JaZzArt en València

I look beneath the clouds that form the vaulty, mystic ceiling, La Giralda built with fire in the sky.

My eyes burn with the smoke, the grey-white line that forms an arabesque upon your smile.

My steps lead me to light, a sun encrusted on a flower, supernatural, sublime and yellow talks to me of love.

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 06 JAN 2023, València, España.

Las brujas, esas mujeres que usaban la magia y poderes sobrenaturales para hacer el mal a la gente…quizá en bien también, pero eso nunca se sabe…son parte de la historia del arte, definitivamente. A través de las épocas los artistas las han pintado de mil maneras y aquí exploraremos algunas, las que considero más interesantes. Ojalá que lo sean para ti también y si lo son o no, me lo dejas en comentarios.

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Witches. Women who used magic and supernatural powers to do harm to others…or perhaps good, but we’ll never know…are definitely part of art history. Throughout the ages painters have painted them in a million different ways. Here we will explore a few of them, the ones I think are the most interesting. I hope they are to you as well, and please, whether they are or not, let me know what you think in the comments below.

JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE

Es interesante notar los símbolos presentes en este gran cuadro. Por ejemplo, tenemos al cuervo…que hay varios…que representa la muerte; el sapo, que representa el amor; la serpiente mordiéndose la cola que es el símbolo de Uróboros, usado en el gnosticismo y en el misticismo. Además vemos que la bruja no es una vieja fea, arrugada, sin dientes y con verrugas, sino que es una chica guapa…

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It is interesting to note the symbols present in this great work. For example the crow…there are several…who represents death; the bullfrog representing love; the serpent biting its tail, the symbol of Ouroboros frequently used in Gnosticism and mysticism. Additionally we see that the witch is not an old, ugly, old woman with a long nose, warts and green teeth. She is young and beautiful…

MUCHO MAS EN EL VIDEO QUE VIENE – MUCH MORE IN THE COMING VIDEO

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Lo he dicho y redicho en este blog desde que comencé la serie, bueno, desde que comencé el blog, que a las mujeres artistas las habían dejado a un lado, las habían maltratado y mal pagado y les habían robado los puestos que se merecían…que se merecen…en los museos del mundo. Esta tendencia tiene que acabarse ya. Además de eso, también he dicho que a la historia del arte se le tiene que hacer una gran revision y a los museos también y muchos de esos artistas masculinos, mediocres que no merecen estar en las paredes de los museos, hay que quitarlos y poner cuadros de estas grandes mujeres artistas.

Una de estas grandes es Dorothea Tanning y aquí te muestro uno de sus cuadros mas famosos para que puedas percatarte de su gran talento, su filosofía surrealista y también porque digo lo que digo. El cuadro se llama Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, (si, yo se, como la pieza de Mozart), lo pintó en 1943, oleo sobre tela y mide 42 x 60 cm y está en la Tate Collection de Londres.

As I have been saying since the start of this series, well, the start of this blog, women artists are overlooked, underrated, underpaid and not occupying the same amount of spots on the walls of museums all over the world. This has been a trend and it must stop. Furthermore, I have stated that I believe…wholeheartedly and fervently…that art history must be revised, museums must be revised and many mediocre male artists must be removed and their paintings replaced with the paintings of the great women artists that have been purposely and maliciously left in obscurity.

One of these great ones is Dorothea Tanning and here I want to show you one of her most famous paintings so that you can judge for yourself as far as her talent and her surrealist philosophy goes and why I say what I say. The painting is titled Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, (yes, I know, like Mozart’s piece). Painted in 1943, oil on canvas and measuring 161/8″ x 24″ (US inches) and hangs at the Tate Collection, London.

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTA/PRESENTS

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Inspiración para tantos y considerado uno de los mejores artistas de la historia del arte y el más grade entre los grandes maestros de Países Bajos. Este gran pintor neerlandés nació en 1606 y murió en 1669. Hay que conocerlo y punto…

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He is an inspiration to many and considered one of the greatest artists in art history. Certainly the greatest of the Dutch Masters. This great painter from Netherlands was born in 1606 and died in 1669. You have to get to know him, no doubt about it…

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Si tuviera que ir a una exposición de este artista creo que me tomarían cinco segundos para verlo todo…

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If I had to go to an exhibition of this artist I think it would take me five minutes to see it all…

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Si te gusta, si te provoca el arte, venga, tienes que conocer estos cuadros…

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If you like, I mean if you really dig art, you have to check out these paintings…

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These are…or were…The Hollies in a pic from 1965. They started in Manchester, England in 1962 and had plenty of hits but their success lasted barely to 1966. They were certainly a major group forming part of the «British Invasion» to the US in the early to mid sixties. Graham Nash was one of their most famous members.

The song «Bus Stop», recorded in May and released in June, 1966, was the hit that in many ways closed the Hollies Golden Era. It was very well received in the UK, the US and Canada, where it reached number one in the charts. It’s a hell of a song and how can we forget the lines that started it off: «Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say please share my umbrella…»

So, do you like it?

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Bueno L’Ultima Cena de Leonardo da Vinci no es un cuadro, es un fresco, pero que se va hacer… Aquí os traigo algunos cuadros muy famosos que hay que conocer.

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Ok, so Leonardo’s Last Supper is not a painting, it is a fresco, oh well… But here I bring to you some of the most famous paintings in art history that we all should be acquainted with.

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Munch es uno de mis pintores favoritos y gran maestro del expresionismo cuya obra «El grito» es uno de los cuadros mas famosos de la historia del arte.

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Munch is one of my favourite painters and a great master of Expressionism. His painting «The Scream» is one of the most famous paintings in art history.

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Como ya sabemos a la mujer artista no se le ha dado, ni a través de la historia ni ahora, el puesto que se merece, o sea igualdad con el hombre y ya es hora que eso cambie. Estas son algunas mujeres artistas de Latino America que vale la pena conocer y destacar.

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As we already know women artists have not been given parity with male artists, not throughout art history nor now and it is time that this changes. These are some Latin American women artists that are worth knowing and also highlighting.

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