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1 day ago · The cucaña was a popular theme of the iconography of the eighteenth century that the Spanish painter had previously used for his tapestry drawings. In Seville, the cuccagna became cucaña, and it would eventually reach the New World, where it was known by different names. It is believed to have first served as training exercise for sailors in ...
1 day ago · The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition ( Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición ), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition ( Inquisición española ), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. It began toward the end of the Reconquista and was ...
5 hours ago · BUENOS AIRES, 15 jul (Xinhua) -- Los principales periódicos argentinos definieron hoy lunes al seleccionado nacional de fútbol como "un campeón inolvidable", tras coronarse el domingo en la Copa América jugada en Estados Unidos. "Un campeón inolvidable. Con un gol de Lautaro (Martínez) en ...
1 day ago · ɾ. Trill. r. The phonemes /b/, /d/, and /ɡ/ are pronounced as voiced stops only after a pause, after a nasal consonant, or—in the case of /d/ —after a lateral consonant; in all other contexts, they are realized as approximants (namely [ β̞, ð̞, ɣ˕], hereafter represented without the downtacks) or fricatives.
5 hours ago · Abstract. Ekphrasis in a text (especially in a novel) often has the function of revealing, anticipating and thematising the deep structure of the narrative itself; ekphrasis is a container for “meta-poetical” reflections or can have a pronounced “meta-narrative” function. By meta-poetic reflections I mean the use of ekphrasis to say ...
1 day ago · The visual representation of Socrates in art is a testament to the enduring power of ideas. While the philosopher himself may not have been immortalized in a single, definitive image, his legacy has been imprinted on the canvas of history through countless artistic interpretations. By exploring these depictions, we gain a deeper understanding ...
1 day ago · Etymology. The English meditation is derived from Old French meditacioun, in turn from Latin meditatio from a verb meditari, meaning "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder". In the Catholic tradition, the use of the term meditatio as part of a formal, stepwise process of meditation goes back to at least the 12th-century monk Guigo II, before which the Greek word theoria was used for the same ...
