The  Haywain Triptych 

1512-1515. Oil on panel. Room 056, Museo del prado It´s a panel painting  by Hieronimus Bosch, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.  Bosch thus shows how man, irrespective of his social class or place of origin, is so possessed by the desire to enjoy and acquire material possessions that he allows himself to be deceived orSigue leyendo «The  Haywain Triptych «

Casas prefabricadas con General Panel System, Packaged Houses (1942-1947), Konrad Wachsmann

La Packaged House de Konrad Wachsmann y Walter Gropius no es un caso más entre las propuestas de industrialización propias de su época —basadas fundamentalmente en el empleo de estructuras metálicas ligeras— sino que debe considerarse como un ejemplo maduro de una tradición anterior: la construcción con paneles prefabricados de madera común a ambos ladosSigue leyendo «Casas prefabricadas con General Panel System, Packaged Houses (1942-1947), Konrad Wachsmann»

Prefabricated houses with the General  Panel System (1942-1947),Packaged House, Konrad Wachsmann

Later he was a student of Hans Poelzig, at the Prussian Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. Wachsmann was dedicated from the beginning to the production of precast elements. As chief architect of Christoph & Unmack, a Niesky precast timber company, he built the Spremberg Sanatorium for Lung Diseases (1927) and Albert Einstein’s summer residenceSigue leyendo «Prefabricated houses with the General  Panel System (1942-1947),Packaged House, Konrad Wachsmann»

Botticelli’s Birth of Venus

Botticelli’s Birth of Venus The myth tells that Saturn (Cronos), god of time, tears and throws the genitals of his father Caelos (Uranus) and fertilizes the sea. The friction of the foam engenders Venus which, with the help of the wind, is transported to the shores of the island of Cyprus in a seashell. There, sheSigue leyendo «Botticelli’s Birth of Venus»

La licencia gótica, El nacimiento de Venus, Sandro Boticelli, 1486

Cuenta el mito que Saturno (Cronos), dios del tiempo, desgarra y lanza los genitales de su padre Caelos (Urano) y fertiliza el mar. El roce de la espuma engendra a Venus que, con la ayuda del viento, es transportada hasta las orillas de la isla de Chipre en una concha marina. Allí, es llevada porSigue leyendo «La licencia gótica, El nacimiento de Venus, Sandro Boticelli, 1486»

Edward Larrabee Barnes, la sobriedad y la ortodoxia mas radical

Barnes nació en Chicago en el seno de una familia que describió como Altos episcopales que balancean el incienso, compuesta por Cecil Barnes, abogado, y Margaret Helen Ayer, ganadora de un premio Pulitzer por la novela Year of Grace .  Se graduó de Harvard en 1938 después de estudiar inglés e historia del arte antes de cambiarSigue leyendo «Edward Larrabee Barnes, la sobriedad y la ortodoxia mas radical»

Edward Larrabee  Barnes

In 1942 he finished his architecture studies with Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius at Harvard University. 1949 opened his architecture studio in New York. As part of his early modern works, Edward Larrabee Barnes built the Weiner house in Fort Worth, Texas (1952), one story, with a roof and floor-to-ceiling glazing on the garden side.Sigue leyendo «Edward Larrabee  Barnes»

Tríptico Portinari, 1475, Hugo van der Goes

(Trittico Portinari) es un gran tríptico del pintor flamenco Hugo van der Goes, cuya tabla central es la Adoración de los Pastores. Está realizado sobre tabla, y es pintado en Brujas entre 1476 y 1478. En cuanto a sus dimensiones, el panel central mide 253 cm de alto por 304 cm de ancho; por su parte, los postigos miden 253 por 141 cm.Sigue leyendo «Tríptico Portinari, 1475, Hugo van der Goes»

Portinari Triptych, 1475, Hugo van der Goes

(Trittico Portinari) is a great triptych by the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes, whose central panel is the Adoration of the Shepherds. It is made on panel, and is painted in Bruges between 1476 and 1478. Regárding its dimensions, the central panel measures 253 cm high by 304 cm wide; for their part, theSigue leyendo «Portinari Triptych, 1475, Hugo van der Goes»

The right to the modern city of the less favored classes, The influence of the Bauhaus in architecture, Martin Wagner

The Bauhaus was created at a time when the German spirit passed from Expressionism to New Objectivity. The Bauhaus -created by Walter Gropius in Weimar- operated between 1919-1933. It combines crafts and fine arts, and is famous for its design. House under construction, despite its name and the fact that its founder and later directorsSigue leyendo «The right to the modern city of the less favored classes, The influence of the Bauhaus in architecture, Martin Wagner»