La Llorona Latin America is rich with stories and legends. Many are said to have been originated from the time of the Conquistadors or the indigenous era. One story or legend that has surpass all other folklore and the times, in all parts of Latin America, is that of “the weeping woman” or best known as “La Llorona”. Her sad story is said to have originated in a small town in Mexico. It was said that in this small humble town, there lived an enchanting young girl. She was by far the most beautiful
Las Meninas is considered one of the greatest paintings of all time by critics and casual admirers of art alike. It was painted during a time when Spain’s glory was declining, and Velázquez was surrounded by the remnants of a once-great court, which was now in shambles and debt. King Philip had entered depression, due to the fact that he did not have a suitable male heir to the throne and was bankrupted by the Thirty Years’ War, and paid little effort to governing his country. He had lost power,
Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas is one of the greatest pieces of art of all time. Many people today are still questioning what Velazquez meant with the painting. Many who are still eager to understand what Velazquez was meaning to say are puzzled by the self portrait he added to the artwork. Pablo Picasso was so intrigued by the piece that he decided to recreate it with a series of 58 different paintings. Although some of the painting’s features are similar some are very different. One main difference
Folk Tales: La Llorona At night under a full moon partially covered by clouds, a woman dressed in white with a veil appears by the river bank lamenting for her lost children. Anyone who hears her cry “AY….. MIS HIJOS” (OH MY CHILDREN”) gets frightened, terrorized and panics; chills run through your spine. It is said that, a person can turn hysterical if her face is seen. She is La Llorona (the weeping woman). In Europe, they have their own weeper by the waterside. She is named be’an sighe, in English
A Guatemalan native, a male graduate student that I work with in my research group at the University told this story. He came from the countryside, living in a small village back home. According to him, the story of La Llorona, involving a weeping woman, arose sometime in the 1700s and became well known both at school and home. Some claimed to have actually seen the weeping woman. Some disregard it as unscientific and implausible. No one is sure of the exact origin of this urban legend. This
reverence paid or rendered to an artwork. The famous art work Las Meninas painted by Diego Velázquez in 1656, has been appropriated by several artists. Artists which have paid homage to Diego Velázquez’s artwork are Joel-Peter Witkin and Equipo Crónica. This essay will discuss how Witkin and Crónica appropriated Las Meninas by creating individual artworks and how elements from the original work were placed into theirs. The oil painting Las Meninas painted by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, with measurements
La Haine is a French film from the 1990s. The film is in black and white camera effect and sets a serious mood and tone. The movie starts off with clips of people rioting and cars being overturned. Right away, you can tell one of the themes in this film will be related with violence. The movie’s main characters are three young men; Said, Hubert, and Vinz. They all were from the projects. Although the three of them were ethnically diverse from one another. They derived from the same background and
Critique La Ventura La Ventura is widely regarded as one of the greatest films to date. Michelangelo Antonioni didn’t win the Palme D’or, but it did get a Special Jury Prize during the Cannes film festival of 1960. No surprise he didn’t win the Palme D’or, but why give him an award in the first place? The reason for winning the title seemed unclear at first because the film had serious issues with breaking the rules of standardized filmmaking. For example having his actors enter the scene from
Las Vegas Las Vegas, also known as “Sin City”, is one of the most popular tourist spots in the world. It is the fastest growing city in the United States with a population of over a million people. Six thousand people move to Vegas every month and only one thousand people leave, giving it a net growth of approximately five thousand people a month. If you visit Las Vegas once a year, you will see huge changes in with the city to accommodate their phenomenal growth. I flew into Las Vegas for
My first choice was a ballet piece named La Sylphide. La Sylphide is a story about a young Scottish man named James who is soon to be wed. He falls asleep and has an intricate dream about a beautiful sylphide, which is a spirit. In his dream they dance and he soon falls in love with the sylphide. When he awakes, he soon forgets about the sylphide and focuses on his fiancée. A witch soon arrives in the castle that reads palms and tells James he would betray his fiancée on their wedding day. He doesn’t
