WHEN PICTORIAL THOUGHTS EXCEEDS THE REALISTIC REPRODUCTION – Siegfried Zademack: the present day in mannerist periods
Knowing a nation, it is also “feel” its art. Welcome to the way of painting of an German painter, Siegfried Zademack: a perfectly proportioned man, was created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. That geometrical way of the mind, could live with the simplicity of the sides of a charming …
Read More »EVERY DIRECTION IS A DESTINATION: As the Rose of the Winds, you can feel the German feel way
Knowing a nation, it is also “feel” its inner landscapes. Welcome in Germany. The Meeting Benches way: a perfectly proportioned man, was created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. That geometrical way of the mind, could live with the simplicity of the sides of a charming square, where joy, surprise, …
Read More »RAINER MARIA RILKE – Elegies: a page from the First Elegy
Knowing a nation, it is also “feel” its poetry. Welcome to the German-language poetry. The Meeting Benches way: a perfectly proportioned man, was created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. That geometrical way of the mind, could live with the simplicity of the sides of a charming square, where joy, …
Read More »THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM – Novel of Heinrich Boll
Knowing a nation, it is also “feel” its literature. Welcome to the German-language literature. The Meeting Benches way: a perfectly proportioned man, was created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. That geometrical way of the mind, could live with the simplicity of the sides of a charming square, where joy, …
Read More »WHEN ART GALLERIES DO NOT HAVE TIMETABLE: Street Art, creative people on the road
STREET ART – The creative activities of street artists
Street Art and Graffiti, two shades creative, anonymous artists, give all of us, and their art galleries do not have timetable, because the place that these creative people have chosen is the road, that is a public space, shared by all.Graffiti, it communicates through spray, but street art creates real marvels, starting from a particular period (around the seventies), in …
Read More »EDWARD HOPPER (1882/1967), AMERICAN PAINTER: It isn’t the subject that counts but what you feel about it
PAINTING ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM IN STYLE: Forget about art and paint pictures of what interests you in life. This is the way of Robert Hooper
EDWARD HOPPER 1/4 – He was born next to the Hudson River north of New York City. He began art studies with a correspondence course. During its life, he is best known for his oil paintings. His search for inspiration, least painfully found in the stimulation of new surroundings. EDWARD HOPPER 2/4 – Hopper’s parents encouraged his art, with materials, …
Read More »PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT: Novel, by Philip Roth
PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT Seven chapters, connected by an invisible thread, that is a monologue, one between Alexander and his psychoanalyst. By reading, you also find that the temporal levels of the narrative is moved by invisible thread of memory and internal drives. The man who complains – Alexander Portnoy – is any human being, with a personal set of delusions and …
Read More »WHAT YOU FEEL, WHEN YOU EAT IN AMERICAN STYLE: Even inside the smells, you can feel your journey
Thanksgiving and pumpkin bread, hot dog buns and apple pie. Enjoy your meal, hoping that while you eat, you “feel” a little of America, even in its smells, tastes and cultural traditions, because this may be a way – special – to know the country you are visiting. The Meeting Benches way: a perfectly proportioned man, was created by Leonardo …
Read More »CHEN YIFEI (1946/2005), CHINESE PAINTER: Not only melancholic and lonely women in traditional dresses
EXPRESSIVE BRUSHSTORKES FOR REALISTIC PAINTINGS: Chen Yifei, combination of both Western and Eastern influences
CHEN YIFEI 1/4 – He was born in in Ningbo (coastal Zhejiang Province).  Famous Chinese classic painter, he is a central figure in the development of Chinese oil painting. He was famous for his big Mao portraits and depiction of grand heroic events of the modern Chinese nation. In his oil paintings, he abandoned his uncritical glorification of the party, …
Read More »CHINESE POEMS: Warm spring expands, while raising clouds
NIGHT’S VIGIL In the deep night vigil the moonlight cuts through men and houses, the Great Bear cross the skies in the north, Sagittarius declines in the south. On this night I mean better the warm air of spring: entry of insects again penetrates the green veil of the window. (Liu Fang-P’ing) THOUGHT LOOKING The network image, launched, widens more …
Read More »RAISE THE RED LANTERN: Novel, by Su Tong
What you read, you talk of a China immersed in medieval times of pre-revolutionary social decomposition. Leafing through the pages of the novel, you will discover the young Songlian, a girl who agrees to become the fourth wife and concubine of rich Chen Zuoqian. You must adapt to the rules that the “home” requires wives (the husband has – among …
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