Gilgamesh is the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an Akkadian poem that is considered the first great work of literature, and in earlier Sumerian poems. … distress about Enkidu’s death causes Gilgamesh to undertake a long and perilous journey to discover the secret of eternal life. He eventually learns that “Life, which you look for, you will never find. For when the gods created man, they let death be his share, and life withheld in their own hands”. Gilgamesh, Buenos Aires, summer 2017. Painting, sgraffito Oil on canvas with back LED installation. Size: 120 W x 150 H…
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Isabel
Isabel. Buenos Aires, Fall 2014. Painting, Oil on canvas, Size: 47.2 W x 39.4 H in (120 W x 100 H cm). © 2014 Florencia San Martin Brück/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Isabella of Castile So humble a visage:amongst reverent murmursthe Catholic Queen Isabella rides. How appropriate: her face a font of grace, pliant nose a sheer peak, a razor’s edge of Pyreenic granite coated in cold frosts. Dash on! To forge a Kingdom as magnificent as the mountains inherent in her blood. © Eric S. Stachowiak.
Intraterra
Intraterra. Buenos Aires, winter 2014. Painting, Oil on canvas, Size: 47.2 W x 39.4 H in (120 W x 100 H cm). © 2014 Florencia San Martin Brück/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York AGHARTA, EL REINO SUBTERRÁNEO, o La IntraTerra, por el Maestro Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov. Ya hace años, os hablé de este reino subterráneo llamado Agharta, donde se ha desarrollado desde hace milenios una civilización fantástica. Este reino escondido está en comunicación con la superficie de la tierra porque existen aberturas en diferentes países del mundo: en los polos, en América del Sur, en Mongolia, en el Tibet…e incluso en…
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Foucault. Buenos Aires, winter 2014. Painting, Oil on canvas, Size: 47.2 W x 39.4 H in (120 W x 100 H cm). LEDs Lux lumens. Foucault currents (also called Eddy currents) are electric currents induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field in the conductor. These circulating eddies of current have inductance and thus induce magnetic fields. These fields can cause repulsion, attraction, propulsion, drag, and heating effects. The stronger the applied magnetic field, the greater the electrical conductivity of the conductor, and the faster the field changes, the greater the currents that are developed and the greater the fields…
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Venus. Buenos Aires, summer 2014. Painting, Oil on canvas, Size: 43.3 W x 59 H in ( 110 W x 150 H cm). © 2014 Florencia San Martin Brück/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite for Roman art and Latin literature. Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Julius Caesar claimed her as his ancestor. Venus was central to many religious…
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