TOLEDO

GREAT CITY 2 Part Presentation Guide to Toledo that will set you up for all the city monuments, art, architecture and history of this great imperial city.


10:30 H * DAROCAS STUDIO * Benitachell

SALVADOR DALI EXPERIENCE!

PART ONE * Monday


Dali was the first visual artist  of his era to seriously question and pictorially document Freudian theories.

This Dali presentation will explore Freud’s influence on Dali’s Surreal style with special insights into the concepts of "Free Association", “Dream” Painting and of course all of the funny stories and fabulous art that goes with Dali's experiments into Freud's theories of the subconscious!

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PART TWO * Tuesday

Dali's artwork after 1945 is a historical tour of the scientific events of the 21st century, or at least of those that struck him most.

This Dali presentation will explore Dali's influences include the atomic bomb, physics, quantum mechanics, the origins of life, natural law,  hermeticism, monasticism, evolution, mathematics, geometry, time travel, catastrophe theory and more!


Instructor: Fine Arts Historian, Sr. Karla Darocas, Hons. B.A. 





VELAZQUEZ, SPANISH BAROQUE & THE HABSBURGS

Diego Velázquez was the most admired and greatest European painter who ever lived. He possessed a miraculous gift for conveying a sense of truth and humanity in his realistic works. 
* 10:30am
* Darocas Studio Benitachell
* 10euros entry fee.


IMPASSIONED AND PENETRATING ART COMES TO ORBA

Art Loves are invited to a unique art show at the Exhibition Hall Casa Senyoria in the charming village of Orba from January 13th to February 25th.

The show is called “Remnants”, and it features are artworks of Katherine M Waters and Don Henderson.

Feature by Karla Darocas
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PHOTO WALK MORAIRA

If you want to learn photography skills, camera tips and tricks while getting some exercise and drinking in the beauty of Moraira, then PHOTO WALKS MORAIRA is for you!

A unique and educational Sunday morning experience.


TOLEDO * PART 1 * PRE-RENAISSANCE


Very special lecture on the history of Toledo via its architecture, sculptures 
and of course paintings.  

REVIEWS

"From the Visigothic and Roman roots of Toledo with its unique cultural legacy of Christian, Arab and Jewish communities living alongside each other to the horseshoe arched mosques and haunting canvases of El Greco, Karla crammed all of this and much more into her enthralling and spellbinding lecture.

Toledo now holds a far greater appeal than ever before, I simply must return to truly explore and appreciate this magnificent medieval city. Wow!

Karla's teaching style is full of  Passion and Knowledge and I "always" recommend her to other.

* Sue Martin, Pedreguer

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"Where to start? As always Karla shares so much knowledge.

I learnt the range of people's coming into Spain and eventually Toledo including the Romans, Visigoths, Jews and Muslims. This seat of learning also showed how many different cultures could live together in harmony and learn from each other.

I learnt how to understand the different styles of architecture, the more simple style of Rome to Mudejar from the Muslims. This was using materials readily available, clay to make bricks, stones from the fields. The skill to carve and embellish plaster.

I could go on for so much longer, but I can't wait for her next lecture, Toledo part 2.

If you want to learn about Spain and it's history Karla's teaching through art is wonderful. The feature I love about her teaching is her knowledge and passion. I  Highly recommended her lectures."

* Lizzie Clayton. Benitachell

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FRIDA * ART FILM

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For those of you who attended my Frida Kahlo presentation, I talked about this film.