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I uploaded my 6th music broadcast in “Spoon Radio.” I am
broadcasting music in the order of the lectures I conducted at the “ACJ
Music Academy,”which introduced various genres of music that I previously
taught.
The theme of this week’s 6th broadcast is“Flamenco,” a
national art that blends traditional folk songs, local dances, and guitar
accompaniments from the Andalusian region in southern Spain. It richly
expresses the unique national sentiment and spirit of the region, known as “the
heart of Spain, the land of passion.”In this broadcast, I introduced the
background of its birth, classification, etymology, origin, terminology,
sections, and representative artists along with their music in each section of
Flamenco.
You can listen to my broadcast by clicking the link below. I would
appreciate it if you leave a comment after listening.
Influenced by:
Caravaggio, Titian, Antonis Mor, Alonso Sánchez Coello
Influenced on:
Francis Bacon, Edouard Manet, Francisco Goya, John Singer Sargent, Pablo
Picasso, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Salvador Dalí, Juan Bautista Martínez
del Mazo, Juan Carreño de Miranda
Teachers:Francisco Pacheco, Francisco Herrera the Elder
Friends/Co-workers: Peter
Paul Rubens
Family/Relatives:Francisco Pacheco
Diego
Velázquez was a Spanish painter born on June 6, 1599 (baptized) and died on
August 6, 1660.
Birthplace of Velázquez, Seville
He was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and of
the Spanish Golden Age.
Philip IV of Spain
He began to paint in a tenebrist style, using the
intense contrasts of light and dark, and after that developed a more liberal
method characterized by bold brushwork.
Martyrdom of St Andrew, an example of Tenebrism, Jusepe de Ribera (1628)
In addition to numerous paintings
depicting scenes of historical and cultural significance, he also painted
portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, which was culminated in
his masterpiece "Las Meninas (1656)."
Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez (1656)
Velázquez's works became a
model for 19th century realist and impressionist painters. In the 20th century,
artists such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Francis Bacon paid homage to
Velázquez by re-interpreting some of his most iconic paintings.
Las Meninas, Pablo Picasso (1957)
Velázquez Painting the Infanta Margarita With the Lights and Shadows of His Own Glory, Salvador Dalí (1958)
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, Francis Bacon (1953)
Release
date:10 November 2006 (Spain), 20 July 2007
(US)
Staff
Director:Miloš Forman
Produced by:Saul Zaentz
Screenplay:Miloš Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière
Music:Varhan Orchestrovič Bauer
Cinematography:
Javier Aguirresarobe
Edited
by: Adam Boome
Cast
Natalie Portman as Inés Bilbatúa
and Alicia
Javier Bardem as Lorenzo Casamares
Stellan Skarsgård as Francisco Goya
Michael Lonsdale as the Inquisitor
General
Randy Quaid as King Charles IV of
Spain
Unax Ugalde as Ángel Bilbatúa
Natalie Portman
Javier Bardem
Stellan Skarsgård
Summary
“Goya's Ghosts” is a 2006
biographical drama film, directed by Miloš Forman, which was his final
directorial film before his death in 2018 and co-written by him and Jean-Claude
Carrière. Starring Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgård, it was
filmed in Spain during late 2005 and was produced in both Spanish and English. The historical setting of the film is true, but the story about Goya trying to
protect a model is fictional, like the characters Brother Lorenzo and the
Bilbatúa family.
Movie
Review
“A Bleak Masterpiece on
the Nightmare of History”
“Really great”
“A dark page in Spain's
history”
“A masterpiece”
“A Formidable Work of Art”
“One of the best movies I
have seen this year”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. When asked why the film about
such a typical Spanish artist, Goya, was made in English, director Milos Forman
replied, "I don't speak Spanish."
Francisco Goya
2. Director Milos Forman saw Randy
Quaid playing Tom Parker in the film "Elvis (2005)" and cast him as
the King of Spain.
Elvis (2005)
3. Director Milos Forman cast
Natalie Portman after discovering the resemblance to the girl in Goya's
painting "Milkmaid of Bordeaux".
The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, Francisco Goya (1825-1827)
