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JÁVEA-WALK FRIDAYS - Explore and Learn About the History of JÁVEA by visiting its most exciting and unique monuments and museums.

MEETING PLACE: Central Indoor Market * The Cafe shop is at the Calle San Marco door. Beside Carniceria Mutt https://goo.gl/maps/CL6yXQMw2zM2
- Come early for your coffee.

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TIMES: 10:30 - 13:00 finish times depends on bathroom breaks :)

FEE 10 euros: includes LECTURE & WALKING ROUTE / MAP, in case you get lost or separated from group

MAX. 5 students per group MAX

END OF WALK: Get a beverage and Q & A time...
NOTE: If you enjoy ancient artifacts then you can head back to the museum after the lecture.

PARKING in the Municipal Parking Lots...

INSTRUCTOR: Karla Darocas, Hons. B.A. Fine Arts, Educator Since 1990, Spanish Arts Historian,

REVIEWS: www.KarlaDarocas.com

ABOUT THE WALK

Javea's architecture reflects three special historical periods when wealth and prosperity produced very unique sacred and civil architecture.

We will go through the town and I will share my information about the most artistic and interesting architectural artifacts.

We will go quietly int…

XÁBIA , JOSÉ ANTONIO BOLUFER AND HIS SHIP MYSTERY

This is a story about a small village, a large wharf, a visionary business man and his fleet and a tiny treat of dried fruit.

The Xábia wharf was finished in 1879 and all of the small fishing boats and transport barges that would normally be stranded on the beach could now properly anchor. The large size of the wharf allowed for the berthing of a variety of boats, many of them owned by the main merchants of Xábia.

Pailebot PEPE TONO. From the book Xabia Marinera. Graphic Memory
REPORT BY: Karla Darocas, Hons. B.A. Fine Arts (www.KarlaDarocas.com)

On any given day, the ships that moored in Xábia were Feluccas, a traditional Mediterranean wooden sailing boat; Jabeques, a triangular sailboat, with which one could also sail by rowing; Schooners, a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts; and Pailebotes, a type of sailing vessel that has had various uses: merchant , fishing or recreational yacht.

The ability to load and unload directly from land with greater spe…

SOROLLA: The Artist, the Humanist, the Scientist * PRESENTATION: Monday&Tues, Nov. 19 & 20, 10:30 & 17:00

Hosted by Darocas Studio inside the offices of Benitachell Properties SL. Calle Padre Placido 57- Planta Baja 03726 Benitachell-Alicante

THE MASTER
Joaquín Sorolla (1863 – 1923) was Spain's premiere impressionist artist.

A master painter from Valencia, Sorolla won many artistic prizes and was adored the world over. In his youth, he was idealistic and like a modern pop star, his powerful paintings served to bring a social conscious to the fine arts world and beyond.

Sorolla paintings are built upon scientific knowledge and based on natural phenomena and their properties and relations. Thus, information derived from sensory experience, interpreted through reason and logic, forms the exclusive source of all certain knowledge.

Sorolla's positivism held that valid knowledge (certitude or truth) was found only in empirical evidence and this 19th century discovery caught the imagination of entire younger generation liberating their eyes from the Church and traditional society.

Sor…

TREASURES OF TERUEL

The term Mudejar comes from the Arab word “mudayyan”which means the one who has been allowed to remain.
There was religious tolerance in Spain in the Middle Ages in the north under the Christian Monarchs. While they waged war on the Moors in the south, the Muslim population that lived under Christian rule were left to live in fairly reasonable conditions and worked as serfs keeping many nobles rich.
The Muslims were able to keep their Arabic language, their Islamic religion and their own social organisation until the "Grand Expulsion" of 1609 and 1613 when the Moriscos (Moors who converted to Christianity after the Reconquest) were shipped to north Africa.
Aragonese Mudejar architecture has a marked local and traditional character. Structures were developed by skilled master builders, the majority of them Moors. They were expert artisans, stone masons and carpenters. Their extensive knowledge of the forms and techniques of Moorish architecture gave them the ability to pr…

PRESENTATION: ISABELLA

Isabella of Castile was the driving force of 15th-century Spanish — and therefore European — politics. In this presentation, we will take an enlightened look at the life and time of Queen Isabella by utilizing a variety of visual artworks inspired by her achievements.

