Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City. This visit to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City marked the final official excursion of my college art class before completing our academic year. The number of experiences that we shared will
«New Haven is a time machine». Those were the initial words of Dr. Charles Mercier, my professor of Music and Classical Language, before our class began the architectural tour of New Haven. The best part of this is that my professor’s words accurately describe this city in New England. Churches
“Midway this way of life we’re bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood. Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.(1)” In this essay, I seek to compare Hans Zimmer’s Life Must Have Its Mysteries, composed and published in 2016 for the film Inferno, and
Sam McKinnis, Lorde (Melodrama), 2016. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut Some faces are meant to be seen, but others are intended to be felt. I was walking into the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum when I was immediately struck by a contemporary painting that was curiously positioned in the Impressionist gallery
For this comparative essay, I have chosen Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14, published in 1915, and Alexandre Cabanel’s The Fallen Angel, painted in 1847. Firstly, Cabanel’s work is a blend of emotion and passion that captures the exact moment of Lucifer’s expulsion from Heaven. This Romantic work differs
Muy estimado Ray Bradbury. Reciba un cordial saludo esperando se encuentre bien. En el siglo XXI, el ser humano se ha sumergido en un mundo donde la tecnología y el entrenamiento han llegado a eclipsar el pensamiento y el aprecio por la reflexión personal. Es un hecho que la vida
Muy estimado Gabriel García Márquez. Reciba un cordial saludo esperando se encuentre bien. Hay muchas maneras de contar historias, especialmente aquellas donde el misterio, el crimen y el suspenso destilan de los márgenes del libro. Sin embargo, querido Gabriel, Crónica de una muerte anunciada redefine, en todo el sentido de
Introducción Al llegar la hora de partir de este mundo a la Patria Celestial, San Pablo escribe desde su encarcelamiento en Roma a su querido hijo espiritual Timoteo. Este libro del Nuevo Testamento, más allá de ser un tratado teológico es una carta de exhortación y despedida, acompañada de un
For this comparative essay, I chose Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Das Veilchen (K. 476), composed in 1785, and Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Pygmalion and Galatea (1890). Firstly, Gérôme’s painting is both dramatic and romantic. This artwork presents an artist’s workshop where the sculptor passionately embraces his marble statue, which is brought to life
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Duchess of Alba, 1797. The Hispanic Museum and Library, New York City A universal saying declares with wisdom: “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”. However, what is the price of love? I was overwhelmed by this question
