Word: spanishness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...these days. But Cuban exile Francisco Avila Azcuy claims he was just that -- a double agent spying on exile commandos in Miami for Fidel Castro while helping the FBI unravel Cuba's espionage network in the U.S. Not uncoincidentally, a Cuban diplomat at the U.N. was expelled after the Spanish- language Miami TV station WSCV secretly videotaped the official discussing a prospective exile raid on Cuba with Avila...
Through November 22, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is featuring a special exhibit of Singer's drawings and studies for "El Jaleo"--in the Gardner permanent collection--and for "The Spanish Dancer"--a painting recently rediscovered in France and brought to the United States...
Isabella Stewart Gardner was a friend and patron of John Singer Sargent. She went to Spain in 1888, and it fascinated her--she said of the country: "Here one feels existence." She soon began collecting the artwork that now adorns the Spanish Cloister of the Museum. Her cousin gave her "El Jaleo," the focal point of this area. Later, Sargent presented his patron with the sketches for this painting...
...example, the life-size portrait "The Spanish Dancer" depicts a figure essentially the same as the main figure in "El Jaleo." As the exhibition tags note, "The Spanish Dancer" "represents Sargent's first complete treatment of the subject he would again take up in the expanded composition of "El Jaleo.'" Her arms and neck show the strength of an accomplished dancer; the blur of her swirling clothing shows the movement of the dance. Singer displays his skill in the precise rendering of her clothing...
...Jaleo" depicts a dancer performing before musicians and other dancers. As in "The Spanish Dancer," the woman's strong body suggests her mastery of her trade. The exhibition space of the Gardner adds to the drama of this work--it has been a striking feature of the Gardner for years. The special exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to gain insights into the painting and the artist...