El desarrollo de la estética y las teorías del arte en el siglo xx adquiere una fisonomía directamente condicionada por la evolución de los movimientos artísticos y literarios. Siendo habitual que las ideas estéticas respondan a los problemas planteados por las obras, su recepción e interpretación, es rasgo propio de nuestro siglo el creciente interés de los creadores, artistas, poetas, etc., por la reflexión sobre su propia actividad. El panorama que ofrece la estética del siglo xx se ha enriquecido con experiencias inesperadas y ha puesto en juego contribuciones desde muy diferentes perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas. El papel jugado por las vanguardias debe articularse con el auge de los estudios disciplinares y la evolución de la crítica. Todo ello, sin olvidar la respuesta social, su incidencia en el mundo cotidiano y en las interpretaciones, individuales o colectivas, de esa cotidianidad. Cuatro son los ejes que organizan el presente volumen. En el primero ocupan un lugar central los problemas relativos al lenguaje, a la consideración del lenguaje del arte y del arte como una forma de lenguaje. El segundo atiende a la conexión entre arte y sociedad y a las explicaciones que esta cuestión ha suscitado: desde la que Gerard Vilar denomina "estética de la producción" hasta la "estética de la recepción", analizada por Ricardo Sánchez Ortiz de Urbina. Los estudios disciplinares -sociología del arte, iconología, formalismo, pura visualidad, etc.- son el tema abordado en tercer lugar. Estos estudios, que, como se comprende bien, no son ajenos a las cuestiones anteriores, han alcanzado en nuestro siglo un amplio desarrollo. Por último, se concede especial atención al conjunto de problemas que suelen englobarse en el marco de la postmodernidad, empezando por el mismo concepto de postmodernidad. La evolución de la crítica literaria, las teorías de la arquitectura y las que Estrella de Diego denomina "figuras de la diferencia" concluyen esta historia.

Juan Antonio Ramı́rez examines the complex ideological, artistic, political and architectural repercussions of apian metaphors and their influence on architecture and ecological thinking for those in the Modern Movement of architecture.

This book analyzes a range of Edgar Allan Poe’s writing, focusing on new readings that engage with classical and (post)modern studies of his work and the troubling literary relationship that he had with T.S. Eliot. Whilst the book examines Poe’s influence in Spain, and how his figure has been marketed to young and adult Spanish reading audiences, it also explores the profound impact that Poe had on other audiences, such as in America, Greece, and Japan, from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The essays attest to Poe’s well-deserved reputation, his worldwide legacy, and his continued presence in global literature. This book will appeal particularly to university teachers, Poe scholars, graduate students, and general readers interested in Poe’s oeuvre.

This book defends that the pursuit of originality constitutes one of the most important characteristics of creativity, but that originality refers, etymologically, to both origin and originary. Hence, the book is structured into two parts, dedicated, respectively, to the creative categories of origin and the creative categories of originary. Within the former are creation myths, games – the origin of all cultural activity, the dialectic chaos-order, axial civilizations – the germ of our time, and the struggle between generations – a factor of social transformation, and, within the second, creative capitalism, creative work in the context of the global economy of risk and uncertainty, and representative democracy. However, these two concepts are not isolated, but deeply interrelated, in a way that explains how creative originality builds a temporal narrative. It has been dislocated in late modernity and, with it, creativity has been broken.

A Cultural History of Color in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to the present, a time of extraordinary developments in colour science, philosophy, art, design and technologies. The expansion of products produced with synthetic dyes was accelerated by mass consumerism as artists, designers, architects, writers, theater and filmmakers made us a 'color conscious' society. This influenced what we wore, how we chose to furnish and decorate our homes, and how we responded to the vibrancy and chromatic eclecticism of contemporary visual cultures.The volume brings together research on how philosophers, scientists, linguists and artists debated color's polyvalence, its meaning to different cultures, and how it could be measured, manufactured, manipulated and enjoyed. Color shapes an individual's experience of the world and also how society gives particular spaces, objects, and moments meaning. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Color examines how color has been created, traded, used, and interpreted over the last 5000 years. The themes covered in each volume are color philosophy and science; color technology and trade; power and identity; religion and ritual; body and clothing; language and psychology; literature and the performing arts; art; architecture and interiors; and artefacts. Anders Steinvall is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics at Umeå University, Sweden. Sarah Street is Professor of Film at the University of Bristol, UK. Volume 6 in the Cultural History of Color set. General Editors: Carole P. Biggam and Kirsten Wolf

Accompanying a major exhibition at The Museum at FIT, Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today: ¡Moda Hoy! examines Latin American and Latinx fashion design from the past 20 years, asking “What is Latin American fashion design in the 21st century”? The book seeks to explore the sociohistorical influences and cultural dynamics that have propelled the development of the unique sartorial bricolage that is Latin American and Latinx fashion. Through a series of themes and topics favored by contemporary designers – including Indigenous heritage, art, sustainable design, politics, gender, elegance, and popular culture – it highlights established designers with a strong international presence, such as Isabel Toledo, Carolina Herrera, Rick Owens, Oscar de la Renta, Carla Fernández, and Gabriela Hearst. Accompanied by regional brands and emerging talents, and case studies that take an in-depth look into specific designers, and beautifully illustrated in full color throughout, Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today is essential reading for fashion enthusiasts who have an overlapping interest in Latin American studies, and all who appreciate the history and visual culture of fashion and Latin America.