Some execises about romanesque art.

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Exercise 1: With this image…    (4 points)

a)     Write in each correct place:  North,South,East,West

b)     Identify the transept, the abside and the groin vault

c)      Write: feet, body and head.

d)     Is there any absidiole? If your answer is yes, where is it located?

Exercise 2: Follow in the blanks with the correct answer  (6 points)

QUESTION	TRUE	FALSE
The abside can be orientded to the place you want.
In the Romanesque were a lot of rosettes
Romanesque was born in Germany
St James’Way allowed exchange between cultures in the Iberian peninsula
The Panthocrater is an example of Romanesque art
If I say groin vault I am talking about Romanesque order

Eva Torres

Hello, as I promished, I upload the interview with Eva Torres, the director of the Ourense's municipal artistic museum. 

Question 1: Eva, how can you define art?

Answer:        Art, for me, it is a way of living. Personalize my way of thinking, acting, seeing and even feeling. Art isn’t only what you see in museums, galleries… Art came in light, in smelling and also in colour.

Question 2: What is your opinion about art in public places? Do you think it’s important?

Answer:        I do not also think it is important, cause I think it’s necessary. Art is a real way of educating and became sensitive people that leave in our cities in which we see artistic representation, for recovering historic events, social events, or simply enjoy with the views of this artistic demonstration.

Question 3: In Ourense we can appreciate some different artistic periods, cause of different types of representations. In your opinion, which are the most important artistic representations in the city?

Answer:        Yes, there are some periods and we can appreciate four.

a) Historical-Artistic :     The most representative works are, in my opinion as Burgas , the Roman Bridge and the cloister of San Francisco have much history to convey to citizens , centuries, and historical facts of great importance .

b) Monumental:     would highlight the bronze statue dedicated to the “Padre Feijóo”, who was one of the first monuments in  the city of Ourense (1887 ) and is situated in the “Jardines del Padre Feijóo” . It is a statue of the Angel of Francisco de Asorey , leading in the bottom of the park since 1957. San Lazaro sculpture dedicated to Lamas Carvajal , located in the Garden of Posío , and made ​​or Anton Faílde People that appear in the sculpture are “ Tío Marcos d'a Portela and rapaza” . The date is 1907 .

c) Modern:        Decorative would highlight Quesada , with its " Mouchiño " and that is a tribute to the comic , is in the Plaza de Lamas Carvajal is 2002. We must also say that Manuel Buciños , with a sculpture dedicated to Castelao . It's in the “Rúa da Imprenta” and has been there since 1996. Also Acisclo Manzano with the work " Maternidade " located in Rua Paseo and has been there since 1997.

d) Contemporary :     Above all , we must highlight his Toño Monteiro dos Tempos Arco , in the Rotunda ponte Patinha Novísimo in 2011. And with its " Ollo do Camiñante" 2004.

Question 4: I know that there is a new artistic exposition. Can you explain us something about it?

Answer:    The most contemporary exhibition we have today in the city is located in the Municipal Hall Jose Angel Valente ( ancient Bank of Spain ) . I define as the best sculptural exhibition in Galicia, consists of 24 large pieces ( +1.5 meters ) sharing materials such as wood , metal, resin , stone ... The title of the exhibition is "Against Vento and Tide" and Artists 4. Manuel Patinha are , Xurxo Oro Claro , Silverio Rivas and Paco Pestana

Question 5: Which activities that you can do in a day at Ourense would you reccomend?

Answer:           I recommend going outside in the morning and visit the museums and exhibition halls , go have some skewers to old . In the afternoon visit the thermal area and take baths , returning for the ride das nymphs and visualizing the various artworks that are in the path that is what the issue is .

Contact telephone (Museum telephone) :+34-988-24-89-70

Email: museo.municipal@ourense.es

(Ourense's municipal artistic museum)

The Queen' Sofia Museum

 

 The National Artistic Centre Queen' Sofía Museum, the Queen' Sofía Museum is one of the most importants spanish  museums, as the Prado, the Guggenheim of Bilbao, the Thyssen or the Picasso in Barcelona. It is  located in Saint Isabel' Street; in the number 52, opens from 10:00 to 21:00. Its telephone is 917-74-10-00 .

