Gothic Art: Painting and Sculpture in the 13th-15th Centuries
Gothic Painting: 13th-15th Centuries
In Gothic cathedrals, the disappearance of walls, replaced by large windows, reduced the space for murals. Consequently, Gothic painting primarily occurred on wood, forming altarpieces found in temples and cathedrals. Fresco painting was less common, with tempera being the preferred technique. Tempera, which uses egg as a binder, allowed for finer details. While secular subjects emerged, religious themes remained prominent and evolved to show greater realism and
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The Italian Renaissance and Flanders
The Renaissance art movement began in Italian cities during the Quattrocento, the fifteenth century. Florence was the capital, thanks to the patronage (protection and economic support for artistic and cultural initiatives by wealthy individuals, “Cenes”) of the Medici. During the Cinquecento, the sixteenth century, Rome became the capital with the sponsorship of the Church. The Renaissance artistic movement consolidated in Northern Europe, mainly in Germany and
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The Genesis of Historical, Cultural, and Artistic Adjectives
This document presents the most laborious explanation of the genesis of the adjectives historical, cultural, and artistic. The background to the public’s interest in this heritage is associated with decisions of an organic nature, such as the creation of the Royal Academies of History and Fine Arts. Indeed, the Academy of History, in a royal decree of Charles IV of 1803, contains a detailed account of what is understood as “monuments.”
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Historical and Cultural Context of Neoclassicism
The Industrial Revolution brought profound transformations in production techniques that affected the economy and society. Peasants left the fields and moved to the cities, becoming a new social class: the proletariat. This class began to join in unions. The revolution in transportation brought new and faster ways to transport people and goods, such as the steam train and steamboat. Associated with these inventions were new types of buildings: iron
Read MorePío Baroja’s The Tree of Knowledge: Analysis of Ideological Dialogue
Pío Baroja’s *The Tree of Knowledge*: A Deep Dive into Ideological Dialogue
Location of the Text Fragment
This fragment belongs to the work of Pío Baroja, The Tree of Knowledge. Literary critics have considered this work as one of his best. Apart from its autobiographical basis, it reflects the author’s thinking and worldview.
External Structure
True to his narrative style, Baroja presents a third-person narration with few but precise and descriptive brushstrokes. He substantiates the content in the
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Picasso’s *Les Demoiselles d’Avignon*: A Cubist Revolution
In preliminary studies, the narrative passes as a sequential presentation of a particular time. The color range goes from pink to blue, with strong facets separating colors by body parts. There is no traditional perspective; each individual figure has its own space, with spaces juxtaposed alongside each other.
The first study results in a sketch in pastel and black chalk. The second study created a sketch in oil. The second sketch, in watercolor,
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