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Friday, August 12, 2011

Twentieth century works of art


The poem does not yet relate conceptual art thus far indicated, as the laureate was considered a oracle who unagitated the verses inspired by God, not the conception existed in the poems, at small as far as the communication. To provide the essential contribution that poetry was considered an art that was Bernardo Segni in 1549 translated into the vernacular of Aristotle's Poetics, a work in which Aristotle already numbered between poetry and other arts.

The social status of artists, who improved greatly during the Renaissance, helped to separate them by scientists and craftsmen.

In 1735 Baumgarten coined the term aesthetics using it for the first time in his thesis. Publish an essay entitled In 1750, Aesthetica.

Charles Batteux in 1746 defines in his book The Fine Arts Reduced to a single principle, the system of fine arts, arts in five indicating the proper sense painting, sculpture, poetry, music, dance to associated in two arts related the eloquence and architecture - whose common denominator lies in the imitation of reality for the purpose of creating beautiful objects.

From the late eighteenth century began the first crisis of the concept of beauty and art. They were emerging new forms of expression such as photography, architecture, industrial, household items, and it has to be part of an art.
 For this reason, in the twentieth century has abandoned the idea of ​​a comprehensive definition of art and works of art. The term art becomes an open concept, in which all the possible definitions of art converge.

The twentieth century echoes of growth intimate carried out by thinkers of the previous century, but reiterates the need for more interior echoes the artist and technical innovation, including new materials (iron and prefabricated elements) are elements fundamental.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Circulo de Bellas Artes


Thus Spake Ron Galella, the guest of honor at the festival of photography Photo Espana devotes his career at the end of two exhibitions, one at the Loewe boutique at number 8 of the Gran Via, the other, more impressive, the Picasso Room of the Circulo de Bellas Artes, open to the public until July 17.

Born in New York in 1931, in the early '50s is the photographer of U.S. military involvement in the Korean War. Later, in 1958, he graduated in photojournalism in Los Angeles while he enjoys the acting classes that will be very useful despite not ever happen to a stage of limestone. It is the obsession of Jackie Onassis, a real stalker: the photographer and her husband Ari, John John with cycling, walking the streets of New York, during a picnic in Central Park, while he went to the dentist.

The picture that is more expensive than it is by Jacqueline: the note to be in the streets of Manhattan, jumps into a taxi, asking the driver to approach and shoot down the car ... Then, pursuing it again, puts a camera in the hands a passer-by and asks to be photographed while running behind with his Nikon: "I've always loved acting."

Start a war with no holds barred among the lawyers of the former first lady and those of a fearless paparazzo who is not intimidated by the power and wealth. The banter between pettifoggers hired to defend him or frame him, along with a number of summonses which have highlighted the places where Jackie O. it is no surprise, are available to the public can enjoy Madrid, Picasso in the room, with a documentary about the photographer's life: His own room in 2010 with Smash Leon Gast won the director prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Analyzing the history of the concept art

Antiquities: Are Sanskrit (order) Latin: Ars Greek: indicates the human capacity to make any object. The capacity is the knowledge of the rules. What is meant by "art" the old can be understood if one thinks of the nine Muses, that protected and embodiments of the various arts. In the list, which curiously lacks the visual arts such as painting and sculpture are represented especially the performing arts: dance (Terpsichore), tragedy and comedy (respectively, Melpomene and Thalia), mime (Polyhymnia) and the various types of poetry, which in ancient times, though written, was intended primarily to be sung or declaimed: epic (Calliope), love (Erato) and opera (Euterpe). Also included among the "arts" protected by the Muses two disciplines that we now understand, however, between the sciences: history (Clio) and Astronomy (Urania).

In the Hellenistic period began the first classification and the arts were divided into common and liberal, depending on physical exertion or require an intellectual effort.

In the Middle Ages are beginning to reassess the common arts, which will be called mechanical, but continue to play a subordinate role compared to the liberal arts. Arts "mechanics" were not different than what we now call "fine art", such as painting and sculpture, the liberal arts and mechanical properties were reduced to seven, and among those that required physical exertion were numbered only the arts that improved the life of man, who ate, the shelter from the elements, namely those arts whose point was the utility as the unique pleasure. You know, these medieval mechanical arts, two reference lists: those of Hugh of St. Victor and Rodolfo Longo Campo.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Aesthetic Expression

Art carried out individually or collectively that leads to creative forms of aesthetic expression, relying on technical tricks, innate abilities and standards of behavior resulting from study and experience. At its today, art is closely linked to the ability to convey emotion, so the artistic expressions, while aiming to convey "messages", not a real language, as they do not have a clear code shared between all users, but instead are interpreted subjectively. Some philosophers and scholars of semantics, however, argue that there is an objective language which is free from periods and styles and should be coded to be understood by all, even if efforts to prove this statement are far been unsuccessful.

In its most sublime art includes all human activity creative aesthetic expression, free from the prejudices of one or more of the artist who performs the work (or group of artists) compared to the social, moral, cultural, ethical and religious of his time that the masses are suffering instead. The art shows the aesthetic expression of his inner life. In this sense there is no concept of beauty.

Art can also be considered under the aspect of a profession carried out in accordance with an ancient tradition codified in the canons of some time. In this sense, the skilled trades that is, those which refer to crafts often descend from the Middle Ages, when they were in some way developed as specialized activities, and arts and crafts exhibitors were united in corporations. Each had its own tradition of art, whose concepts were embodied in the rule of art, which each craftsman had to comply. Art can have the so called spring forward, namely intimate understanding with the possible future societies.

Monday, August 1, 2011

The art of cooking top chef

Carlo Cracco's voice is like a lullaby. In a perfect afternoon in late July. Quiet, seraphic, never sharp, no surge of pride od'odio. It slips into my ear to the brain that tells me "Ok not the day for a scoop, but it's still a nice chat." The chef has moved temporarily bistellato reason and feeling in Versilia, Forte dei Marmi, the hotel where the Prince will be the "shoulder luxury" of chef Alessandro Filomena. One month to spend on the top floor of the hotel if possible 5 star luxury to do a load of sea air before returning by way of Victor Hugo.

With September comes home and goes on television with Sky Masterchef issuer. You, too, ended in the net cathodic siren enchantress ...
When I was asked to participate in the Italian version of Masterchef I was rather puzzled. After reading the formats and across authors, I decided to participate. Here the kitchen is central, the show has, but it is secondary compared to other programs. Then I like the idea of public participation, hearings, over three thousand of people, driven by a passion, you are put into play.

As we speak, the recordings of the episodes are nearly complete. The winner is not far away, how would you rate the average quality of the participants?
"I'd say pretty good, there are some real phenomena." Above all, you realize that in Italy a format that is more attractive than elsewhere, because people love to cook seriously and give their best in the kitchen. There was some cunning. Like, real chefs who are masquerading as fans. And 'there that the authors have asked for our help to expose them!