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The metamorphosis is a narrative authored by Franz Kafka, published in 1915, which tells the story of the transformation of Gregorio Samsa into a monstrous insect, and of the family drama that, as a result ...
In the history of Western art, the passion of Christ is one of the most developed themes, so the iconography of him is familiar to us. However, do we miss some ...
The David sculpture was made by the Florentine artist Miguel Ángel Buonarroti between 1501 and 1504, when the young man was not in his thirties. The subject had already been treated by sculptors ...
Donatello was a sculptor, goldsmith, and designer of the Italian Quattrocento, considered by some to be the father of Renaissance sculpture. Famous for his total detachment from money and selfless ...
Her, also known as Ella, is a film written and directed by Spike Jonze. The film mixes science fiction with the romantic genre and was released in 2013. It stars ...
Pablo Picasso's painting Las Senoritas de Avignon, also known as Las Damiselas de Avignon or Las Damiselas de (la calle) Avinyó, is considered the awakening of the Cubist movement in the ...
"Not pass!" It is the desperate cry, in the form of a speech, that Dolores Ibárruri broadcast on the radio from Madrid during the proliferation of fascism and the beginning of the civil war ...
Robert Capa is known to all as one of the greatest war photographers of the 20th century. But, this name was nothing more than a pseudonym, a "cover" that hid the desire to ...
War cinema is one of the classic film genres par excellence. War movies offer us the opportunity to understand historical events, world conflicts or ...
The painting Las Dos Fridas by Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is a double self-portrait painted in oil and completed in 1939, the year in which the artist divorced the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. It measures 173 ...
The poem "Song of Autumn in Spring" is one of the most famous poems by the famous Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío, the greatest exponent of Hispano-American modernism. In it, with a tone ...
The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of freedom and democracy. It is located at the entrance to the port of New York, United States, and is one of the best known monuments in the world. The...
The sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was carved between the years 1513 and 1515, at the time of the Cinquecento of the Italian Renaissance, and is currently in the ...
The poem "Margarita" is authored by Rubén Darío, one of the most prominent writers of Latin American literary modernism. It is a poem about love and the pain of losing the person ...
The poem "Stop, shadow of my elusive good" is a sonnet written by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz that talks about the poetic voice's longing for love before a lover with an elusive presence. It's a...
The statue of Justice, also called the Lady of Justice, is associated with the legal system and the principles of justice and equality. The allegory of Justice is today a mixture ...
"Effective suffrage, no reelection" was the slogan of Francisco Ignacio Madero's campaign in 1910, when he launched himself to compete for the presidency of the Mexican Republic against ...
"Man is a wolf to man" (in Latin, homo homini lupus) is a phrase used by the 18th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his work The Leviathan (1651) to refer to ...
The Raven is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, the highest representative of fantasy literature. First published in 1845, the poem so combines ...
The painter David Alfaro Siqueiros was one of the highest representatives of Mexican muralism along with José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera. She displayed a fierce temperament, always convinced ...
The end justifies the means is a phrase erroneously attributed to the writer and relevant character of Renaissance Italy, Nicholas Machiavelli. It expresses that when the objective or the cause ...
The literary work Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, written by Englishman Lewis Carroll, is a 12-chapter children's story that tells the story of a girl named Alice ...
José Clemente Orozco was a painter who was part of the generation of Mexican muralism, which emerged in the first half of the 20th century. Along with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, she became ...
Bob Marley was a musician, composer and singer of the reggae genre who stood out both for his artistic work and for his unwavering commitment to the cause of peace and the vindication of ...
The song Libertango by Astor Piazzolla was published in 1974 on a self-titled album. This composer, born in 1921 and died in 1992, was responsible for renewing the tango genre ...
Fight club (1996), also known as Fight club, is a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk. The work proposes the reader to reflect on the consumer society and the ...
"Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is" means, according to the writer and philosopher Albert Camus (Algeria, 1913-France, 1960) that man through a contradictory logic ...
William Shakespeare was an English writer, poet, and playwright. Four centuries after his birth, he remains one of the most significant names in world literature and the ...
Olga Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, essayist and poet. His work has been recognized and valued by critics worldwide. In October 2019 he became the twelfth woman in the ...
Three poems are titled "Nocturno" in the work of Rubén Darío, the most influential poet of literary modernism in Latin America. In these poems she addresses the issue of insomnia and anguish ...
The Little Prince is a short story by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which deals with the story of a little prince who departs from his asteroid on a journey through the universe, in ...
If you are one of those who is always looking to enjoy a good film, surely you have ever wondered what films you should see before you die. The reality is that in the "ocean" ...
Dark is a science fiction, drama and suspense series created by German director and screenwriter Baran bo Odar and producer Jantje Fiese. It is the first German series produced for the platform ...
Mario Moreno, known globally by the nickname Cantinflas, was a Mexican actor, producer, and comedian. Cantinflas was one of the great figures of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema and one of ...
If you like series, maybe you have ever wondered what the best series of all time are. The reality is that there are as many fictions as there are likes. However, some of ...
Los Sopranos (The Sopranos, 1999-2007) is a successful HBO series centered on Tony Soprano, one of the most imposing bosses of the New Jersey mob. The series consists of 6 seasons and is ...
"I think, therefore I exist" (Cogito ergo sum) is one of the most famous phrases of the French philosopher René Descartes, which is reflected in his work Discourse on Method (1637). Is...
Antonio Machado was an Andalusian poet, playwright and storyteller of the "generation of 98" in Spain. In addition to accusing the influence of modernism, his work stands out for three aspects: training ...
The Odyssey is an epic poem that narrates the adventures of Odysseus, also known as Ulysses, on his journey back to his homeland, Ithaca, from the moment the Trojan War ends, narrated ...