   This museum has one of the most important pictures in Spansh history; the Guernica (Picasso), and if you want to go to the permanent exposition you must pay 8€; but if you want the huge pack (permanent, and temporaly expositions) you will pay 12 € (8€ permanent exposition and 4€ temporary exposition). Its important to say that this prize is per person, so if you go with lots of people, it will be a little bit expensive.

    This is a museum that opens almost every day, but closes:

In January, it closes the 1st and the 6th.

In May, closes the 2nd and the 16th.

In November. closes the 9th.

In December, closes the 24th, 25th, 31st

It also closes every Tuesday.

This museum has very important modern art paintings; such as the Guernica. 

If you go to Madrid, you must go to this museum.

I hope you like it; don't forget to comment

Pablo Picasso

This videos are for explain you Picasso's art and his best painting (obviusly this is relative, cause it depends on the person)

Picasso's art explanation:

10 famous Picasso's pictures 

Artistic evolution of Picasso

 

Actually, art is also clothing.

 

In this years, the concept of art has changed a lot. Actually, even mode is a type of art. And you would say : "You are lieing, mode is't a type of art" But that isn't true at all, cause who never believe a beautiful clothe, like an Armani's dress or some Levi's. Mode is made to give a feeling to the person that wears it; and that origin the  wish of havind it. But, who never be in cities like Paris, London or New York in front of a Carolina Herrera's shop and sighed?

This also happen to you, as also occur when you are in a gallery or a museum and see a beatufil painting or sculture and say: "Oh my god, the person that paints it was a genious"

With mode occur the same, and now you can not discuss it (you can do it if you want it, this is a free blog) 

HAve a nice day, please don't forget to comment. 

An interview with an expert about Art

Eva Torres is the actual manager of the Ourense's artistic museum and we are going to have an interview with her. She has the title of Economics and Art, so she knows about the theme. The interview will be on Tuesday so we will upload the contents on Wednesday morning.

                                   (Here is Eva in fron of the Museum)

An interview with a great Artist.

Probably you don't know it but, last year, gropu of women restored the romanesque great entrance of Ourense, in Galicia. This entrance is called the "Pórtico del Paraíso", and it is actually the best conserved in the world, even more than Santiago's one.

On Thursday, 10th we will have an interview with Vania, the leader of this three incredible women. We'll talk about the Pórticos renovation and how was that work in onw of the most beatiful medieval Pórticos in the World.

I will upload the information on Thursday night or on Friday morning; it will be great!


 

(This photo shows how does is the Pórtico today. Is it beatuful or not?)


(I also give you this video {in Spanish} if you want more information about the "Pórtico del
Paraíso"

Famous sentences about music

<<Music is a synonym of freedom, of playing the thing you want and as you want, whenever has passion and its good, music is love's food.>>         Kurt D. Kobain (1967-19994) American composer and musician

<<Music is for the soul as gymnastics are for the body>> Plato (427BC-347BC) Greek philosopher

<<Witout music, life would be a mistake>> Friederich Nietzche (1844-1990) German philosopher

<<Music is the most direct type of art, it goes inside your body by your inner ear and it goes directly to your heart>>   Magdalena Martínez (1963-Actually) Spanish flute player.

<<The person that listen to music feels that can express emotions>>  Robert Browning (1812-1889) British Poet

We share this sentences with you  for enjoying listening to music while you think in sentences that clever people said. We hope you like it.

The artist of the Month

Do you know who is she? Is Joan Baez, and she is our first artist of the Month. We give she the prize cause of her beutiful songs defending social rigths of workers. Joan was born January 9, 1941 as Joan Chandos Baez) is an American folk singer,  songwriter, musician, and activist whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 55 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish as well as in English she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages.

She is a woman that diserve the title of first artist of the month.

If you want to follow her in social networks:

Twitter: @joancbaez
Facebook: OfficialJoanBaez

The Guernica of Picasso

This famous picture is the Guernica, painted by Picasso in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was painted for remembering the shelling of Guernica (País Vasco). It has a cubist style, very typical in that years.

It is located in the Reina Sofía's Museum, in Madrid, and you can see it every day cause it is on its permanent exposition.

We can appreciate people dying by lots of forms, also ghosts of the deads, and a strange bull. The Guernica is actually, a symbol of art in the last century.