Reviews

"So much enjoyed this presentation about Queen Isabella with a new theme: one historic figure illustrated and coming 'alive' by paintings, architecture, revivals and stories, stories, stories from current research and traditional history books. Brilliant. Fascinating and, as always, most pleasantly presented by Karla, who has a unique style of teaching. She is a down to earth presenter and a walking encyclopedia."

***** Trudi van Dorp, Benitachell

"Karla has a knack of grabbing your attention from the off. This lecture on Isabella was no different. Delivered with a rich tapestry of anecdotes and knowledge that comes with a wealth of experience. Without realising it, I found that I was soaki…

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS * Wednesdays 10:00h

Don't let another day go by without discovering the power and pleasure of Photography.

In today's world where cameras are easy to access, they are even on your phones, there is no excuse not to learn the principles of photography and take memorable and beautiful photos that will bring joy for years!!

Karla Darocas has been teaching Photography since 1990. She will teach you to "see" the world as an artist. It is her goal to move you from being just a "happy snapper" to becoming a "photographer" in order to offer the world visual experiences that open the mind and enrich the heart.

You will be given theoretical instruction via a slideshow and course notes on the principles of classical beauty, known to the world for thousands of years.

Once you are enlightened to this information, you will understand how to organise your vision to see beauty all around you and this in turn, will bring you a great amount of joy and enhance your personal well being.

Y…

THE ARCHITECTURAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF MEDIEVAL XÀBIA

Historically, settlers of many diverse cultures have populated and enjoyed this exclusive spot. The name could very well come from the Arabic "Xibìa", which means "abundant".

Xàbia or Jávea is a Valencian coastal town in the Marina Alta region (Alicante). It has always been a privileged and strategic Mediterranean location enticing ancient Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Christians.

REPORT BY: Karla Darocas, Hons. B.A. Fine Arts (www.KarlaDarocas.com)
MEDIEVAL FORTIFIED PARISH CHURCH
Today, the most impressive structure of this town is the parish church of San Bartolomé.

It is a royal treasure, a Valencian Gothic / Isabelline gem combining exquisite aesthetics with military defensive features like a watch tower, roof top parapet and "murder holes".

For centuries Xàbia was a coastal settlement that fell victim to many threats, attacks and incursions arriving by the Mediterranean sea. In order to combat these assaults and to protect its people, Xàbia developed a def…

SUNDAY ART FILM & DISCUSSION * GOYA'S GHOST * MARCH 12TH, 2017

GOYA'S GHOSTS (2006) in English
This "Goyaesque" masterpiece is a Spanish-American film, directed by Miloš Forman, and written by him and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem and Stellan Skarsgård, and was filmed on location in Spain during late 2005. The film was written, produced, and performed in English although it is a Spanish production.

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TEULADA CELEBRATES THE SACRED IN FORTIFIED BAROQUE AND ICONIC ART

The Hermitage of San Vicente Ferrer is a sacred, solid seaside shelter located near the main entrance to the village of Teulada. It is one of the many regional sacred structures that in the 18th century benefited from Juan de Ribera's era of Catholic temple refresh during the religious climate of the Counter-Reformation.
Unlike other sacred structures built on Roman or Arab temple foundations, this hermitage was built from the ground up around 1767.

REPORT BY: Karla Darocas, Hons. B.A. Fine Arts (www.KarlaDarocas.com)
The Hermitage of San Vicente Ferrer is perfectly symmetrical. It has a white plastered, south facing façade with a square "tosca" or sandstone portal. The door is a fortified tin with geometric patterns suggesting the cross between the Herrerian style squares and rectangles and the Baroque oval. There are fortified windows on each side of the door.
Above the door is a rectangular window for light to the choir with a leaded image of the patron saint, but no…

PRESENTATION: Medieval Valencian Gothic Architecture * Sacred and Civil

Valencian Gothic architecture is an artistic style with its own characteristics. It can only be called Gothic by convention and chronology because it didn't develop with the same constructive techniques nor participate in the same aesthetic assumptions.

It was developed during the 14th century and reached its maturity and maximum expression in the 15th century. It occurred in the Kingdom of Valencia, held by the crown of Aragon, born out of conquered Muslim territory.

After the conquest, the Valenician kingdom was left out of political problems of the Crown and hence flourished in agriculture, craftsmanship and trade commercialism aided by its easy access to the Mediterranean and an expert submissive Moorish workforce.

Throughout the fifteenth century, urban and rural growth was supported by influential people determined to promote their wealth with sacred and civil grandeur. King Alfonso V and the family of Rodrigo de Borja, then Pope Alejandro VI, were eager to advance the Valen…

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