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 of the Museum. Sam McKinniss’ […]
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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 from previous depictions of this
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INTRODUCTION “Story” is a powerful word, a good story can make you cry, laugh and fall in love. In a good story the nights are covered with magic, and the endless days are full of adventures, quests and desires. Boundless limits are the borders of countless stories that have influenced us, stories that have
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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 del hombre es mucho más
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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 la palabra, el arte de
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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 breve pero rico testamento espiritual,
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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 through divine power or magic.
For me, it was a no-brainer to choose Rembrandt as the painter for this museum report. Ever since I first encountered his artwork on the prodigal son and reflected on his life story, I realized that there was something special in him. Not just from an artistic perspective, even though he is one of the
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“Coming back home after being in The MET Museum I was so impressed because I found myself contemplating some of the paintings that I had been studying in college, or paintings that I have prayed with. But I hadn’t seen them before personally and one of these is this painting called Christ Carrying the Cross
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 during our group visit to
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