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Month: March 2017
“La Senyera Catalana” – The oldest national flag in the world
Dating from 1238, and kept in L’Arxiu Històric Municipal de València, this is the oldest national flag in the world, among those still in use. And it is… Read more ““La Senyera Catalana” – The oldest national flag in the world”
‘Hommage à Terpsichore’, after Salvador Dalí – Faceless beauty
I had never liked Salvador Dalí as a person, and moreover, I learned to deeply dislike him when I knew of his cruelty with animals and some other nasty facets of his character and behaviour. Maybe he had mental issues or maybe not, but anyway I could not ever forgive some things he did (and I’m not at all referring to his eccentricities when treating others or his weird, exhibitionist, half-faked pose in his public life; that is just a trifle, and of course, his legitimate choice and freedom). It also disgusted me the continued support he gave to Franco’s dictatorship in Spain and all the personal flattering he displayed toward the dictator… However, I admire his art works without any reserve: paintings, drawings, designs and all sort of illustrations, and also -perhaps most of all- the sculptures based on his earlier pictorial icons that he allowed and, in some…
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Charles Sheeler – From Photorealism to Abstraction (Part II)
This post directly continues a first one on this American artist: “Charles Sheeler – Paintdrawgrapher of factories and machinery (Part I)”. [You may also read them in Catalan… Read more “Charles Sheeler – From Photorealism to Abstraction (Part II)”