Mark of personality
Jul
31
2021
“For that is the power of the camera: seize the familiar and give it new meanings, a special significance by the mark of a personality.” – Alfred Stieglitz
“For that is the power of the camera: seize the familiar and give it new meanings, a special significance by the mark of a personality.” – Alfred Stieglitz
“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
Pieces of ethnological and tribal art from Papua New Guinea decorate the Hotel Urban 5*GL in downtown Madrid. An exquisite collection of mostly 19th century art from the island nation showcases jewellery, clothing, masks, totem poles and ancestral figures.
I’ve never seen a painting with so many beautiful and delicate details. Vittore Carpaccio’s Young knight in a landscape (ca. 1505) has recently gone through full restoration at Madrid’s Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. The canvas, signed and dated by Carpaccio on a cartellino to the right of the figure, was attributed to Dürer until 1919. The motto Malo mori quam foedari (better to die than be defiled) placed beside a short-tailed weasel suggests that he may be a knight of the Order of the Ermine. A number of hypotheses have been advanced regarding the identity of the figure; the last one suggests […]
“I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!” – George Orwell
Chorizo con cabra (Spanish goat cheese)
“Destiny guides our fortunes more favorably than we could have expected.” – Cervantes
“I was born free, and that I might live in freedom I chose the solitude of the fields; in the trees of the mountains I find society, the clear waters of the brooks are my mirrors, and to the trees and waters I make known my thoughts and charms.” – Cervantes
Open 7 days/week, from 8am to 11:30pm, Chocolateria San Gines has been offering ‘the churros’ of Madrid with splendid chocolate since 1894.
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