Tuesday, 4th November 2014

Today in the class of Social Sciences Paqui has explained us how to make the project and what we can include on it. We have to post it on the blog before the 20 of November. We have also corrected the other day’s scheme about Baroque art. First we have corrected the part of Architecture and Paqui has made a pause to explain us what a Solomonic column (Columna Salomónica) is and she has told us that it was used in the Roman Empire. She has also drawn on the blackboard the types of floor plan:

• The Greek cross
•  The Latin cross         
• Oval floor plan (as the one that is inside the Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane)
•  Centralized floor plan
•   Basilical floor plan

http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menug lossary/GREEKCR.HTM (Greek cross)       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruz (Latin cross)

 

 http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_San_Carlo_alle_Quattro_Fontane

 Oval floor plan

(Dome of the Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane)

Then we have continued corrected the part of Sculpture and we have compared the main features with the Bernini’s sculpture “Apollo and Daphne”. She has told us that a famous sculpture called “Ecstasy of Saint Theresa” made by Bernini was very polemic and I think that it was polemic because it was misunderstood by the Church or something like that.

http://www.wikiart.org/en/search/ecstasy%20of%20st.%20theresa/1

At the end we have corrected only one feature of painting: the use of oil painting. Paqui has said that it was a very good technique to paint, but it has a disadvantage, the oil gets rusted with time, and it can show the corrections that the authors of some paintings made. For example:

                              http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_IV_(Vel%C3%A1zquez)

You can see in this painting like a shadow next to the leg of Philip IV, this “shadows” are corrections that Velázquez made, with time , as oil gets rusted the corrections are visible.

Today I have learned that Baroque art use a lot of curved lines and that the use of movement (for example in the clothes in the sculptures) make the work of art more realistic and shocking and I have also learned that the Baroque's works of art were very expensive because some of them were built with materials that were difficult to obtain.

We have copied new words in our glossary:

Blackout/power outage: Apagón (we have copied this word because Paqui has said that in her house there was a blackout while she was working, and she loss it)

Oven: Horno

Floor plan: En arquitectura, planta

Mud: Barro

Baldachin: Baldaquino

Overwhelmed: Agobiado

To flee: huir (we have copied this word because it is referred to a feature of Sculpture, that the artists wanted to capture fleeting moments)

Fleeting: huir

Spell: hechizo

Newt: Tritón

Canvas: Lienzo

That’s all for today!!

4th November (Tuesday)

Hello!
Today in the class of Social Sciences Paqui explained us the instructions for the Baroque Project. We all have two works (that can be work of architecture, sculptures and paintings). This two works have been chosed by our teacher. We have to write an individual post on both works writing the information about they.After this Paqui has revised our homework for today, that was to complete a scheme from the Baroque Art with the book's contets.

When she finished to revise, we started to correct this scheme that have five parts:

Chronology: This style was developed in the 17th century and a part of the 18th century.

General features: This style had movement; realism representations; complexity; interest in surprising the audience; curved lines, concave and convex; and predominance of colour and light over drawing. And Paqui explained us that this style had just the opposite characteristics of the Renaissance Art.

Architecture: The architecture in this style had curved lines, spirals, ellipticand oval floor plans, solomonic colums, contrast of lights and shadows... Paqui drawn the diferents componets of the architecture. And then we seen some examples of this, like the square and colonnade of saint Peter of the vatican by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in Italy and the Versailles palace by Le vau, Mansar  and le nótre, in France.

                                           
http://www.arqhys.com/contenidos/versalles-palacio.html


http://fr.academic.ru/dic.nsf/frwiki/707863

Sculpture: The purpouse in this style was representing movement, capturing feeting movements, provoking surprise and emotion in the public. And we seen also examples, like Apolo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Paqui us the history of this sculpture when Daphne flee from Apolo and become a tree. And Fontana Di Trevi, by Nicolas Salvi, where the people throw coins.

http://mitosandmyths.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/apolo-y-dafne-presentacion-de-los.html


http://sobreitalia.com/2008/05/08/la-fontana-di-trevi-encanto-historico-y-cinematografico/

Painting: The features were use oil painting, predominance of colour over drawing use warm colours, contrast o light and shadows, realism, movement, complex, compositions in order to sock the audience...And also we seen some examples, like Death of the Virgin, by Caravaggio that was an estrange painting because the painter have used a young prostitute for represent the old Virgin, and The calling of Saint Matthew also by Caravaggio.
   
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muerte_de_la_Virgen_(Caravaggio)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calling_of_St_Matthew_(Caravaggio)

And we copied some words in the glossary:
to sock-impactar
solomic column-solomonica
baldachin-baldaquin
ball room-salón de baile
to flee-huir
fleeting-fugaz
solemn-solemne
fold-pliegue
cloth fold-pliegue de los tejidos
newt-tritón
oil painting-óleo
foreshortened figure-escorzo

And have an exam next friday so we have to study a lot!

Bye!

Thursday, 30th October 2014

Hello everybody!!


