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Conceptos en el espacioObras de arte como explicaciones visuales de ideasEl artista italiano Lucio Fontana rompió literalmente con el arte moderno establecido. Formado en principio como escultor, Fontana (1899-1968) desdibujó los límites entre pintura y escultura creando una obra que combina tanto (...)

Malaguzzi's work describes the significance of food and feasts through the ages and discusses how artists have created allegories of gluttony and odes to the sense of taste, using, for example, artfully positioned fruits and vegetables in the still-life genre in painting.

In praise of folly: on the fool and the jester in Flemish art According to medieval theologians, faith is a deadly serious business. Humour and virtue are irreconcilable, because laughter is uncontrollable and escapes the control of reason. A modest smile is permitted. But laughing loudly, grinning (...)