Presents a visual essay documenting the notion and history of spectacles, those public performances and happenings that galvanize hordes of people. This book brings together photographs, interviews, and essays that examine the art, evolution, and cultural impact of spectacles around the globe.
Fabio BourbonIn this fascinating journey through Spain, readers experience the natural and manmade beauty that make this country one of the most popular destinations for travelers. Hundreds of full-color photographs transport us to modern cities such as Barcelona and Madrid as well as cities such as Malaga, Toledo, and Segovia that bear stronger traces of Roman or Arab domination, medieval grandeur, and the colonial flavor of Spain's past. From the beaches of Costa Brava to the plateau of La Mancha, from its superb art treasures to its vivacious people, Spain comes alive through a vibrant text that provides fascinating insights into the country's artistic, architectural, natural, and human legacies.
Spain has a very ancient and complex history: under the Roman empire it flourished and became one of the empire''s most important regions; during the Middle Ages it came under Muslim rule. Through a long process Christian kingdoms in the north gradually rolled back Muslim rule, which was finally extinguished in 1492. That year Columbus reached the Americas, and Spain became the first global empire, the strongest kingdom in Europe but continued wars and other problems eventually led to a diminished status. In the middle decades of the twentieth century it came under a dictatorship, under which it went through many years of stagnation and then a spectacular economic revival. Because of this history it has more World Heritage sites than almost anywhere else in the world.
Viewed from over seven decades later the Isle of Wight at the start of the 1950s might at first glance appear to have been experiencing a golden age of railways A real life Island of Sodor where Victorian steam locomotives crisscrossed the Island from Cowes in the north to Ventnor in the south and from Freshwater in the west to Bembridge in the east Even the smallest of villages could claim its own station and the only cloud on the horizon was generated by the passing of a nearby train Or was it The truth of course was rather different From as early as 1950 over a decade before Beeching rumours abounded that the entire network might be at risk of closure In the event the loss of the Ventnor West branch in 1952 would be the first of several routes to be axed over the next few years with around two thirds of the Island s network having closed by the end of the decade Further closures would of course follow in the 1960s In the meantime the pages of the Isle of Wight County Press abounded with proposals for how the Island s antiquated railways could be saved revitalised and modernized all of them doomed to failure and one so bizarre it was described as like something from H G Wells In this book the author provides an overview of the Isle of Wigh
This is a portfolio of the best of Steve McCurry's photography: classical, beautiful and often powerful images from the countries of South and South East Asia.
Es sabido que los Hermanos Marx constituyen una de las cimas del cine cómico americano. A ellos corresponde el título de ser los más corrosivos y destructores del orden establecido. Así, el anarquismo como unica forma de entender la vida, provoca una carcajada constante. Al mismo tiempo todos los mitos y topicos saltan por los aires. Su influencia ha llegado a todas partes desde Ionesco hasta Woody Allen.
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