Antonio Machado: Enduring Influence and Poetic Language
Machado: Torches of Influence
In 1969, UNESCO declared Antonio Machado “poet of universal values.” After the Spanish Civil War, poets like Blas de Otero turned to Machado as the highest example of poetry and humanity. Machado is the explorer of the soul’s mysterious fevers and a serious meditator on universal temporal reality. He was the poet of time and existence, whose doctrine banished verbal virtuosity that prevented the expression of life’s warmth. The boomer generation poets in Spain, such
Read MoreEvolution of Modern Art: Expressionism to Baroque
Expressionism
Expressionism was an artistic literary movement related to plastics, born in 1890 in Germany and the northern European countries, extending well into the twentieth century. Outstanding artists in this movement included Edvard Munch, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Georges Rouault, and Emil Nolde. Expressionist painting seeks and manages to express violent emotions, going from the inside out, unlike Impressionism, which goes from outside to inside. Its main objective was to create impetuous
Read More20th Century Valencian Novel and Theater: A Literary History
20th Century Valencian Novel
Early 20th Century Narrative in Valencia
Top of the narrative in Valencia was a new genre, widely read popular short narratives, colloquial, naturalist, or romantic.
The Narrative of Early 20th Century Valencia
Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri, a remarkable musician and journalist; Salvador Guinot, Canyissades. Later, Angel Sanchez Gozalbo (Bolangera demons) and Josep Pascual Tirado (Tombatossals; From my Garbera).
Valencia’s Narrative in the 1930s
Creating short novels (“Our novel”
Read MoreRealism and Impressionism: A Deep Dive into 19th-Century Art
Realism
In the mid-19th century, Romanticism, with its idealization of history, society, and nature, gave way to Realism. The 1848 French Revolution’s failures led to disillusionment, shifting artistic focus from political to social issues. Industrialization caused the decline of craftsmanship and a surge in the urban working class, profoundly changing socioeconomic conditions and ideologies. Artists became acutely aware of social problems like child and female labor, long working hours, and poor
Read MoreCultural Heritage Interpretation: Engaging the Public with Meaningful Experiences
Unit 7: The Diffusion of Cultural Heritage: The Interpretation of Heritage
One of the basic functions of heritage institutions is to inform the public about the goods they guard, making them accessible to everyone. Using Social Heritage: Diffusion – Spread is not only communicating information about the good, but stimulating reflection, provoking engagement with the public who come to encounter it. For this, we have a tool: interpretation. It is an act of communication through which we convey something
Read MoreRubens’ Three Graces and Goya’s Third of May Shootings: Masterpieces of European Art
Three Graces
Three Graces is the most famous work of Rubens. It was acquired by Philip IV from the assets of the painter, auctioned after his death, on May 30, 1640, and went on to decorate one of the rooms of the Alcázar in Madrid. Being painted on a panel displays the relationship of the master with the Flemish old masters. The Three Graces were called Euphrosyne, Thalia, and Aglaea, and were daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. They always appear naked, as beauty does not need to be concealed. They
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