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
Carlo Cignani, Charity, ca. 1680 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City What is love? Is it a feeling? A physiological reaction? What is love? This question has puzzled poets, philosophers, and artists for centuries. I was overwhelmed by this question while walking through the streets of Manhattan. Nevertheless, I found
For this comparative essay, I chose Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 and Jan Vermeer’s The Art of Painting (c. 1666-1668). Firstly, Vermeer’s painting is meticulous. The artwork presents an artist working in his studio. This piece has some household elements, such as a map
Sandro Botticelli, Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1500. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. At the Renaissance Gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, there is a masterpiece that caught my attention when I visited on September 30th. This marvelous feat was a Madonna painted by
For this comparative essay, I chose Thomas of Celano’s Dies Irae and Michelangelo’s Last Judgment. I shall focus on some stanzas of the Gregorian sequence. Dies Irae is a Latin sequence composed by a member of the Franciscan Order, Thomas of Celano, in the 13th century. This Gregorian chant melody
Above: Unknown, Statue of the Capitoline Aphrodite, 1st / 2nd century CE with 18th-century restoration. Marble, H. 73 1/2 in. (187 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). At the core of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) collections in New York City is a sculpture that captivated all my senses
