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Elaboración de réplicas de excálibur. El premio de iredes

Elaboración de réplicas de excálibur. El premio de iredes

Elaboración de los Premios iredes para el II Congreso Iberoamericano de Redes Sociales. Son réplicas de Excalibur un bifaz elaborado en cuarcita y que fue hallado en la Sima de los Huesos de Atapuerca junto a los restos de una treintena de individuos de Homo Heidelbergensis.
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Hans Baldung Grien: ‘Portrait of a Woman’

Hans Baldung Grien: ‘Portrait of a Woman’

Hans Baldung Grien was Dürer’s most gifted pupil, and an artist who soon developed a distinctive style of his own. While his output was varied and extensive, this panel is his only surviving female portrait. Here, the influence of another great German master, Lucas Cranach the Elder, is perceptible in details of the sitter’s clothing and accessories, such as the plumed hat and the hairnet of pearls. Yet it remains a wholly enigmatic portrait, in that historians have failed to agree on the lady’s identity.

Hans Holbein, the Younger: ‘Portrait of Henry VIII of England’

Hans Holbein, the Younger: ‘Portrait of Henry VIII of England’

Portraiture was the most popular genre in sixteenth-century England, and indeed one of the few available to artists following the schism between the Church of Rome and the Church of England, of which Henry VIII became head. This likeness of the famous Tudor king is a magnificent example of Holbein’s remarkable style, characterised by a monumental rendering of figures which are nonetheless endowed with considerable psychological depth.

Peter Paul Rubens: ‘Venus and Cupid’

Peter Paul Rubens: ‘Venus and Cupid’

Rubens was the most outstanding of all Flemish painters, and a leading exponent of Baroque art. The Toilet of Venus is one of his copies of an original by Titian—now lost—which belonged to the Spanish royal collections. This provenance is supported by two significant details: the pearl bracelet and the ring on Venus’ left little finger, both of which appeared in Titian’s painting. An original version close to the one by Titian is now at the National Gallery of Washington, and there is another canvas by Rubens in the Liechtenstein Collection in Vaduz.

Vittore Carpaccio. Young Knight in a Landscape

Vittore Carpaccio. Young Knight in a Landscape

Young Knight in a Landscape is one of the earliest examples of a full-length portrait in European painting. The canvas, signed and dated by Carpaccio on a cartellino to the right of the figure, was attributed to Dürer until 1919. A number of hypotheses have been advanced regarding the identity of the figure. 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.

Edgar Degas. Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green)

Edgar Degas. Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green)

Degas was fascinated by the world of ballet; hence, it figured prominently in many of his paintings. Here, the group of dancers is depicted in mid-performance, as viewed from an upper side box. Only one of the girls in green is shown full-length, captured as she executes a swift, complicated turn. The other figures are cropped, leaving the viewer to imagine the rest. In the background, a number of ballerinas dressed in orange stand against the landscape scenery, awaiting their turn.