow cast across modern film and literature, this upward mobility is inescapably escapist, a flight from itself; Asia’s stunning self-transformation is haunted by self-alienation. The chapters discuss a wealth of topics, including Asianness, Orientalism, and Asian American identity, drawing on a variety of pop culture sources from The Matrix Trilogy to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This book forms an analysis of the new idea of Asian Diaspora that cuts across area, ethnicity, and nation, incorporating itself into the contemporary global culture whilst retaining a distinct Asian flavor. Covering the mediums of literature, film, and visual cultures, this book will be of immense interest to scholars and students of Asian studies and literature, ethnic studies, cultural studies, and film.
Diasporic Agencies: Mapping The City Otherwise
by Nishat AwanDiasporic Agencies addresses the neglected subject of how architecture and urban design can respond to the consequences of increasing migration. Arguing that diasporic inhabitations can only be understood as the co-production of space, subjectivity and politics, the book explores questions of difference, belonging and movement in the city. Through focusing on a series of examples, it reveals how diasporas produce new types of spaces and develop new subjectivities in the contemporary European metropolis. It explores the way in which geo-politics affects individual lives and how national and regional borders inscribe themselves onto diasporic bodies. The book claims that the multiple belongings of diasporic citizens, half-here and half-there, provoke a crisis in the standard modes of architectural representation that tend to homogenise and flatten experience. Instead Diasporic Agencies makes a case for a non-representational approach, where the displacement of the diasporic subject and their consequent reterritorialisation of space are developed as modes of thinking and doing. In parallel, mapping otherwise is proposed as a tool for spatial practitioners to work with these multi-layered spaces. The book is aimed at spatial practitioners and theorists of all sorts - architects, artists, geographers, urban designers - anyone with a general interest in mapping or those interested in working through issues related to migration and the contemporary city.
D'Iberville and St. Martin
by Dale GreenwellD'Iberville and the community of St. Martin share more than a common origin: from their colonial beginnings they have been one, now separated only by an invisible county line. The first is named after Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d'Iberville, commander of the French fleet who initiated settlement of Louis XIV's claim to the Mississippi Valley and adjacent coast of the Mexican Gulf in 1699. The latter is named for Raymond St. Martin de Pattier (or Jorquiboey), who married into the pioneer Ladnier family that homesteaded the north side of Biloxi Bay in the late 1700s and were the first landowners when the colonial era ended and the American flag was hoisted in 1811. After statehood in 1817, foreign and American emigrants arrived by ship and covered wagon. Before the Civil War, the families north of the bay included Spanish, Austrian, Italian, and their "African chattel." From this frontier beginning, farmers and fishermen spawned ranching, timber, and seafood industries as well as shipbuilding and mercantile enterprises. By World War II, it was a town, and in 1988 it became a city within the core of this old frontier.
El dibujo animado. Del sueño a la realidad.
by Jean Knoertzer Eduardo Duro LanchasEstamos acostumbrados a ver dibujos animados en televisión o en el cine. Grandes creadores como Walt Disney o Hayao Miyazaki han elevado las películas de animación a la categoría de arte. Este libro explica las diferentes etapas en la fabricación de los dibujos animados, desde la concepción de la idea hasta su proyección en las salas de cine. Todo esto acompañado de curiosas anécdotas.
Dibujo: Técnicas artísticas (Artist's Drawing Techniques)
by DKDa rienda suelta a tu creatividad y crea una obra maestra con ejercicios paso a paso y consejos de artistas profesionales.Ya sea porque quieres probar suerte con el dibujo por primera vez o para mejorar tus habilidades artísticas, 'Pintura: técnicas artísticas' es tu libro. Aprende a trabajar con carbón, pluma y pasteles y descubre todo lo que hay que saber sobre el tono, el color, la textura, la línea y la composición con consejos detallados para artistas principiantes, intermedios y avanzados.Ejercicios paso a paso completamente ilustrados por artistas profesionales te guiarán a través de más de 80 técnicas de dibujo, que incluyen el sombreado, el puntillismo, la mezcla de colores y el 'masking'. Todas las técnicas van acompañadas de ejercicios y proyectos inspiradores para que las pruebes en casa y desarrolles tus habilidades, descubras tu propio estilo y crezcas como artista.Domina todos los aspectos del dibujo, desde seleccionar un tema hasta montar tu primera pieza, con esta guía esencial. Sea cual sea tu nivel de especialización, aprenderás a pintar con confianza y quizás crearás una obra maestra (o dos) por el camino.Kick-start your creativity and create a masterpiece with step-by-step workshops and advice from professional artists.Whether you want to try your hand at drawing for the first time or to fine-tune your artistic skills, 'Pintura: técnicas artísticas' is for you. Learn how to work with charcoal, pen, and pastels and discover everything you need to know about tone, color, texture, linework, and composition with detailed advice for beginner, intermediate, and advanced artists.Fully illustrated, step-by-step workshops from professional artists guide you through more than 80 drawing techniques, including cross-hatching, stippling, blending, and masking. All techniques are accompanied by inspiring exercises and projects to try at home to help you develop your skills, discover your own style, and grow as an artist.Master every aspect of drawing with this essential guide, from choosing a subject to mounting your first piece. Whatever your level of expertise, you can learn to draw with confidence-and maybe create a masterpiece (or two) along the way.
Diccionario de las artes (nueva edición ampliada)
by Félix de AzúaLa visión del arte de uno de los mejores escritores y más agudos pensadores de España. Diccionario de las artes es ya un clásico de la estética que ahora Félix de Azúa ha ampliado y revisado exhaustivamente para esta edición. A pesar de su título, el libro no es un diccionario al uso, sino un ensayo compuesto por diversas voces, dispuestas alfabéticamente, donde el autor medita acerca del ocaso del Arte. Para ello, regresa a los lugares del crimen, es decir, las artes y las ideas que han generado a lo largo de la historia, ese largo viaje en el que el hombre ha ido representándose y abstrayéndose a sí mismo hasta llegar a la extenuación actual. Con una estructura y un ritmo que recuerda a las variaciones musicales, Félix de Azúa, uno de los escritores más brillantes de nuestro tiempo, despliega el espectro semántico que ha generado el Arte y lo somete a una nueva formulación. La belleza, la muerte, lo sagrado o lo sublime se declinan en estas páginas a la par que se muestran los efectos, creativos o destructivos, del mercado, la publicidad y los medios de comunicación. Más que un ensayo de arte, Azúa ha concebido en esta obra imprescindible una bella y lúcida reflexión sobre la condición humana.