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Tonight I will tell you a story.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Best Exploitation Movie
The girl in our story around with his sisters and friends in the village square at parties while the boy sees it from a position slightly higher, maybe a balcony. Boy meets girl in the end. The usual causes of his and boy falls for girl. Girl falls for boy also. Our boy goes to meet him but not before conveniently to trim, although it is known handsome, and asks permission to date her. They walk hand in hand while her friends and sisters are still whispering. The procession reaches the house of the parents of the girl.
Soon, boy tries to get home to see girl girl, the sister (the girl), in defending plan (you guessed it ... the girl) and no little jealous it prevents the passage. But with the noise out the father who among other things is the rich people. The truth is that to be contrary to most accounts of this nature, the paterfamilias welcomed the boy as a son and welcomes him at home. Moreover, calls his wife and tells her to prepare something quick but delicious because he just out to dinner.
sit at the table as the girl, boy, parents and her sisters. Only the mother realizes that someone else is not invited: the envy that is drawn in the sister of the girl against the said girl. Oh, the picture begins to take on shades of West Side Story!
After the meal, and counting with the consent of the boy and girl dance parents blithely. At night and taking advantage of a neglect of her parents' boy and girl fall very happy one another's arms and empiltran.
Meanwhile, they sleep less happy sister. Alas, sister! The spy Voyeuse sister and witnesses of sexual intercourse addition, envy, which was always a bad advisor, he magnifies the scene. Jealousy will eat it and think seriously about talking to your father and tell him everything. Finally, he decides to go out to the guy and get banned again at home.
Lo and behold, the boy had had enough of so much history and contemplations. Lets go to the sister that left four fresh stone, and thereafter, he decamped to the French, that is, without saying goodbye. End of story.
Would you like it? This story seems so today however is as old as the world. So old, so old that, in large part, was written by a man famous because of this many years ago. And included in one of his books. And then, in the sixteenth century to another man liked it so much rich history that was commissioned by the put in drawings, in several scenes and a king-sized. And the artisan who made the order decided already had time instead of merely drawings, adorn slightly. Cómic finally settled vice and for years and years stayed with whom I caprice. And retransmitted generation until early past century member cited family more listillo or under money, decided break tebeo and sell others lords roamed here and there. Over hundred years Cartoon remained separate until few months ...
But is time donning a little serious. We return therefore and let 'christened characters, persons and facts.
The boy is god Mercurio. The girl, Herse. Is daughter Cécrope founder and king Athens. Her sisters are Pandrosus and Aglaulus. The village is Athens itself and fiestas, Panatinaicas. Envy as always is envy. Mercurio falls for Herse, Aglauros dies jealousy and prevents his step palace. Cécrope invites god winged feet share table unwittingly bed daughter. Finally Mercury tired of sister fastidiosa. Angry, converts stone statue and leaves ligerita and flying and incidentally, abandoning Herse. Ah, gods as whimsical and fickle in loves ..!
And who wrote most of history, as you may have guessed, is Ovid. More specifically, for the second book of the Metamorphoses, for that sister to leave the stone. However, in the sixteenth century, the author of the iconographic program, showing little respect for the Latin author and displaying a vivid imagination and a little feverish, expanded a little bit of history giving no erotic intrigues holiday. In closing I will say that he ordered to capture in images the text was Don Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma and favorite of Philip III, and was commissioned to better Weaver was at the time and living in Belgium.
Because, gentlemen, what I've been talking all the input is a collection of Flemish tapestries that Pannemaker Willen woven with threads of wool, silk , gold and silver in the sixteenth century and guided Dutch influences, Italian, French and, of course, classical texts both in inspiration and in many of the forms. In 1909 the series was divided and dispersed through the world, until a few months ago the English State through the Museo del Prado has reunited for the first time in a century and restored in most part to offer it to September in one of exhibition rooms. Then, each carpet back to its usual place.
Because, gentlemen, what I've been talking all the input is a collection of Flemish tapestries that Pannemaker Willen woven with threads of wool, silk , gold and silver in the sixteenth century and guided Dutch influences, Italian, French and, of course, classical texts both in inspiration and in many of the forms. In 1909 the series was divided and dispersed through the world, until a few months ago the English State through the Museo del Prado has reunited for the first time in a century and restored in most part to offer it to September in one of exhibition rooms. Then, each carpet back to its usual place.
walk or live if I advise a visit Madrid. Because it is an opportunity, probably unique, to see the full tapestry series. Because it is of a size and artistic quality of materials and left impressed. Because they are very well restored. For Hermes (or Mercury) used to be limited to be a director, go-between and matchmaker of other inhabitants of Olympus, but rarely the main character and that makes it even more interesting ... And what the heck, just because. Because it is beautiful, regardless of the stories they tell and how to begin or end.
And them more bearable visualization works I leave with a jingle I thought might enjoy listen on interim. On one side, English compositions cutting gallant precisely at the time. De other a series songs composed also in period where tapestries were tissues and exactly the same country. Hermanas because nationality and style walk this time melody and artwork. Hope you enjoy.
Pardon Vds. lately I devote both exposures. Les promise this is last post until next fall. But I can not I avoid it. It has fascinated me for a summer rich in them and a most exceptional.
In three or four days I shall say goodbye. The aristocrats also spent the summer y. .. noblesse oblige.
As always, good night and rest.
VV.AA. Songbook of HIERONYMUS LAUWERYN van Watervliet (Bruges, ca. 1505). I Eij LAES aij mij II Mijns liefkens Bruun ooghen III Lessiez parler - If j'ayme mon amy IV J'ayme well mon amy. Egidius Kwartet and Egidius Consort. ET'CETERA, 2006
VV.AA. Court Music and Songs from the Age of Discovery. Romances of the Cancionero de Palacio (1490-1530): I If sentis d'amor penalty anon. II O I Roman. Juan del Enzina 1468-1529): III "Qu'es thee disconsolately? Spain Antigua. Hesperion XX. Jordi Savall, dir. EMI, 1976, 1986, 2001
VV.AA. Songbook of HIERONYMUS LAUWERYN van Watervliet (Bruges, ca. 1505). I Eij LAES aij mij II Mijns liefkens Bruun ooghen III Lessiez parler - If j'ayme mon amy IV J'ayme well mon amy. Egidius Kwartet and Egidius Consort. ET'CETERA, 2006
Loves of Mercury and Herse
A rich tapestry of Willem de Pannemaker
© Museo del Prado - 2010
(click to see expanded on the web)
(click to see expanded on the web)
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