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JÁVEA-WALK FRIDAY * APRIL 12TH, 26TH @ 10:30

Explore and Learn About the History of JÁVEA by visiting its most exciting and unique monuments and museum with Spanish Fine Arts & Architecture Historian / Educator, Karla Darocas, Hons. B. A. (KarlaDarocas.com)

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

BOOKING form below...

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...

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 g…

FRIDA KAHLO

Frida Kahlo made her own face famous by painting a seemingly endless series of self-portraits that span over her 30-year career.

All of her artworks demonstrated a fierce sense of pride in her heritage that flew in the face of traditional European art school movements.

She also had a very real, if not obsessive, passion for her marriage and husband who did not follow the bourgeois and Catholic traditions of monogamous relationships.

Frida was an artist who truly understood the spirit of the human condition and its ability to rise above pain, suffering and disappointment in order to participate in the precious essence of life.

This lecture and slideshow will not only explore the dynamics of the early 20th century European and Mexican art, it will enhance the life of Frida Kahlo and her artworks as gifts of expressive, visionary self-interpretations.

REVIEWS ...

"Karla has an amazing amount of knowledge about the detailed meanings in each and every painting of Frida Khalo's The sli…

TRIBUTE TO TOLEDO * PART 2

TRIBUTE TO TOLEDO * PART TWO is a presentation (lecture and slideshow) about the Renaissance - Golden Agehistory of Toledo explored through its cultural evolutions, arts and architecture. Presented by Spanish Fine Arts & Architecture Historian, Karla Darocas, Hons. B.A. (KarlaDarocas.com)

About.
Toledo came into the Renaissance like no other place in Spain with vibrant and unique displays of splendour and impressiveness.

Queen Isabella was a big part of the adventure with her personal flamboyant and ornate architectural mark upon the city, followed by a host of imperial and imposing exhibits of grandeur that persisted even after its fall as the Royal seat.

Toledo's continued its religious stronghold as a capital city and now ranks as one of the top historical monumental tourist attraction in the World.

The human imagination and classical knowledge combined to make Toledo one of the most fascinating cities to study for art, architecture, history and cultural studies for student…

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…

GANDIA

This History of Gandia is a presentation that explores the early beginnings of Gandia through to its modern transformations.
The capital of the Safor region, sitting on a rich agricultural plain next to the river Serpis, Gandia enjoys a mild climate, excellent beaches and a delicious local favourite dish of fideuá. But apart from its tourist side, this Valencian town retains a history marked by illustrious characters and magnificent civil and religious buildings.

REMEDIOS VARO

Remedios Varo was a visionary painter who placed herself in the center of her own narratives. Inspired to learn more about the human experience and promote a balance and interconnection with the universe, her visions reflect herself engaged in magical work - embarking and unlocking the divine.

After a complicated early life, this Spanish woman fled to Mexico to make a community and find work. Finally free of ongoing financial constraints, she found stability in love and life. Remedios was able to paint prolifically. Every work completed by Varo demonstrates profound technical skill and an extraordinary insight into human nature. She was an extremely talented intellectual artist and incredible draftswoman too!
Born in Girona, Spain in 1908, she studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid.

During the Spanish Civil War she fled to Paris where she was greatly influenced by the surrealist movement. She met her second husband, the French surrealist poet Benjamin P…

EL GRECO'S TINY TRIBUTE TO THE FATHER OF THE SACRED FAMILY

The Flight into Egypt, ca. 1570, is a small oil painting on a prepared pine board. It is mostly a landscape representation with the sacred family as the figures within it. It demonstrates El Greco's newly acquired knowledge of the Venetian style of painting that was popular at the time due to the grand Venetian master, Titian.

Report by Karla Darocas, Hons. B. A. (KarlaDarocas.com)
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In El Greco's work, the Holy Family is depicted on their journey to Egypt, fleeing the persecution of Herod.

El Greco places the three essential characters of this story in a beautiful setting of rolling hills and the lighting suggests that it is early evening. Mary sits on a donkey, carrying her naked Child in her arms. The infant is depicted as chubby, healthy, and wriggling with curiosity as he seeks out his father.

Joseph is having to exert his bodily force in an effort to pull the hesitating donkey onto the bridge. This uncommon gesture emphasizes Joseph’s acti…

WATCH * 3D ANIMATION OF GALATEA OF THE SPHERES * A DALI PORTRAIT

Dali's passion for the sciences, as a way to express mysticism, comes into full vision in this mesmerizing painting - Galatea of the Spheres from 1952. It represents a synthesis of Renaissance art and atomic theory and illustrates the suspension of matter, the spheres themselves representing atomic particles.

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…

LECTURE AT PARADOR JAVEA ON VELAZQUEZ

Excellent gathering of Anglo-Spanish Society members to be enlightened by the brilliant artworks of the Spanish Master artist - Diego Velazquez.

Thank you to Keith Hyde for arranging this event and for hiring me to lecture. I am always delighted to share my knowledge and my love of these works of art.

There were approximately 60 fine folks at the lecture and a few of my "fans" hung around for this lovely group shot.

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