(De Francisco de Goya – Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (accession number 35.103.1), Dominio público/Public Domain)
Interesantísimas y las tienes que conocer, pues son partes integrales de la historia del arte, y de este gran aragonés que, prácticamente se puede decir, fue realmente el primer pintor moderno. El vídeo te lo explicará todo.
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Extremely interesting and you have to get to know them. They are an integral part of art history and of the history of this great Spanish (Aragonese) painter. It could almost be said that Goya was the first truly modern artist. In any event, this video will explain it all to you.
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(De/By Nicolas Poussin – Foto/Photo Dominio publico/Public Domain)
Este cuadro maravilloso, «Et in Arcadia Ego: Les Bergers d’Arcadie,» del artista del barroco francés (tardío), Nicolas Poussin, (Normandía, 1594- Roma 1665), pintado circa 1630 y pico, que está en el museo de Louvre, en París, no solo muestra su maestría, técnica y conocimientos artísticos, pero guarda ciertos misterios debido a esa extraña frase inscrita en la tumba: «Et in Arcadia ego.»
La frase latina significa «Hasta en Arcadia estoy». Arcadia se refiere a lo idílico, a lo pastoral y también a una provincia griega de la antigüedad en el peloponesio, supuestamente el habitat de Pan, el dios de los bosques y las ninfas. Se ha especulado que intenta proclamar que hasta en Arcadia está, aunque agazapada, la muerte. Esto según Giovan Pietro Bellori, biógrafo de Poussin, que dijo que el «ego» era la muerte y que la muerte vagaba hasta por lugares utópicos como Arcadia.
Quizá la frase se refiere al que ocupa la tumba. O quizá Poussin, sin tratar de avisar la inevitabilidad de la muerte, quiso solo rememorar, haciéndole, con la frase y con la tumba, un guiño a la nostalgia. Quien sabe, pero los autores del libro «The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail» de1982, pensaron que Poussin era un miembro de la sociedad secreta Prioridad de Sion y que este cuadro guardaba grandes secretos esotéricos. Pero no dijeron mas.
A mi no se me ocurre nada sobre este supuesto misterio. Pero si lei que en un vallecillo, de la tierra de la lengua de las ocas en el sur de Francia, apareció una vez una tumba como la del paisaje de Poussin. Lamentablemente ya no esta por esos Deus lares…
El cuadro de Poussin aparece en el llamado «Monumento a los pastores» (del Siglo XVIII) que está en Shugborough Hall, en la localidad de Staffordshire, Inglaterra. En el monumento vemos la imagen de espejo de la pintura de Poussin pero con algunos elementos agregados. Por ejemplo, encima del sarcófago del cuadro hay otro y debajo hay una piedra con una misteriosa inscripción compuesta de las siguientes letras: O U O S V A V V, esculpidas en la piedra entre las letras D M en un plano inferior. Hasta la fecha nadie ha podido descifrar este enigma, aunque las teorías abundan.
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This beautiful masterpiece, «Et in Arcadia Ego: Les Bergers d’Arcadie,» by the French Baroque painter Nicolas Poussin, (Normandy, 1594- Rome 1665), painted circa 1630, hangs in the Louvre museum. It not only demonstrates the artists’ mastery of technique and knowledge of art history, but it seems to hide certain mysteries. One can say that all of it is due to the cryptic inscription on the tomb: «Et in Arcadia ego.»
The Latin phrase can be interpreted as meaning «Even in Arcadia I am.» Arcadia refers to the idyllic, to the pastoral. But it was an ancient Greek province in the Peloponnesus, idealised for its peaceful nature and beloved for its tranquillity. This was the domain of Pan, god of the woods and of the nymphs. It has been speculated that it proclaims that even in such a place as Arcadia, death lurks, perhaps hidden. This became «truth» thanks to Poussin’s biographer Giovan Pietro Bellori, who stated that «ego» referred to death and that death «is» even in utopias like Arcadia.
But it is also possible that the phrase is indicative and pertains to whoever lies in the tomb. Or maybe that Poussin, without intending to warn about the inevitability of death, wanted simply to reminisce, giving such reminiscence a memorable phrase. In other words a nod to nostalgia. I don’t know. However, the authors of the book «The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail» (1982), thought that Poussin was a member of a secret organization called the Priory of Sion, and that this painting held secrets of great esoteric significance. But they do not go beyond that.