Today in our Social Sciences lesson, Paqui have revised our homework from last class, that was copy from a Power Point Presentation the main features from Baroque Art (where does it come from, differences with Renaissance Art, etc). After this, she has explained the new scheme we had to do in our notebooks taking the information from our books. It has to contents these things:

-Baroque Architecture: Main Features and Main Artists and works.
-Baroque Sculpture: Main Features and Main Artists and works.
-Baroque Painting: Main Features and Main Artists and works.

We have spent twenty minutes of the class doing our scheme with information from our books. We have completed our schemes with information such us:

-In Baroque, in Architecture and Sculpture, the movement is a very important characteristic.
-The most importants architectures were: Bernini and Borromimi.
-The most importants sculptures were: Bernini and Nicola Salvi (he made the "Fontana di Trevi").
-In painting, there is a predominance of color over drawing, just in opposite as it was in Renaissance Art.
-The most important painters were from Italy, Flanders, and from the Low Countries: Michelangelo from Italy, Peter Paul Rubers from Flanders, and Van Rijin and Johannes Vemeer from the Low Countries. They made a lot of paintings.

After finishing our scheme, Paqui did a little explanation about a new project we have to do: a project about Baroque Art. In opossite as the previous project of Renaissance Art, this project will be done individualy and the deadline is on 20th of November.
In this project we have to analyse one work from Baroque, it could be from Architecture, Sculpture or from Painting. Paqui has assigned me the sculpture "Blessed Ludovica Albertoni" from Bernini. I hope i will like to do this project and we will learn a lot about Baroque Art.



Source: http://roma.andreapollett.com/S5/rione13b.htm

We're getting the exam next week, so we have to study a lot in this long weekend.

Bye!!

Tuesday, 28th of October.

Good afternoon to everybody!

Today, Tuesday 28th of October, in the class of Social Sciences we have continued with point 

D) CULTURE AND ART: Scientific Revolution, Empiricism, Rationalism and Baroque art.

Yesterday, Paqui gave to us some homework: we had to look for the definition of Empiricism and Rationalism. So, at first, we have corrected this two definitions. Gema has read her definition of Empiricism: Method of knowledge based on experience; observing nature, formulating hyphoteses, testing them and writing a theory. And then I have read my definition of Rationalism: Method of knowledge based on the use of reason to learn. It was started by the philossopher René Descartes. Doubt was basic for him to start warning. After this, Paqui has corrected the mistakes and she has explained Empiricism and Rationalism to us. Also, Paqui has explained the main features of the rational been (thinking), and she also has write on the blackboard a small summary about Rationalism; COGITO ERGO SUM (latin sentence), which means: I think, therefore I exist. 

Paqui has also talk about the life of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei.

Then, she has told us the discoveries during the 17th century, and we have talk about the scientifics of this century. The most important scientifics were Newton, Leibriz, Kepler, Galileo Galilei and Copérnico; all them lived on the protestant countries of the Holy Roman Empire. Paqui has explained the life of Galileo Galilei; he didn't was killed, but he was recanted, because science was opposite with religion. Galileo said that the Earth revolved around the Sun; and society didn't think this, they thought that all the planets turned around the Earth.

Paqui has also talk about the Royal academy of Language and Art created in Madrid during the 18th century. And then we have talk about the TV serie of Isabel. In the episode of yesterday, the king Charles I was born; son of Joanna of Castile, more known as Joanana the Mad; daughter of the Catholic Monarchs.

After this, Paqui has explained to us that the society of this century thought that when the children born, touch them was a sin. And the hygiene was used to prevent illnesses.

Later, we have started with Baroque art. We have seem a Power Point presentation and Paqui has said that Baroque art is a realistic art, with straigh lines, geometric and simple forms. She has told us that "baroque" is a perjorative word to define and exuberant and exaggeraded art in contrast to Renaissance art and New Classicism. And also the chronology of Baroque art: Predominant style during 17th century and part of 18th century. Some examples of Baroque art are: Collegiate Church of Catania, Italy; Square and Colonnade of Saint Peter of the Vatican, Bernini; Versailles Palace...

Paqui has also explained the differences between Baroque art and Renaissance art:

RENAISSANCE ART

• Balance.
• Ideal of beauty.
• Simplicity.
• Proportions
• Straight lines.
• Predominance of drawing over colour and light.

BAROQUE ART.

• Movement.
• Realism in representations.
• Complexity.
• Interest in suprissing the audience.
• Curved lines, concave and convex.
• Predominance of colour and light over drawing.

And finally, we have copied some new words in our glossary, like:

- I wish I: Ójala.

- To set free: Liberar.

- To lose ground: Perder terreno.

- To recant: Retractarse.

- Eppur Si Muove: The Earth move.

- Hygiene: Higiene.

- Pearl: Perla.

- Exuberant: Exuberante.

- Balance: Equilibrio.

Today was an interesting lesson.

                                                             
                                                                    Galileo Galilei.

                                                     Collegiate Church of Catania, Italy.

                                                                      Versailles Palace.

                             Square and Colonnade of Saint Peter of the Vatican, Bernini, Rome.