Vanitas

As in the paintings we call vanitas, death has a habit of appearing in many of the most brilliant manifestations of Spanish culture.
From Teresa of Ávila to Federico García Lorca; from Valdés Leal to Dalí, via Goya and Solana, death is a familiar and everyday presence.
In this book, imbued with subtle humor and with death as his traveling companion, Cristobal Hara brings us images that capture—better than any guidebook or monumental tour—that special personality that contemporary and European Spain still manages to preserve.

Ignacio González