Velázquez’s ‘The Toilet of Venus’: A Baroque Masterpiece
The Toilet of Venus by Diego Velázquez
Spanish Baroque Painting, 1648
The National Gallery of London
Oil on canvas. 122.5 x 177 cm.
Genre: Mythological painting. The topic was started by Venetian painters in the previous century (Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus and Titian’s Venus of Urbino or Venus Recreating the Music), but Velázquez deals with it with prodigious naturalness and originality.
Topic: Lying on rich gray sheets on a bed protected by a crimson curtain, a naked woman, seen from behind, is absorbed
Read MoreGandhara vs. Mathura: Art Schools of Ancient India
On the western borders of Punjab, the Gandhara School of Art flourished in modern-day Afghanistan and Peshawar. The Mathura School developed on the banks of the River Yamuna between the first and third centuries BCE. Regardless of the fact that both schools of art seem to have arisen during the Kushana dynasty’s reign, they are found in separate locations: in Mathura and in the Northwest Frontier.
Mathura School of Art
- This School of Art was heavily influenced by Indianism.
- Spotted red sandstone was
Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Strategies and Insights
Theme 6: Marketing
6.1 Concept of Marketing
- The term marketing comes from the English language and is used and accepted by virtually all languages. In Spanish, there is a similar word: “mercadotecnia,” which refers to a set of marketing techniques.
- The most accepted definition is a set of activities designed to achieve, for a profit, the satisfaction of consumer needs with a product or service.
- The more classical definition of marketing states that it is a series of activities that direct the flow of
Understanding Social Structures and Human Behavior
Health Policy
Transparency. Public administrations and agencies must report their participation in citizen actions. Both plenary sessions of parliament and municipalities are public, and any citizen can attend them as a spectator.
Judicial action. Intervention by the administration of justice to detect and prosecute criminal acts and impose penalties to repair the damage is a way of defending ethics and assuming the responsibilities that correspond to each.
Making Policy
Elections, political parties,
Read MoreEvolution of Spanish Drama: From Realism to Post-War Experimentation
c) Last Stage: Subjective Vision
Characterized by the subjective point of view. The action reaches the viewer through a vision filtered by characters with physical or mental limitations. Notable titles include The Sleep of Reason (1970). Buero’s work expresses a search for profound truth: a lucid, dialectic view of human contradictions, rejecting dogmatism. Freedom is achieved through knowledge of the truth.
Realistic Drama of the Sixties
In the sixties, authors building on Buero Vallejo and Alfonso
Read MoreRenaissance Art in the Cinquecento: Rome, Florence, and Venice
Cinquecento
In the Cinquecento (sixteenth century), Rome succeeded Florence as a center of art. Because of ancient monuments, so abundant in the city, and because of the protection that Popes Julius II and Leo X gave to the artists, Rome brought new creators of works of art. Rome grew rapidly, as the population increased. The buildings of the city were made more beautiful, and the streets were widened to give better passage to processions. A rapport was developed, so they built palaces. The constructive
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