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 when we visited there on […]
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Introduction “Two Oruguitas” from the movie Encanto was composed by the New Yorker with Puerto Rican descent Lin Manuel Miranda and sung by the Colombian Sebastián Yatra, this is an inspiring song that touches the heart who listens to it. Within the film, this song brings the climax of the narrative giving a message full
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Introduction Throughout history we have seen different conditions of the human being. These conditions have led him to act in particular ways. Circumstances, environment, culture, people, influence the thoughts and the decisions that someone can make. There are certain states that have a positive or negative impact. If a child, for example, is raised by
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Muy estimado Don José Zorrilla Reciba un cordial saludo esperando se encuentre bien. Desde mi juventud he escuchado el término «Don Juan Tenorio» como epítome de los hombres en busca de pretenciosas aventuras y amoríos. Sin embargo, hace pocos días que encontré un libro suyo con éste título, por lo que decidí leerlo. La fluidez
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Querida Mary Shelley: Reciba un cordial saludo, esperando se encuentre bien. Reconozco la inmensa contribución que ha realizado al extenso mundo literario con sus obras. Sin embargo, entre todas ellas, «Frankenstein» o «El Moderno Prometeo» ha captado completamente mi atención. Este clásico de la literatura me ha hecho no sólo ver las consecuencias de la
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Introduction Shakespeare holds an enduring legacy as a master of English literature and romantic themes. Many of his lines about love are well known even to this day, like: «Love is not love, which alters when it alteration finds» (Sonnet 116), or Orsino’s words from Twelfth Night, «Love sought is good, but given unsought
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Actualmente el ser humano se ve sumergido en una cultura dominada por la exacerbada ideología del consumismo. El hombre busca tener y poseer más y más, y cuando es capaz de poseer todo, sigue sintiéndose poseído por el insaciable deseo de querer más y más cosas. Ahora bien, probablemente surge la interrogante de qué tiene
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The Blind Oedipus Commends his Family to the Gods, by Bénigne Gagneraux, 1784, National Museum of Sweden Edipo Rey es una de las siete tragedias de Sófocles que aún se conservan. El ella, el autor desarrolla la historia de Edipo, rey de Tebas, quien, sin saberlo, había asesinado a su propio padre y estaba unido
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Images above a: Nike and Poseidon; b: Woman and Old Man (ca. 470 B.C.) Yale University Art Gallery. Visiting the Yale University Art Gallery on February 17th, I found one piece of art that captivated my attention: a red-figure calyx krater, decorated on each side with a scene of Nike and Poseidon, a woman, and an
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Introduction From the very beginning of Western musical history until now, music has been used to convey narrative. Various pitches are played in succession as well as in unison to construct melodies and harmonies that carry forwards a story, an idea, a feeling. In Greece, the great epic of the Odyssey was sung by a
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