“giorgio de santillana”

"Science and Civilization in Islam" has remained unsurpassed as the authoritative statement on this subject. With his characteristic breadth of learning, clarity of exposition and insight, Seyyed Hossein Nasr presents here for the first time a full picture of Islamic science, not as a chapter in the... More

Scientific endeavor and social authority, in one form or another, are characteristics of man's life on his planet that are expected to endure for as long as we can see ahead. In this essay, which aims at analyzing their complex relations, we intend to go at length into the episode which provides, na... More

This celebrated study -- derived from Lockyer's belief that ancient Egyptian monuments were constructed "in strict relation to the stars" -- explores the relationship between astronomy and architecture in the age of the pharaohs. The author addresses one of the many points already extensively invest... More

igo Lpez de Mendoza, el Marqus de Santillana (1398-1458), con sus cuarenta y dos Sonetos fechos al itlico modo, es el primero en adaptar el soneto a la lengua castellana. Sus sonetos suelen tener rima alterna en los cuartetos (ABAB-ABAB), y en los tercetos siguen el esquema CDC-CDC, o, a veces, CDE-... More

A forerunner of the Surrealist movement, Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) is known for his powerful, popular and important paintings, among them "The Prodigal Son, The Scholar's Playthings," and "The Disquieting Muses,"... More

The self-portrait that emerges in these pages is, like de Chirico's early canvases, a projection of the obsessions and inner conflicts of an artist of unequivocal integrity, who, gradually insulating himself from crumbling values, became convinced of his own creative supremacy at the center of the u... More