Catolicismo - History Lab

Embrace of St. Francis of Assisi to the Crucified One

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000

Francisco Ribalta was one of the masters of the early Spanish Baroque. He was active in Valencia and was noted for his religious paintings of great mystical importance. This work is an altar painting from a disentailed Capuchin convent in Valencia. And how the exclaustrations led to the dispersion of works of art in public museums and private collections, shaped by the inheritance of the rich conventual legacy

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Athens School

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000

Fresco by Raphael to decorate the Room of the Signatura in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. Contemporaneous with the decoration of the vault of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. It shows the best of Renaissance art, under the patronage of the Papacy. It connects the wisdom of ancient Greece with the humanist world of the Modern Age.

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Adam’s creation

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000

Michelangelo’s fresco on the vault of the Sistine Chapel (Vatican Museums, Rome). Symbol of universal art and quintessential Italian Renaissance. Commissioned by Pope Julius II for the seat of the conclaves.

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Final Judgement

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000

Michelangelo’s fresco on the altar of the Sistine Chapel (Vatican Museums, Rome). Executed between 1537-1541

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Criminals condemned to death by the Inquisition

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000

The Spanish Inquisition was an institution founded in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs with the main purpose of maintaining Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms. It had its precedents in similar institutions that had existed in Europe since the 12th century, especially in France. Under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy, it was in charge of investigating converts, Moors, Protestants and all those practices that went against the orthodoxy of the Catholic Church. It was most active between the 15th and 17th centuries, and was initially very severe. In the early years, after its implementation, there were many trials and death sentences, and its activity progressively decreased until the 18th century, when it ceased to have the weight it had had in previous centuries. In its early stages, it was mainly focused on the repression of Jews and converts, which would end in exile or forced conversion. In a second period, towards the second half of the 16th century, the Inquisition was mainly concerned with the Moorish problem and the Protestant centres, centred to a greater extent in Valladolid and Seville. After the expulsion of the Moors in 1609, there was a calmer period in which executions decreased, although the court was freer, from 1643, with the fall of the Count-Duke of Olivares, to carry out its activities with greater severity, increasing the number of convictions and executions. The activity of the Inquisition diminished throughout the 18th century, with the arrival of the Enlightenment. It was definitively abolished in 1834, during the regency of María Cristina de Borbón, after its abolition was approved at the Cortes de Cádiz in 1812

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Commented work: The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Bosch

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:16 +0000

Within the collection created by the Prado Museum “Audioguías infatiles Museo del Prado” is a collection of videos explained for children of different works of the museum. The animated representation of the Infanta Margarita, together with the representation of Francisco de Paula, explain the most relevant aspects of the work and its historical context. On this occasion, the work commented on is the Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch. This video lasts 2.54 minutes. Around the triptych, the video explains the most representative images of each of its parts and their significance.

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Commented work: The Holy Family of the Little Bird, by Murillo

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:16 +0000

Within the collection created by the Museo del Prado “Audioguías infatiles Museo del Prado” is a repertoire of videos explained for children of different works of the museum. This 1.25 minute video presents the painting “The Holy Family of the Little Bird” by the painter Esteban Murillo. As usual in this series of videos, the animated representation of the Infanta Margarita from her portrait in Velázquez’s Las Meninas and the recreation of Francisco de Paula explain the most relevant aspects of the work and its historical context.

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The scientific revolution and baroque art. Theme: The 17th century. Session 2

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:41 +0000

Explanatory video about the scientific revolution and the advances in art, with the expansion of the Baroque. The Renaissance humanists with their critical spirit had challenged many traditional principles and beliefs. Throughout the 17th century, this evolution culminated in the application of new scientific methods that were fundamental to the scientific revolution that took place from that time onwards in the 17th century, where the scientific method was consolidated in an era in which theocentrism predominated, i.e. everything revolved around God. This laid the foundations of modern science through the principles of experimentation or empiricism. In short, Humanism’s evaluation of man gradually pushed religious beliefs, which had dominated science in medieval society, into the background. In this way, progress was made in the knowledge of physics, medicine, astronomy and biology, among other disciplines. In architecture, sumptuous palaces and religious temples were designed. The taste for decoration of both exteriors and interiors increased. In sculpture, the quest for exalted movement, a certain naturalism, theatricality and decorativism increased.

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Philip II, Renaissance prince and champion of the Catholic faith

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:35 +0000

Radio documentary in which prestigious historians analyse the complex personality and reign of Philip II, his Empire and the difficulties in managing it, as well as his determination to defend the Catholic religion. It highlights his facet as a Renaissance prince who built El Escorial and treasured fourteen thousand volumes in his library; as an art collector (Bosch, Titian, Flemish painters, etc.) or as a promoter of town planning and fortifications in America, in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Panama, for example. It deals with his image distorted by the Black Legend as a fanatic king and defender of the Inquisition, which was propagated by his enemies in England and the Netherlands. Apart from self-interested manipulations, the video also analyses the dark points of his reign, from the death of his son, the infant Charles, to the long and continuous wars he waged as a champion of Catholicism. Wars against England, the Netherlands and the Turks left the country exhausted and on the verge of ruin with several bankruptcies. In Documentos RNE, Modesta Cruz tackles the controversial figure of Philip II through leading specialists such as the professors of Modern History at the Complutense University of Madrid, Enrique Martínez and Fernando Bouza. Also featured are commentaries by Geoffrey Parker and John Elliot, and the late Manuel Fernández Álvarez and Joseph Pérez, great connoisseurs of the period of Philip II.

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