The legend of La Llorona goes back thousands of years ago all over the world. La Llorona is known for drowning her children in a river over sadness and rage when she finds out that her lover is set to marry a woman of “higher class” than her. She immediately regrets her decision of pushing her kids into the busy river; She tried to chase them down and save them, but it was too late. La Llorona then jumped into the river and took her own life because of the regret she felt. After the incident, many
Table of Contents Page 3- Introduction Page 3 - Los Angeles Erupts Page 5- Figure #1- City of Los Angeles- Extent of damage Page 6- The Powder Keg and the Spark Page 7- LA- Rich vs. Poor, Black vs. White Page 7- Crack Cocaine and Gangs Page 8- Figure #2- Gang Territories 1996 Page 9- The LAPD- Protectors of Occupying Force? Page 10- Rodney King and Latasha Harlins Page 11- Long Term Planning Page 11- Prevention/Mitigation Page 11- Preparedness Page 12- Response Page 12- Recovery Page
La Haine is set in contemporary Paris and highlighting the cultural volatility specifically the lower income districts. The film shows the casual and normal occurrence of violence that the younger generation has in that culture during this specific time of revolt. The three young men, who are of three different ethnicities; Jew, Arab and African, identify with revolt. Though all of these men deal with their oppression differently, it is wise to say that all three of these young men are quite angry
Leaving Las Vegas, directed by Mike Figgis and based on the autobiographical novel by John O’Brien, is an emotional story about an alcoholic who rejects life and wants to drink himself to death in Las Vegas, and an unselfish prostitute who loves him the way he is. Ben, played by Nicholas Cage, was a former movie producer in Los Angeles and has obviously crumbled in the glamour world of Hollywood which is shown in the opening scene. Here Ben is already an alcoholic when he disturbs former colleagues
LA CONVERGENCIA DIGITAL Y LA EDUCACIÓN INTRODUCCIÓN En el presente ensayo se abordara el tema de la convergencia digital y la educación, se hablara de los grandes cambios que ha traído consigo en el ámbito educativo y las innovadoras aportaciones a este, para así adaptarse a los fines educativos y tecnológicos. Trata los principales factores que han modificado a la sociedad de la educación en la vida cotidiana, las innovaciones e integraciones de la tecnología de la información en el aula
Life in Las Vegas Hell is expensive. This is my first thought as my plane lands in Las Vegas. The Luxor hotel's glass pyramid seems dangerously close to the runway's edge, as do its chocolate-and-gold sphinx and rows of shaved palms. I wonder if these rooms tremble when jets land. Behind the Luxor are mountains kissed by dust the hue of bone; to its left lies the Strip, where color is so bright it looks like it has died, rotted, and come back as a poisonous flower. I have been forewarned
Nature, and Discursive Communities in Alex La Guma's "The Lemon Orchard" South African writer Alex La Guma was an active member of his country's non-white liberation movement. One of the 156 people accused in the Treason Trial of 1956, La Guma wrote his first book, A Walk in the Night and Other Stories, in 1962 (Wade 15). "The Lemon Orchard," a story which appeared in this debut work, is a gripping piece about the horror and cruelty of racism. In the story, La Guma describes in chilling detail how a
cubana-estadounidense que explora la experiencia de desterritorialización personal y cultural de los residentes cubanos y los inmigrantes cubanos. Cristina García nació en La Habana en 1958. Cuando Castro asumió el poder en 1959 sus padres eligieron vivir en el exilio en los Estados Unidos. García tenía sólo dos años cuando emigraron a los Estados Unidos, y por esta razón, ella no tiene recuerdos de Cuba. Esta falta de memoria ha moldeado a sus intereses académicos y se destaca en su escritura, donde la memoria y el
“Las Meninas “is a 1656 painting by Diego Velazquez. It’s located in the Museo Del Prado in Madrid. Las Meninas, which translates to the Maid of Honor, is a portrait of Infant Margarita, the daughter of King Philip IV, and his second wife Mariana of Austria. The painting is made out of oil paint on canvas, the canvas was divided into a grid. The painting measures 10 ft. ¾ inches x 9 ft. ¾ inches. This painting is the masterpiece of Spanish painting, its controversial, talked about, analyzed and imitated
Las Vegas Gambling “Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night” states New York Times best selling novelist, Chuck Palahniuk. (1) He has a point. Las Vegas is, in a way, an American Mecca -- a national tourist hotspot filled with resorts, gambling, shopping, dining, drinking, sporting, nightlife and most other things entertainment. Las Vegas is the fastest growing city and fastest growing job market in the United States. (source?) The city, a sort of massive adult carnival