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A researcher from the University of Granada reveals that Bernini’s ‘Animas’, two of his most famous sculptures, were originally meant to be mythological (not religious) sculptures

David García Cueto, Arts History professor at the University of Granada, affirms that these two marble heads are not a representation of a Christian soul’s personification enjoying the pleasures of the Heaven or tormented by the punishment received in Hell (as believed until now), but they really are a nymph and a satyr, respectively. The… Seguir Leyendo A researcher from the University of Granada reveals that Bernini’s ‘Animas’, two of his most famous sculptures, were originally meant to be mythological (not religious) sculptures

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A previously unknown painting, belonging to a private collector, is attributed to Renaissance artist Raphael

Following years of research, a lecturer in Fine Arts at the University of Granada, Spain, has successfully attributed to Raphael a painting entitled “Small Madonna of Foligno’, which reached Cordoba from France in the late 19th century The painting depicts a scene identical to Raphael’s original ‘Madonna of Foligno’, in the Vatican Pinacoteca, and must… Seguir Leyendo A previously unknown painting, belonging to a private collector, is attributed to Renaissance artist Raphael

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Francisco Ayala’s literature shows that violence against women cuts across all classes, a study of the University of Granada says

The study –titled Entre la estupidez y el honor: La violencia en el fondo del vaso de Francisco Ayala (Between Foolishness and Honour: Violence in Ayala’s Bottom of the Glass)- was conducted by Alana Gómez Gray. It was published in the specialised journal Sociocriticism, coordinated by professor Antonio Chicharro Chamorro The novel The Bottom of… Seguir Leyendo Francisco Ayala’s literature shows that violence against women cuts across all classes, a study of the University of Granada says

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UGR researcher carries out the first study in Spain on museum visitors

Museums command respect from most people, and although the majority of the society has a “positive” opinion of museums, this respect depends on personal experience and how museums have been regarded since childhood. These are the results of a pioneer research project carried out by Laura Almazán Fernández Bobadilla and directed by the professors Mª… Seguir Leyendo UGR researcher carries out the first study in Spain on museum visitors

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In Roman times, the inhabitants of the Vega de Granada traded more with western Andalusia than with eastern Andalusia (Spain)

From the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD, Baetica was one of the Imperial Roman provinces. This geographical area was famous for the production of metals, oil and cereals, and also because its inhabitants were strongly influenced by the Roman way of life. In spite of the Roman influence, they maintained their customs… Seguir Leyendo In Roman times, the inhabitants of the Vega de Granada traded more with western Andalusia than with eastern Andalusia (Spain)

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The University of Granada publishes a book about the representation of prosodemes in alphabetic writing

The fundamental areas of this research, which has been published by the Editorial Universidad de Granada with the title “El canto del lenguaje. Representación de los prosodemas en la escritura alfabética” (The song of language. Representation of prosodemes in alphabetic writing), are the following: traditional conceptions about each prosodeme, training and doctrines about their written… Seguir Leyendo The University of Granada publishes a book about the representation of prosodemes in alphabetic writing

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The UGR has published, in collaboration with the University of Seville, a book about research in Art Education

The author, Ricardo Marín Viadel, a lecturer at the department of Didactics of Musical, Visual and Corporal Expression of the Universidad de Granada, says that this book is a photography of the moment we are living now, in the changeable field in which Visual Arts and Education converge, from an intellectual and institutional approach. The… Seguir Leyendo The UGR has published, in collaboration with the University of Seville, a book about research in Art Education

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A study of the UGR reveals keys to interpretate “Life as a parable” by Pinhas Sadeh, recently published in Spanish

The originality of “Life as a parable”, an autobiographical novel by Jewish writer Pinhas Sadeh, is the secret of this key work of contemporary Hebrew literature according to a study titled “Pinhas Sadeh, a disonant voice in Israeli literature” and published by professor María Encarnación Varela Moreno, of the department of Semitic Studies of the… Seguir Leyendo A study of the UGR reveals keys to interpretate “Life as a parable” by Pinhas Sadeh, recently published in Spanish

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The Universidad de Granada publishes a book on Alejo Carpentier and the Classical World

“Alejo Carpentier and the Classical World”, a work by professor Inmaculada López Calahorro, is the new volume published by UGR Press in the collection Library of Humanities / Classical Studies, supervised by professors José Luis Calvo Martínez and Cristóbal González Román. The book is a definite contribution to the study of the significant presence of… Seguir Leyendo The Universidad de Granada publishes a book on Alejo Carpentier and the Classical World

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A thesis of the UGR reveals that conflicts between religion and paganism in the Classical world were common in cultural elites

Which was the state of the relationships between Christianity and paganism in the late antiquity? How were these tensions reflected in society? Alberto Quiroga, researcher of the department of Greek Studies of the Universidad de Granada has tried to answer these questions in his doctoral thesis “Rhetoric-History-Mythology relation in the speeches 19-23 by Libanius of… Seguir Leyendo A thesis of the UGR reveals that conflicts between religion and paganism in the Classical world were common in cultural elites