¿Hubo influencia del cristianismo del traductor? De acuerdo con la página web Arqueología mexicana, el Popol Vuh es la obra maya más importante que ha llegado a nuestros días y, por su contenido, se puede colocar al lado de obras clásicas como el Ramayana o La Odisea. Efectivamente, el Popol Vuh es una obra que […]
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This essay was originally a journal for the elective ART! Art as a Legionary Apostolate. Some editions were made in order to publish on this blog. Sacred architecture was one of my main interests that led me to study an elective course of art as apostolate. If the goal is to use art as a
A comparison between art and music I chose Verdi’s Dies Irae and Martin’s The Great Day of His Wrath for this comparative essay. I shall focus on only two movements of the Requiem: Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum, which are both at the very beginning of the sequence. This Mass was composed in memory of
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Rafael Chávez Torres’ Duelo de la Patria and Theodor Axentowicz’s Under the Burden of Adversity: a comparison between art and music Duelo de la Patria is one of Costa Rica’s most important musical works. It is a funeral march composed by Rafael Chávez Torres, director of the country’s military bands, from 1882 on the occasion
Portrait of Sir Thomas More and Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, by Hans Holbein the Younger at the Frick Collection, New York Visiting the Frick Collection on November 12 had a peculiarity: the art pieces were not on display in the Frick Mansion, which is temporarily closed for restoration. In their new temporary location, there were two
I chose Allegri’s Miserere and Titian’s Christ and the Good Thief for this comparative essay. The Miserere was composed by Gregorio Allegri for the Holy Week Offices to be sung in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican under the reign of Urban VIII, circa 1638. The text is from Psalm 50 (51), the Miserere. I first
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La III Carta de San Juan es significativamente breve, pero en su brevedad es una invitación a mantenerse en la verdad de la fe. Está dirigida a Gayo, quien no sólo es hospitalario, sino que ha permanecido en la verdad. Quizá esta sea la principal invitación de esta carta: aprender a ser colaboradores de la
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Desde su cautividad en Éfeso, Pablo escribe esta carta a los fieles por él evangelizados de Filipo, en parte para agradecer las ayudas que le han enviado, pero también para invitar a la unidad. La carta incluye uno de los himnos cristológicos empleados por la liturgia cristiana en las vísperas, lleno de riqueza teológica. Para
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