New Spanish Titles - Spring 2011

The 'Dilálogo de la pintura', first published in 1557, is a text conceived in defence of Tiziano Vecellio (and, thus, of Venetian painting), whose presence in the life of Giorgio Vasari (1550) turned out to be anecdotal, especially when faced with the attention paid to Michelangelo, who was exalted as the greatest artist of all time.

On a Tuesday like any other, on the streets of Madrid a young, strangely dressed woman is murdered with a small kitchen knife. The Murderer could be anyone, but not the dead woman; she is unique, a victim, perhaps casual, perhaps not.

Design is an amazing platform for improvement, at the service of companies and, therefore, of society, which is already a requisite for entering a great number of markets. This work is directed at organisations for which design is still in the in-tray. From a mangement viewpoint, it proposes ten topics for consideration in reducing the risks associated with taking design-related decisions.

It is the year 824 when three peculiar characters - Paio the hermit, Teodomiro the bishop, and his assistant Martín de Bilibio - 'find' a tomb, the remains of which, they claim, belong to Saint James the Apostle. And so, in the Libredón forest, close to finis terrae or the end of the world, they create the Iocus Sancti Jacobi, for the greater glory of God.