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Definition of artistic Happening The happening is about involving the public as much as possible in the work of art, making them participate. Furthermore, in the happening music, theater and, also as an expressive element, the visual-plastic intervene. Music, in…
There are many examples of caricatures or cartoon series based on aspects, more or less rigorous, of people in real life. The resemblance is usually physical, but as we will see, sometimes it goes beyond the physical resemblance… Mr. Magoo…
The Bourbon Restoration: peripheral nationalisms and regionalisms At the end of the 19th century, three nationalist movements arose in Spain. Its main consequence was based on the centralization that the Bourbon Restoration entailed, but there are others: The federalist ideas…
The history of the gin and tonic began when the Spanish conquerors, in the 1700s, learned of the use that the Quechua tribe (in what is now Peru) gave to the bark of the cinchona trees (technically: a genus of…
For all moviegoers, Princess Isabel of France will always have the features of Sophie Marceau, the beautiful french actress who played this role in the Mel Gibson Braveheart movie. The true story of Queen Elizabeth of France However, the historical…
When did Phillip II reign? Phillip II was born in 1527 and died in 1598 , and became King of Spain in January 1556 . He ruled the country in its so-called ” Golden Age “. However, his reign saw the economic decline of Spain , its bankruptcy, and a…
Philip II: A long-lived king King Philip II (1527-1598) is one of the best-known monarchs of our past. If we were to ask about him on the street, it would be rare for the person to whom, at least, his name did not…
Princess Mary and the Duke of Suffolk, a 16th-century love story The reign of Henry VIII of England has always been known for the excesses of love of the monarch and for his relationship, often tumultuous, with his six wives. But less well known…
Two versions of the same historical image that, in reality, never happened. That really is political propaganda The painting of the neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David ‘ Napoleon crossing the Alps ‘ navigates, for the course of History, between art and propaganda, like practically all…
Today we think of the dictators of today’s countries as “he who arrogates or receives all political powers , and supported by force, exercises them without legal limitation “. At least that is what the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy says. But, as the same…