Series - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - 17th Century
Museum
The Baroque art is characterized by strong contrasts, bold ornamentation, dramatic tension and religious passion.
In Partnership with:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
17th Century in Italy
Italy has so much to say in Art.
There was the best schools (artists started to travel though the world to study better techniques), the best workers, the best Patrons...The cherry of the cake that was the world at that time.
Besides Italy, Portugal and Spain were the countries where there is more architecture based in this period.
On this Gallery I took only the pictures that were more significant to me.
It's the period of the Baroque.
The Baroque art is characterized by strong contrasts, bold ornamentation, dramatic tension and religious passion.
All types of art were encouraged (painting, sculpture, music, engraving and tapestry) by the Catholic church as a way of "fighting" the Protestants, and that is why we see the devotion and a poetic view about the Bible. Artists were "encouraged" to paint about it to cleanse their souls and gain an entry to heaven.
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| I love this painting. It's almost a mixture of Tapestry with engraving. |
Visit from My Nonna (Italian Grandmother)
Cara Nonna Dora
Grazie per la tua visita questa notte,
Non ho pensato a te per un certo tempo,
Mi sento così riposato e amato.
Mi hai sempre trattato come uno dei tuoi
Ti voglio bene.
Che tu possa avere un buon viaggio
Ci vediamo nella prossima vita.
Grazie per la tua visita questa notte,
Non ho pensato a te per un certo tempo,
Mi sento così riposato e amato.
Mi hai sempre trattato come uno dei tuoi
Ti voglio bene.
Che tu possa avere un buon viaggio
Ci vediamo nella prossima vita.
English:
Dear Grandma Dora
Thank you for your visit this night,
I didn't thought of you for a time,
I feel so rested and loved.
You always treated me like one of yours
Love you.
May you have a good journey
See you next life.
Thank you for your visit this night,
I didn't thought of you for a time,
I feel so rested and loved.
You always treated me like one of yours
Love you.
May you have a good journey
See you next life.
Series - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - Presentation
Museum
In Partnership with:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Presentation
Just to give a little taste on what you can find on the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK.
The entrance is fantastic with the beautiful sculpture of Lucifer by Jacob Epstein, the angel that got thrown away from the Heavens, it's here, under the huge glass dome almost like trying to get back up.
What did I found in the rounded wall at the left of the angel? One of the most perfect paintings from one of my favorite painters: William Blake Richmond!
Its impressive the power that he applied to the painting, if you sit in the room looking at it, after 2 minutes you start to have that feeling that in fact you're the one to be watched. It's the most impressive painting.
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| This painting is huge, and you think you can't see the characters well... |
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| But then you realize that each of them is judging you! |
Another one is this Champion!
Is so well conserved, the colors is just how the photo is: clear and vivid.
As you start leaving the entrance (yes, this was only the entrance, of course has more paintings but i only putted some, so you can come over and see them yourselves), you enter the Japanese Collection, with the wood paintings, the samurai armor and lacquer ware.
Next:
15th and 16th Century
In Partnership with:
New Series - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The Series
After being invited to this magnificent Museum, one of many in the West Midlands and the UK by the Friends of Birmingham Museum; decided that, to explore better what this museum has on a level of exhibitions and events, I will post several topics on this museum.
ATTENTION:
If you need to make a research on the same and need any of my photographs, please send me an email and I will send the pictures via email.
Lost
I'm Lost!
I really am!
And how wonderful it is!
I'm lost in your love for so many century's.
Each life i found you and i lost you
Search on every palace
I will search always ... if not in reality...
may it be in a dream so profound that i don't want to wake anymore.
I stretch my hand and nothing to reach.
But my heart beats it all
and there you are...
My love,
My one,
My only.
My companion.
My lover.
My friend.
My loyal knight.
Even if i drop tears in my sleep because you're not here,
I will wake up with strength to search you.
I love you!
Ludovico Einaudi
Music
Ludovico Einaudi
New Album, ‘In a Time Lapse’.
New Album, ‘In a Time Lapse’.
‘In A Time Lapse’ marks the return of Ludovico Einaudi to the stages and tours.
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| Derek - Ricky Gervais |
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| J. Edgar - Clint Eastwood |
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| I'm Still Here |
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| Mali Ballaké Sissoko |
Florbela Espanca
Literature
Florbela Espanca
Florbela Espanca (Vila Viçosa, Portugal, 8th of December of 1894 — Matosinhos, Portugal, 8th of December of 1930), Baptized as Flor Bela de Alma da Conceição Espanca.
Precursor of the feminine movement in Portugal, her life of only 36 years, was full, even if it were tumultuous, restless and full of intimately suffering that the author transformed in a high level of poetry, loaded with eroticization, femininity and pantheism.
In 1903, Florbela Espanca wrote her first poem that we have know, "Life and Death".
She got married in her Birthday at 1913, with Alberto Moutinho.
Concluded her Literacy course in 1917, signing immediately in the Law course, being the first woman to participate this course in the Lisbon University.
She suffered a spontaneous abortion in 1919, year that she would publish her "Book of Remorse".
It was on this period that Florbela starts to reveal the first symptoms of mental illness.
In 1921 splited from Alberto Moutinho, starting to face the social prejudice due to it.
In the following year she got married for the second time with António Guimarães.
The book "Soror Saudade", (no translation), is published in 1923.
Florbela suffered another abortion and her new husband asked for divorce.
In 1925 got married for the third time with Mário Laje.
Her brother's death, Apeles (in a plain crash), shakes her deeply and inspires her to write "Masks from Destiny".
She tried suicide for 2 times, one in October and then in November of 1930, on the eve of the publishing of her master piece, "Charneca em Flor".
After being diagnosed with pulmonary edema, she suicides in her birthday, 8th of December of 1930, using a highly dose of Veronal (Barbital).
"Charneca em Flor" was published in January of 1931.
Miss you
Miss you! Yes... maybe... and why not?...
If our dream was so high ans strong
How i thought that I saw him till death
Dazzle my heart with the light!
Forget! For what?... Ah! how is vain!
That all of this, Love, don't mind us.
If he left beauty that comfort
Must be as sacred as bread!
How many times, Love, I forgot you,
To madly I remember,
More madly I remember you!
I wish I was always like this:
Lesser I wanted to remember
More the missing was stuck in me!
Florbela Espanca
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