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Evolution of Holy Art
Exploring the evolution of art that is inspired by the oldest story of time, one that established many age-old Western traditions, does provide an interesting opportunity to see how interpretations of Christ have changed through time. Many a biblical scene has been depicted by artists through the ages, and is done in style that reflects the time and culture from which the interpretation is founded. The expanse of religious art produced in the 14th and 15th centuries, for example, indicates that depicting conventional Christian scenes was in vogue. This period we now recognise as the Renaissance, did yield some monumental images of Christ in art. Take da Vinci’s Last Supper…
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Más allá de la oreja de van Gogh
En el mundo en que vivimos, el cotilleo anda a la orden del día. Si es sobre alguien famoso, mejor. Y si es algo malo o políticamente incorrecto que dicho famoso haya hecho o dicho, tienes la seguridad de que cientos de miles de personas pagarán por saberlo. Y eso no ocurre sólo en los «corrillos» (donde, seamos sinceros, el nivel intelectual es muchas veces inferior a la media de la audiencia de HMYV*), sino a niveles artísticos, donde un desliz del pintor/cineasta/músico/… puede provocar el ostracismo de un talentoso individuo. ¿Qué hubiera pasado si, llevados por juicios morales, hubieramos decidido que Quevedo no era digno de atención? Pudo ser…






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