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Art History: what is it and what does this discipline study?

Art history has not always existed. We explain ourselves. Like most disciplines, the branch of th...

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Medieval art: its characteristics, and 5 keys to understanding it

Medieval art: its characteristics, and 5 keys to understanding it

When we think of medieval art, impressive Gothic cathedrals probably come to mind. And it is that...

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Psychoanalysis and Surrealist Art: what is their relationship?

Psychoanalysis and Surrealist Art: what is their relationship?

The connections between surrealism and psychoanalysis are, in general, quite clear. André Breton ...

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What is Music for?

What is Music for?

"Music calms the beast". Surely you have ever heard this popular saying. It may seem like an exag...

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The myth of Sisyphus and his punishment: the torture of a meaningless life

Sisyphus is a famous character from the mythology of Ancient Greece belonging to the Homeric trad...

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Marginal Art: what it is and what characteristics it has

Marginal Art: what it is and what characteristics it has

Perhaps you have heard of "outsider art", but do not know exactly what it is. It may sound like a...

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The Golden Age: what it is and who are its most important authors

The Golden Age: what it is and who are its most important authors

Invoked over and over again as the most splendid stage of Spanish arts and literature, the called...

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The Sphinx of Giza: origins and characteristics of this Egyptian monument

The Sphinx of Giza: origins and characteristics of this Egyptian monument

It is not the only sphinx that the Egyptian civilization has left us, but it is the most spectacu...

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Metal Age: characteristics and phases of this stage

Metal Age: characteristics and phases of this stage

The human being has always used metals, although it may not seem like it. Long before the beginni...

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20 curiosities (and interesting facts) of Microbiology

20 curiosities (and interesting facts) of Microbiology

The fascinating branch of biology responsible for the study and investigation of microscopic livi...

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The Veil of Ignorance by John Rawls: what it is and what this idea proposes

In 1971 he appeared A Theory of Justice, which is considered the main work of the American philos...

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The Copper Age: characteristics of this stage of Prehistory

The Copper Age: characteristics of this stage of Prehistory

Although the other periods of the Metal Age (the Bronze Age and the Iron Age) represented a unpre...

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