I truly wouldn’t even venture a guess. But in a small valley in the land of the language of geese, in the south of France, a lonely tomb like this was found. The same landscape that Poussin painted centuries before. Lamentably it no longer exists in those lands.
Below is the 18th Century «Shepherd’s Monument» in Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, England. It bears a mirror image of Poussin’s painting, with a few added features. The bas relief has a second sarcophagus placed on top of the one in the painting and beneath a stone bearing the following inscription: O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M beneath them. No one so far has been able to crack what the letters mean. Theories abound…
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As you know I am also known by the artistic name of Francisco Bravo Cabrera…
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(FBC climbing mountains in Greece/All Rights Reserved)(«Quintus» an original acrylic on canvas painting by Francisco Bravo Cabrera, also known as Bodo Vespaciano/All Rights Reserved)
Francisco created her in 2023. Available for purchase for those interested parties. 🤓 “Quintus” – H100cm W70cm – Acrylic on Canvas by Francisco Bravo Cabrera aka Bodo Vespaciano
Esta canción, del hijo del torero Luis Miguel Dominguín y de la actriz italiana Lucía Bosé, es…en mi humilde opinion…casi un himno a una bella ciudad española, Sevilla… «Sevilla» salió en el disco Bandido en 1984. Fue número uno en España en diciembre de 1984. En 2009 la Diputación de Sevilla le dió a Bosé el honor de ser Hijo Adoptivo, y junto a ese titulo, el Ayuntamiento de Sevilla le presentó el Galardón Giraldillo de Oro.
Dime si te gusta «Sevilla» (y Sevilla) a ti también….
Aquí la letra entera de la canción:
Media luna brillará La navaja acecharaá Ojos bravos de mujer Qué veneno fue Celo macho áfrica Tu abanico se ensangrentará A mí sino fiel seré Qué veneno fue El corazón que a Triana va Nunca volverá Sevilla Con que pasión te enamorará Y te embrujará Sevilla Sola queda Soledad La guitarra llorará Sortilegio sobre ti caerá Y una lagrima Un perfume flor de azahar A la hora de la verdad Pulso infame temblará Pero matará Y al alba blanca le contaré Lo que yo te amé Sevilla Bandido ay muero yo por ti Tu paloma fui Sevilla Cantaré Y enloqueceré Sentiré Puñales de placer El corazón que a Triana va Nunca volverá Sevilla Con que pasión te enamorará Y te embrujará Sevilla Y al alba blanca le contaré Lo que yo te ame Sevilla Bandido ay muero yo por ti Tu paloma fui Sevilla Y al alba blanca le contaré Lo que yo te amé Sevilla Bandido ay muero yo por ti Tu paloma fui Sevilla De oro y diamantes te cubriré Te seduciré Sevilla Como a una reina te trataré Y te adoraré Sevilla, Sevilla
(Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East 1971 – Photo Pitchfork)
Only one of the greatest Country-Rock-Blues bands to come out of the Southern United States, The Allman Brothers Band, originally headed by the brothers Duane and Gregg Allman. May they both rest in peace with my appreciation for their great music. And «Statesboro Blues» is one of my favourites. Here it is from their concert in New York City. I had the opportunity to see them twice in Miami. All I can say is that they were both great concerts at the Miami Jai-Alai Fronton, filled with sweet smoke and great music.
(Duane Allman* 1946-1971 Photo Born to Listen)
«Statesboro Blues» was written by Blind Willie McTell in 1928, referencing the town of Statesboro, Georgia. It was covered by Taj Mahal in 1968. It is listed as one of the great guitar songs and as well in 2005, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution placed «Statesboro Blues» as number 57 on their list of «100 Songs of the South.»
What do you think?
(Gregg Allman 1947-2017 – Photo Public Domain)
Cheers…
*“I will take love wherever I find it and offer it to everyone who will take it.., seek knowledge from those wiser than me and try to teach those who wish to learn from me.” (Duane Allman)
(«Mr. Uprightbass» Image property of FBC/All Rights Reserved)
«Mr. Uprightbass» as you see here is the «framed print» but there are more ways to display this jazzy guy…
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