Introducción El siglo XX fue una época de cambios significativos en las artes, la arquitectura y en lo interno de la Iglesia Católica. El Concilio Vaticano II, que fue el 21º concilio ecuménico de la historia de la Iglesia, será recordado como el acontecimiento más importante del siglo pasado para los católicos. Sin embargo, como […]
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
Homage to the Square Yellow Echo, 1957. Read More »
By Rodrigo Fernandez – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17649932 La Ruta de su Evasión es una novela de la escritora costarricense Yolanda Oreamuno. Fue publicada en 1949 y es considerada una de las mejores novelas de la autora, con un estilo vanguardista que rompió con el costumbrismo que había imperado en la literatura costarricense.
La violencia familiar en La Ruta de su Evasión, de Yolanda Oreamuno Read More »
Introduction A strong culture must be built upon solid principles, clear ideals, and ambitious horizons. A nation’s history plays a crucial role in acquiring these elements. Once a country has this combination of history and ideals, inevitably, “symbols” that define, embody, and strengthen those ideals appear. Those symbols could be people, stories, or figures that
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
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Introduction The Second World War was a global conflict, that lasted from 1939 to 1945. This great event had huge consequences in the life of many people and many countries. Even though the United States didn’t participate in the war from the very start, its role and contribution were not just important for the Allies,
The Historical Context Surrounding Norman Rockwell’s Paintings of the “Four Freedoms” Read More »
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
The Value of Relationship in “The Living Flame of Love” By St. John of the Cross Read More »
Introduction The twentieth century was an era of significant changes in the arts, architecture, and within the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council, which was the 21st ecumenical council in the history of the Church, will be remembered as the most important event in the last century for Catholics. However, as Pope Benedict XVI has
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 was composed for the Requiem
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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
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