The Spanish Essay: History, Evolution, and Key Figures
The Spanish Essay: A Historical Overview
Origins and Early Development
The Spanish essay, with its theoretical, suggestive, and interpretive nature, has its roots in Greco-Roman literature, particularly in works like Plato’s Dialogues, Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, and Seneca’s Epistles to Lucilius. However, it wasn’t until the Renaissance that the essay as we know it began to take shape. In Spain, Fray Antonio de Guevara is considered a precursor of the genre, with later contributions from Quevedo,
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1) Distinction Between Science, Technology, Art, and Technique
Science: The knowledge obtained through observation and reasoning, systematically structured and deduced from principles and general laws.
Art: Expression of human activity through which a personal and selfless vision is expressed, interpreting real or imagined resources through plastic, linguistic, or sound means.
Technique: Belonging to the application of science and the arts. The set of procedures and remedies that a science or art uses.
Read MorePost-war Valencian Theater to Contemporary Playwriting
ITEM 11 RENEWAL THEATRE POST-WAR YEARS-70
During postwar ban all non-Spanish language causes Valencian Catalan theatrical background and can not continue to lack public. 60 desvetlament Catalan theater with creation of the Association of Barcelona and Drama School of Dramatic Art Adrià Gual. Manuel Pedrola Brossa and enter the theater and the avant-garde nonsense existentialism influenced by the neo-realism and the techniques of distancing Bertol Brecht’s epic where the actor has to convey emotions
Read MoreItalian Painting of the Trecento
Italian Painting of the Trecento: Siena and Florence
Introduction
In most of Europe, Gothic painting manifested in stained glass, book illustration, and altarpieces for churches, given the near disappearance of wall space. However, in Italy, the presence of walls in churches allowed fresco painting to develop significantly, although tempera on panel was also used. Its evolution, from a formal standpoint, closely mirrored that of sculpture, moving towards greater naturalism in the treatment of figures
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Realism arrived in Spain during the second half of the nineteenth century, slightly later than in other parts of Europe. While European Realism masters (excluding the Russians) had published their major works before 1850, Realism in Spain wasn’t considered established until the publication of Galdós’ La Fontana de Oro in 1870. However, several factors paved the way for Realism’s success in Spain, including translations of foreign works, the Golden Age’s realist tradition, and the prevalence of
Read MoreItalian Painting of the Trecento
Italian Painting of the Trecento: Siena and Florence
Introduction
In most of Europe, Gothic painting manifested in stained glass, book illustration, and altarpieces for churches, given the near disappearance of wall space. However, in Italy, the presence of walls in churches allowed fresco painting to develop significantly, although tempera on panel was also used. Its evolution, from a formal standpoint, closely resembles that of sculpture, moving towards greater naturalism in the treatment of figures
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