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In this edition, the titles given to the works are Spanish proverbs. The series is an enigmatic album of twenty-two prints (originally eighteen; four works were added later) which is the last major series of prints by Goya, which the artist created during the last years of his life.
La Scapigliata (Italian for 'The Lady with Dishevelled Hair') [n 1] is an unfinished painting generally attributed to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, and dated c. 1506–1508. Painted in oil , umber , and white lead pigments on a small poplar wood panel , its attribution remains controversial, with several experts ...
Surfer hair is a tousled type of hairstyle, popularized by surfers from the 1950s onwards, traditionally long, thick and naturally bleached from high exposure to the sun and salt water of the sea. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the long hair and general lack of personal grooming was closely associated with hippie culture .
An opinion piece published in 2016 by the Washington Post blamed nativist policies for "creating generations of non-Spanish speaking Latinos". [ 13 ] In 2023, Mexican social media users labeled the regional Mexican band, Yahritza y su Esencia , as pochos in response to an interview they gave wherein they stated their dislike of Mexican food.
[1] [2] This meaning is not frequently used in Ireland, [3] where "Black Irish" more often refers to Irish people of African descent. [4] The first and most common use of the term "Black Irish" is tied to the myth that they were descended from Spanish sailors shipwrecked during the Spanish Armada of 1588.
With Spain being largely a Christian country, the mantilla is a Spanish adaption of the Christian practice of women wearing headcoverings during prayer and worship (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:2–10). [3] As Christian missionaries from Spain entered the Americas, the wearing of the mantilla as a Christian headcovering was brought to the New World. [3]
The French writer Chateaubriand has fashionably tousled hair. He wears a long redingote over his coat, tan waistcoat, white shirt, and dark cravat, 1809. Count Victor Kochubey's collar reaches his chin, and his cravat is wrapped around his neck and tied in a small bow. His short hair is casually dressed and falls over his forehead, 1809.
a measure or bar; flamencos use the word to mean both (a) the name of the type of twelve-count and (b) the rhythmic skill of a performer contratiempo cross-rhythms; including syncopation and rubato copla verse of cante flamenco, as against the cuple of a (non-flamenco) canto coraje a way of performing that shows impetuosity or daring (lit ...