Music in Ancient Egypt

Sources tell us that music was widespread among the popular classes. Both individual and group singing were practiced, with or without instruments.

The voice was considered the most powerful tool for connecting with forces from beyond.

In religion, the song was alternated between two priests or priestesses who performed together or alone. Halfway through the song, a priest sang a hymn to Osiris. Sometimes the singing was accompanied by instruments.

The instruments were used not only individually but

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Post-war Catalan Theater: Renewal and Evolution

Post-war Catalan Theater (1940s-1970s)

The Franco Regime and Theatrical Suppression

After the Spanish Civil War, Catalan theater was suppressed under Franco’s regime, disconnecting it from European trends. Professional activity resumed around 1946, often resorting to traditional dramatic forms.

Over the next forty years, figures like Josep Maria Segarra attempted to revitalize Catalan theater. However, these attempts to modernize often reverted to classical forms like dramatic poems and comedies of

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Spanish Baroque Literature: Concepts, Poetry, and Prose

Spanish Baroque Literature

3. Assessment

The Concept and Culteranismo

a) The Concept

The concept is more concerned with content and resorted to using antithesis, paradoxes, puns, metaphors, and sound effects.

b) The Culteranismo

The culteranismo pursued beauty and expression through form.

Topics of the Baroque

There are two main themes:

  1. The great Renaissance themes: love, nature, mythology.

  2. Moralizing themes, which reflected on the brevity of life and earthly things.

The Renaissance themes developed in accordance

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20th Century Spanish Theater: From Benavente to Lorca

20th Century Spanish Theater (1939)

Early 20th Century Dramatic Trends

The diverse landscape of Spanish drama before 1936 can be categorized as follows:

  • Late 19th Century: “High comedy” by Echegaray and his followers, melodramas emphasizing dramatic effects and intense scenes. Public taste and theater management hindered innovation.
  • Evolution of Dramatic Genres: Bourgeois comedy and farce (Madrid/Andalusian) evolved into forms like grotesque tragedy. Modernism rejected realism, embracing poetic and
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Renaissance Art and Sculpture: A Detailed Analysis

Renaissance Art and Sculpture

Introduction

The Renaissance, a transformative artistic and cultural movement, flourished in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries (Quattrocento and Cinquecento). Originating in Florence, this era witnessed significant economic and technological advancements that empowered the mercantile bourgeoisie and led to the rise of capitalism. These changes, coupled with the Reformation, fostered a new perception of man as the protagonist of history, replacing medieval theocentrism

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Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe: A Modern Masterpiece by Édouard Manet

Le Dejeuner SUR L’Herbe (Edouard Manet): 1.Temps:


1863 2.Context landmark passed a series of things that affect society and art:
Home sufragistaComuna movement in Paris.
Berlin Conference (meet all countries collective lonitzadors to carve up Africa. They have the art come from Africa and other parts of the world including Japan. Rome is no longer the capital of art (still the capital rating academic art.) era of scientific and tècnics.París: capital of modern art.
, where all movements are born

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