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The seascapes of Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900) made his name in Russia, his native country where he was a painter of the court of Nicholas I, yet his fame barely extended beyond these borders. Master of the Sublime, he made the ocean the principal subject of his work. Sometimes wild and raging, sometimes calm and peaceful, the life of the ocean is composed of as many allegories as the human condition. Like Turner, whom he knew and whose art he admired, he never painted outside in nature, nor did he make preliminary sketches; his paintings were the fruit of his exceptional memory. With more than 6,000 canvasses, Aivazovsky was one of the most prolific painters of his time.
A ficção científica dá espaço para imaginar uma gama de futuros possíveis — não prevê-los, como pensam alguns, mas extrapolar possibilidades. Em Vislumbres de um futuro amargo, reunimos autores e ilustradores para imaginarem futuros baseados nas premissas do físico Stephen Hawking — inteligência artificial, conquista do espaço, edição genética, mudança climática e contato com alienígenas. O resultado: os seis contos contidos nesta coletânea, cada um acompanhado de duas ilustrações exclusivas. Em "Antônio do Outro Continente", Anna Martino fala sobre as relações entre a Terra e as colônias nos satélites artificiais que parecem estranhas como nacionalismo e pátria...