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This painting “Homage to the Square Yellow Echo” really caught my attention because of its simplicity “like saying: Yes, this is also good art”, but at the same time its capacity of bringing up messages both internal and external. The Josef Albers’ paintings that are regarded «as one of the most iconic series of twentieth-century […]

The Model of Ballgame with Spectators placed in the ancient Mexican and Mesoamerican culture section at the Yale University Art Gallery is a sculpture piece created in Mexico, West Mexico, Nayarit, between 100 B.C. to A.D. 250; it was made of ceramic with traces of pigment. The person who molded it is unknown, but it

Introduction Is St. John of the Cross one of the most intimidating spiritual authors in the genre of spirituality? His ability to explain the depths of the soul can make people tremble to read his works, like the dark night of the soul. When people hear St. John of the Cross, they get shivers down

After reading the “Confessions of St. Augustine,” I was very impressed to realize what his desire was, that is, to seek the truth in his own life; something that would help him later to find God and to make sense of many of the most complicated questions in human history. Something that really struck me

Edvard Munch, “Angst” (Anxiety) 1896, litograph, 22 1/2 × 16 9/10 in. (|57.2 × 43 cm), Yale University Art Gallery, Special Exhibition: Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression.   Last Thursday, February 29th, 2024, a group of brothers attended the temporary exhibition, Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression, at the Yale University Art Gallery with

Georges Seurat, Study for “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” c. 1884, Oil on canvas, 27 3/4 x 41 in. (70.5 x 104.1 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art   The paintings of George Seurat have accompanied me in various ways during my life. In kindergarten, for example, one of the first artworks I remember seeing

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

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

As part of the History of Modern Art class, Br. Jesús composed a collage and includes an explanation. At the core of the composition stands Pope John Paul II, a symbol of spiritual leadership and a unifying force. His presence serves as a focal point, radiating a sense of guidance and shared purpose. Surrounding him are