Prints from the Encyclopedia and a recent exhibition

Here you have a beautiful video about the original edition of the Encycopledia. It includes prints with drawings to explain the different concepts included in this magnificient work. 150 people worked under Denis Diderot and Jean Rond D' Alembert's direction and among them there were illustrious enlightened philosophers, such as Montesquieu or Rousseau. In my opinion the Encyclopedia was one of the best ideas in the history of humanity.

There has been a recent exhibition about Diderot and the Encyclopedia in Valencia. Here you have some links with extra information about it:  

http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/11/12/valencia/1384283792_032775.html

http://www.uv.es/uvweb/universitat/es/agenda-uv/enciclopedies-segle-xviii-esperit-il-lustracio-1285851282125/Esdeveniment.html?id=1285894808601

http://www.demaravilla.com/valencia-conmemora-enciclopedias-denis-diderot-wikipedia/

http://www.uv.es/culturaweb/claustreobert/claustreobertdiderot.pdf

Two current news related to 19th century art

The following are two current news related to what we've recently studied in class and the projects you've made: 

- Yesterday Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam reopened, after seven months closed. The museum has prepared a special exhibition to celebrate the reopening. It's called Van Gogh at work and is focused on how the Dutch genius worked and improved his technique. Here you have some interesting links, just in case you can learn more about the exhibition, the different periods of the life of Van Gogh and the letters he wrote to different people, especially to his brother Theo (many of them include drawings and sketches)

http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=309018&lang=en

http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=425&lang=en

http://www.vangoghletters.org/vg/

Source: http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0077v.htm

And this link includes all Van Gogh works of art: 

http://www.vggallery.com/

- The second news refers to today's celebration in Madrid. The 2nd of May is holiday in the autonomous community of Madrid. The date of the official holiday of the community was elected due to its relation with the uprising of the people of Madrid against the French Army on the 2nd of May 1808. Today the workers of the public health system in Madrid have performed a special version of the shootings Francisco de Goya depicted on his painting The Third of May 1808. They have gathered outside El Prado Museum to protest against the privatization of several public health services. Here you have the photographs: 

Source: http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/05/02/album/1367494774_494715.html#1367494774_494715_1367494813

Two interesting art exhibitions

For those who love art, there are two current exhibitions both in Madrid and London that you may like: 

- "Leonardo da Vinci, painter at the court of Milan" at the London National Gallery : this is an exhibition of some of Leonardo da Vinci´s most important works, painted when he worked for Duke Ludovico Sforza in Milan at the end of the 15th century. Visitors will be able to see nine Leonardo´s most important paintings in the same place. One of the most interesting aspects of this exhibition lies on the possibility of comparing the two versions of The Virgin of the Rocks (the one that belongs to the National Gallery, recently restored, and the one that makes part of the Louvre collection). Here you have two links, where you will find some of the paintings you analyzed last year, such as The lady with an ermine:

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/leonardo-da-vinci-painter-at-the-court-of-milan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13334287

Portrait of a musician, Leonardo da Vinci

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Musician

- "The Hermitage in El Prado": this exhibition offers the possibility of visiting 120 works of art of Saint Petersburg´s Hermitage Museum. The Russian tsars started an art collection that includes works of art from different periods. If you go to Madrid, you will be able to visit some Caravaggio, Titian or Velázquez ´s paintings never seen before in Spain. The exhibition also includes some sculptures, such as the terracota study made by Bernini before sculpting his Ecstasy of Saint Theresa. This is also a unique opportunity of watching some paintings of the 20th century in El Prado. Here you have some more information about the works of art on display: 

http://www.museodelprado.es/en/exhibitions/exhibitions/at-the-museum/tesoros-del-hermitage/exposicion/

Tavern scene or The Luncheon, Velázquez

Source: http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_3_1_2b.html

The Lute player, Caravaggio

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

Ecstasy of Saint Theresa (terracota model), Bernini

Source: http://www.artrenewal.org/commerce/customorder.php?artworkid=13345

If you go to Madrid, don´t miss the opportunity of watching these and other masterpieces.