Sculptor Miquel Blay: The First Cold – A Masterpiece in Marble
Work: The First Cold
Author: Miquel Blay (Olot 1866 – Madrid 1936)
The training of sculptor Miquel Blay began at the age of 14 in the religious sculpture workshop Vayreda Brothers, an institution in Olot in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He gained a great command of technical drawing and sculpture, creating a very personal art of Christmas and expressive force. He is an author who stands out in a decadent era in terms of the visual arts.
He moved to Paris, where he studied under Henri
Read MoreData Analysis, Rhetorical & Semiotic Methods
Week 6: Data Analysis and Interpretation
Analysis: The process of ordering data according to a prior logic by first breaking down this data into relevant elements.
Interpretation: Rearranging the elements and order of data through a process that moves from more concrete understanding (mostly descriptive) to more abstract ones that serve to enhance or develop some theoretical model.
Three Tests of Data Sufficiency:
- Taken-for-grantedness: You have taken into consideration everything; there isn’t anything
Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence: Architecture & History
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Chronology
From 1421 to 1470.
Style
Renaissance period of the Quattrocento. Architect: Filippo Brunelleschi. Construction system: Arquitravat and surrounded. Location: Florence, Italy.
- Renaissance art took ancient Rome as a model and used the same classical canons.
- Three Greek orders were used (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) and two Roman orders (Tuscan and composite).
- Covered elements: Arch and barrel vault.
- The medieval dome was replaced by a half-dome.
- The plan of the churches:
Spanish Literary Movements: Generations of ’98 & ’27
Generation of ’98
A group of writers who emerged due to two circumstances: the current political, economic, and moral state of Spain, and the depletion of narrative forms of the realistic movement. They favored prose, the novel, and the essay, with a greater concern for the political and social life of the time.
Themes:
- Concern for Spain, focusing on the Spanish soul in three ways:
- The landscape, reflecting the austerity of its inhabitants.
- History, rescuing the past from the common man’s perspective
Semantics, Pragmatics, and Logic in Communication
Semantics and Pragmatics in Communication
Semantic dimension refers to the relations of signs to their corresponding meanings. To convey the desired message, it is not enough to put words in proper order; it is also necessary to choose the right words, as the meaning is shared.
Pragmatic dimension concerns the relationship established between signs and users of such signs. The pragmatic dimension is constituted by the intention of the speakers and the context in which communication occurs.
Logic: The
Read MoreVirgin of Sanaüja: Gothic Alabaster Sculpture in MNAC
Virgin of Sanaüja
Virgin of Sanaüja
Chronology
Second half of the fourteenth century.
Style
Gothic style. Author unknown. Technique: height (with chisel). Material: Alabaster. Forms: freestanding sculpture. Location: MNAC.
Key Features:
- Stylization, rounding, and lines.
- Humanized sculptures capture a certain naturalism in the gestures and expression of the faces.
- Concerns the capacity and volume of costumes and bodies.
- Elegance of movements.
This Lady is characterized by balance and harmony in the proportions;
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