The Bauhaus movement (meaning the “house of building”) developed in three German cities - it began in Weimar between 1919 and 1925, then continued in Dessau, from 1925 to 1932, and finally ended in 1932-1933 in Berlin. Three leaders presided over the growth of the movement: Walter Gropius, from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer, from 1928 to 1930, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, from 1930 to 1933. Founded by Gropius in the rather conservative city of Weimar, the new capital of Germany, which had just been defeated by the other European nations in the First World War, the movement …
„Der Teufel hält die Fäden, die uns bewegen!“ (Charles Baudelaire, Die Blumen des Bösen, 1857.) Satan, Beelzebub, Luzifer… der Teufel hat viele Namen und Gesichter; sie alle haben Künstlern stets als Inspirationsquelle gedient. Bilder von Teufeln wurden oftmals von kirchlichen Personen von hohem Rang in Auftrag gegeben, um, je nach Gesellschaft, mit Bildern der Furcht oder Ehrfurcht und mit Darstellungen der Hölle die Gläubigen zu bekehren und sie auf den von ihnen propagierten rechten Pfad der Tugend zu geleiten. Für andere Künstler, wie z. B. Hieronymus Bosch, waren sie ein Mittel, um den völligen moralischen Verfall seiner Zeit anzuprangern. Auf …
The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports.This beacon of maritime signalisation has guided sailors since antiquity.The first known lighthouse appeared on the island of Pharos, and was the remarkable Lighthouse of Alexandria; however, it seems that volcanoes like Stromboli and its frequent eruptions were possibly at the origin of this invention, as the fires guided boats to their shores. Faced with the increasing development of modern navigational aids, these lone sentinels do not hold the same functional importance today. However, this work emphasises not only their role as a major architectural development, but also the place …
Mantener la casa siempre perfecta y a su gusto es más fácil de lo que podría imaginar, y ahora conseguirá hacerlo usted mismo, sin complicarse la vida. Ya no tendrá que invertir dinero en contratar a profesionales para mantener su hogar en perfectas condiciones y evitar o solucionar los distintos problemas que se suelen plantear en el día a día: podrá hacerlo usted mismo, y a coste cero. Si le gustan los animales y las plantas y ha decidido disfrutar de ellos en su propio hogar, aquí encontrará todos los consejos e informaciones para cuidarlos y mantenerlos en perfecto estado, …
With Impression, Soleil Levant, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (1840-1926) took part in the creation of the Impressionism movement that introduced the 19th century to modern art. All his life, he captured natural movements around him and translated them into visual sensations. Considered the leader of Impressionism, Monet is internationally famous for his poetic paintings of water lilies and beautiful landscapes. He leaves behind the most well-known masterpieces that still fascinate art lovers all over the world. Nathalia Brodskaïa is a curator at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. She has published monographs on Rousseau, Renoir, Derain, Vlaminck, and …
Pierre-Auguste Renoir nació en Limoges, el 25 de febrero de 1841. En 1854, sus padres lo sacaron de la escuela y le consiguieron un sitio en el taller de los hermanos Lévy, donde aprendió a pintar porcelana. El hermano menor de Renoir, Edmond, opinó al respecto: “A partir de lo que pintaba al carbón en las paredes concluyeron que tenía habilidad para las artes. Así fue como nuestros padres lo pusieron a aprender el oficio de pintor de porcelana”. Uno de los trabajadores de los Lévy, Emile Laporte, pintaba al óleo en su tiempo libre. Él le sugirió a Renoir …
What is the social merit or purpose of all those bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines? Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, ever since Antiquity, women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus, lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with emancipation, querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values. The …
The Virgin and the Child are amongst the most favourite artistic themes since the Middle Ages. Mary was frequently depicted with the Christ Child.This religious scene showcases a mother and her son, sometimes accompanied by other protagonists. Originally distant and formal, the relationship between the two figures was expressed with tendernessat the end of the Middle Ages and became more human. Amongst the famous artists who have treated the subject of the Virgin and the Child are, most notably, Cimabue, Jean Fouquet, Quentin Metsys, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rubens, and many others. 300 pictures and more than 500 pages …
Tres incursiones en el cine de uno de los autores americanos más prolíficos.Este volumen recoge Smoke, Blue in the Face y Lulu on the Bridge, tres de los guiones de Paul Auster, además de material adicional como entrevistas, notas a los actores y el texto del Cuento de Navidad de Auggie Wren (que motivó la película Smoke). Una excelente oportunidad para adentrarse en los trabajos del género cinematográfico que Paul Auster ha desarrollado a lo largo de su carrera.
For Claude Monet the designation ‘impressionist’ always remained a source of pride. In spite of all the things critics have written about his work, Monet continued to be a true impressionist to the end of his very long life. He was so by deep conviction, and for his Impressionism he may have sacrificed many other opportunities that his enormous talent held out to him. Monet did not paint classical compositions with figures, and he did not become a portraitist, although his professional training included those skills. He chose a single genre for himself, landscape painting, and in that he achieved …
Cinematografía y Educación, he aquí los dos polos sobre los que se mueve esta
obra de Víctor Manuel Amar.
El cine y otras miradas nos ofrece una síntesis de:
las distintas aportaciones desde la educación y la cinematografía a los
estudios fílmicos.
los avances teóricos que han posibilitado la introducción del análisis
audiovisual en el ámbito de la educación. Así, se abordan cuestiones básicas
como la transformación y el devenir de los profesionales de la educación como
educadores en un mundo audiovisual, algo fundamental en un mundo icónico como
el actual.
La necesidad de una educación …
