Interviews
Interview with Yanira Franco Adán
Yanira Franco Adán is a graduate in Art History (Complutense University of Madrid), a cultural heritage manager, specializing in communicati…
Art History
The Looting. A History of a Stolen Heritage
According to the RAE, "latrocinio" means "action characteristic of a thief or someone who seriously defrauds another person" (Consulted 02/1…
Art History
Motherhood in art
Motherhood is a theme as profound and recurring throughout the History of Art as any other. From the earliest representations of maternal fi…
Contemporary History
Francisco de Goya and Dark Imagination
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, commonly known as Goya, was a prominent painter and printmaker in Spain during the transition between the 18t…
Art History
The Female Nude in Art (Part I)
The female body is one of the most recurring subjects studied in art, both in what are called Fine Arts and in cinema. It has been objectifi…
Art History
Medusa: An Approach to Her Figure
When we hear the name Gorgon, the most famous one that probably comes to mind is Medusa. However, all our ideas about this figure come from …
Contemporary History
Art in the Reigns of Isabella II and Alfonso XII (Part II)
After the outbreak of the Glorious Revolution in 1868, Isabella II was exiled to France along with all her offspring. There she would attemp…
Contemporary History
Art in the Reigns of Isabella II and Alphonso XII (Part I)
Queen Isabel II was vacationing on the beaches of San Sebastian when the Glorious Revolution erupted. She is the daughter of Fernando VII an…
Medieval History
The Patronage of Leonor de Plantagenet
In a world dominated by and for men, those who choose to stand out are sacrificed by History. Among the queens and consorts of our legacy, w…