Tobias and the Angel, Eduardo Rosales, between 1858 and 1863

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Tobias and the Angel, Eduardo Rosales, between 1858 and 1863
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Ecce Homo" (Behold the Man), is a religious oil on canvas painting completed in 1871 by the Italian artist Antonio Ciseri. This work is particularly significant for Good Friday, as it captures the pivotal moment from the Gospel of John (19:5) when the Roman governor Pontius Pilate presents a scourged and mocked Jesus Christ to a hostile crowd.
The painting illustrates the instant Pilate gestures toward Jesus, uttering the famous Latin phrase "Ecce Homo". Jesus is shown from behind, crowned with thorns and draped in a red robe, facing an unseen but clamoring crowd below the balcony. Ciseri chose a unique, cinematic perspective from behind the figures on the balcony, making the viewer feel like an eyewitness to the event. The composition is anchored by Pilate, who is central and illuminated, with his gesture leading the eye directly to Christ.
A hallmark of this work is its sculptural precision and historical authenticity. Ciseri used architectural props and detailed ancient garments to create a believable setting. The scene is filled with psychological tension. While Pilate is seen leaning over the railing to address the people, other figures on the balcony, including his wife Claudia Procula, appear distraught or turned away in grief, symbolizing the internal moral conflict and the recognition of Christ’s innocence, grounding the grand historical moment in raw, human emotion.
Dos retratos de mariposas en un lienzo, estilo de motivos de tatuajes clásicos
Tatuaje Gitano #arte #mariposas #tatuaje #clásico #baja frente #purismo
Dos plumas con plumas, estilo azul claro y morado oscuro, trabajo de pluma, purismo, wiccan, colorido, mono-ha, poses naturalistas
Clipart De Pluma #plumas #verde claro #morado oscuro #trabajo de pluma intrincado #purismo #wiccano #colorido #mono-ha #poses naturalistas
El purismo pasó de moda
Hace un poco más de 120 años, Ricardo Palma, peruano, publicaba sus Papeletas lexicográficas, en las que propone a la Real Academia Española incluir americanismos que ya todos usaban y aceptaban. Hoy nos parece increíble que esos vocablos no estuvieran registrados. Así es siempre. El diccionario es el último en abrirles las puertas a las palabras.
En materia de verbos la autoridad de la Academia está muy por debajo de las imposiciones del uso. Nadie se cuida de averiguar si están o no en el Diccionario verbos que vienen constantemente a los labios o a los puntos de la pluma, tales como contraprobar, salvaguardar, sesionar, presupuestar, clausurar, hospitalizar, nacionalizar, independizar, agredir, pavimentar, deshipotecar, catear, exteriorizar, raptar, desmonetizar, festinar, escobillar, fusionar y tantos otros a los que dedico papeleta, y que los americanos conjugamos sin escrúpulo. Todo verbo que alcanza a generalizarse en el lenguaje de un pueblo, es sólo porque satisface una necesidad de expresión clara. ¿A qué rodeos y perífrasis, cuando con un vocablo podemos exteriorizar nuestro pensamiento?
Argumento sin base sólida me ha parecido el de que no debe admitirse en el Léxico un vocablo nuevo siempre que esté ya consignado otro que signifique lo mismo. (...) Lo que abunda no siempre daña, y no es —VI→ malo tener sobra de palabras para escoger como entre peras (...).
Esquálido gramático
Um dos tipos de nossa literatura que melhor satirizam o gramático prescritivista e purista é o Lobo, o consultor gramatical de ‘O Globo’, do livro ‘Recordações do escrivão Isaías Caminha’, de Lima Barreto. No romance, o narrador, Isaías Caminha, quando se refere ao gramático (e evidentemente às posições que esse tipo de gramático defende), o faz com muito sarcasmo, ridicularizando o tipo em…