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Tendencies and Mentalities

Analysis of ambiences, manners, historical periods and their influence on human tendencies, shaping mentalities

All… Except One!

All… Except One!

Ângelo Francisco Neto Martins
By Jupiter, what a good idea Vipsanius Agrippa had when he built this temple! The Pantheon: what majesty, what conviction, what strength! And – between you and me – what a masterstroke… Agrippa well deserves …
31, October 2025
Affinity

Affinity

Raphaël Six
Portrayed by their contemporaries, the facial features of the two men illustrated on these pages – who, without ever having met one another, were perhaps the greatest antagonists in the 16th century – are impressive …
30, September 2025
Extravagance or Boldness

Extravagance or Boldness

Raphaël Six
The Ancien Régime – as the political and social system in France during the period immediately preceding the Revolution of 1789 came to be known – was a complex era. In it, all the tradition …
31, July 2025
Two Ways of Rising

Two Ways of Rising

Santiago Vieto Rodríguez
A Latin adage says that “mater artium necessitas”, necessity is the mother of the arts. This principle, applicable to practically every field of human endeavour, is perhaps nowhere more clearly expressed than in architecture. Buildings, …
31, May 2025
What Does Art Announce to Us?

What Does Art Announce to Us?

Santiago Vieto Rodríguez
If the highest vocation of art is to unite the heavenly to the earthly, the famous altarpiece of the Annunciation by Blessed Fra Angelico, preserved in the Prado Museum in Madrid, is certainly one of …
28, February 2025
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