It was in the 10th century that authentic Hindi poetry took its form. About 500 million people speak Hindi, in India and abroad, and the total number of people who can understand the language may be 800 million. Hindi can be traced back to as early as the seventh or eighth century. Hindi is the Fifth most spoken language in …
Read More »THE HUNGRY TIDE – Romance by Ghosh Amitav
Writer, journalist and Indian anthropologist Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta. The son of a diplomat, he grew up in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. At the age of 13, he went to study in Dehradun, while the family had moved to Iran. Move briefly in the United States, knows his wife Deborah. He has taught creative writing at Columbia University …
Read More »BENGALI COLLAGE – Bay of Bengal: seven tenths of water, over human beings and landscapes
AN EXCEPTIONAL PORTRAITIST INSIDE HALF NINETEENTH CENTURY – Valeriano Becquer
VALERIANO BECQUER 1/3 – He died of liver disease. He remains in the workshop of his uncle until 1853, then barely subsisting with doing portraits. Before the date of his marriage, he made some works of great interest, as the Carlist of La Esperanza, now in the Romantic Museum of Madrid. His brief marriage failed in 1862, after producing two …
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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF SEVILLE
Services there in the museum shop, that has a wide range of articles and publications related to the contents of the museum. Walking inside the treasure chest of art, do not forget that more than one hundred artists have added the imprint of their style, year after year, that now you can admire.The building itself was built in 1594, but …
Read More »HE PERFECTES THE OTTAVA RIMA – Angelo Poliziano, a poet of unfailing artistry
He perfected the ottava rima, and was among the first scholars of the Renaissance, and a poet of unfailing artistry. Angelo Poliziano (or Angiolo), was born at Montepulciano. He was tutor to the sons of Lorenzo de’ Medici, becoming in 1480 Professor of Greek and Latin Literature at Florence. Held many benefices, which were withdrawn from him on the death …
Read More »RENAISSANCE MELODIES
The most important Italian musical centers, were those of Rome and Venice. In music even, the sixteenth century was a century of great novelty and intense development, as resented all that complex of ideas and stimuli which is known as the Renaissance. Examining the main musical characteristics of the century (the madrigal and Mass), we observe that they see the …
Read More »THE TRAIN OF TASTES – Lake Iseo, Italy: from March to December, every Sunday
If you love history and art, if you want to enhance your time enjoying unusual experiences, if you are looking for something special, a trip by rail it is able to surprise you. The trip aboard the train of Flavours http://www.iseolake.info/it/blog/1081-il-treno-dei-sapori is a different experience from the usual, a dip in the green, away from the noise of civilization. What …
Read More »FROM EVERYDAY TO EXTRAORDINARY– Francisco de Goya: atrocities of war, between portraits and nudes
FRANCISCO GOYA 1/3 – The experience helped him become a keen observer of human behavior. The father of Spanish modern art. Francisco de Goya, painted royal portraits as well as more subversive works in late 1700s and early 1800s. He was born on March day, in Spain. He began his art studies as a teenager (even spent time in Rome). …
Read More »FRANCISCO DE GOYA (1746/1828), SPANISH PAINTER – Creating works that criticized his era
SPANISH CONTEMPORARY POETRY – Pablo López Carballo
EXPLORING THE KNOWN – Between the eye and the way there is an abyss; and before and behind another. And no return, not knowing what to watch, I try to focus pended between abysses. I am seeking a vanishing point, a fountain, the horizon on grass and blue setback, another point, the expansion of a beach. Look for the half-naked …
Read More »A HEART SO WHITE – Romance by Javier MarÃas
He is a Spanish writer, his books are translated all over the world. He is the grandson of a filmmaker and son of a philosopher. Thanks to his uncle, Javier MarÃas began working in the film industry, but also manages to graduate in English Philology. For two years he taught Spanish literature at the University of Oxford, later becoming professor …
Read More »MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / MADRID – Museo del Prado: Maja Desnuda and Maja Vestida, by Francisco Goya
He was born on 1746 in Fuendetodos, Spain. He began his art studies as a teenager (and even spent time in Rome, Italy, to advance his skills). In 1770s, he began to work for Spanish royal court and – in addition to his – commissioned portraits of the nobility, creating works that criticized his era. At first, Goya learned by …
Read More »THE SPANISH NIGHT TRAINS – Sleep all night, arrive wide-eyed
The best part is you spend the time you would’ve been sleeping, sleeping (and you get to wake up in your destination). How precious is your vacation time? All to make sure you arrive relaxed and refreshed. RAILEUROPE. Your work time? Or any of your time? There’s a restaurant and cafeteria on board to satisfy any cravings. https://www.raileurope.com/index.html All carriages …
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