Art History with one of Spain's great popularisers: @ElBarroquista.

Anyone who has visited a museum or leafed through a book on art will have heard or read bombastic and categorical phrases such as "This is the great masterpiece of the 20th century", "This artist is a genius" or "That painting changed the world". This conception of artistic creation -based on the acceptance of a pre-established canon that privileges specific styles and promotes specific artists-, far from favouring learning and making art more accessible, has restricted the pleasure of the general public and has conditioned their taste.

In this book, the art historian Miguel Ángel Cajigal Vera - known as El Barroquista in his work as a populariser - proposes a new way of approaching this discipline and invites us to enjoy art without prejudice and with total freedom.

Another History of Art is a stimulating essay that opens the doors to the author's private museum, where we will discover fascinating stories and highly personal works, such as those of Maurizio Cattelan, Teresa Margolles, Piero Manzoni and Fiona Banner, along with well-known pieces by Guo Xi, Frida Kahlo and Artemisia Gentileschi.

And after reading the book, we will understand why it's all right if we don't like Las Meninas.

Publisher: Somos B