There will be no orange at the last dinner
- There have been many painters who have received the Last Supper of Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles on the canvas and, among them, many painted oranges on the table: Jacopo Bassano, Juan de Juanes, Leonardo da Vinci, Daniele Crespi...
Oranges originate in the Far East but did not reach Europe until the 10th century. At that time, they were introduced by Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula in North Africa. They came to the Middle East shortly before, but not 900 years before.
So, either the cook of the Last Supper traveled on a long trip to East Asia looking for citrus, or all of these great painters, despite their beautiful works, made a historic mistake in choosing food.
Eskultura grekoerromatarrek bere garaian zuten itxurak ez du zerikusirik gaurkoarekin. Erabilitako materiala ez zuten bistan uzten. Orain badakigu kolore biziz margotzen zituztela eta jantziak eta apaingarriak ere eransten zizkietela. Bada, Cecilie Brøns Harvard... [+]
Behin batean, gazterik, gidoi nagusia betetzea egokitu zitzaion. Elbira Zipitriaren ikasle izanak, ikastolen mugimendu berriarekin bat egin zuen. Irakasle izan zen artisau baino lehen. Gero, eskulturgile. Egun, musika jotzen du, bere gogoz eta bere buruarentzat. Eta beti, eta 35... [+]
This text comes two years later, but the calamities of drunks are like this. A surprising surprise happened in San Fermín Txikito: I met Maite Ciganda Azcarate, an art restorer and friend of a friend. That night he told me that he had been arranging two figures that could be... [+]
On Monday afternoon, I had already planned two documentaries carried out in the Basque Country. I am not particularly fond of documentaries, but Zinemaldia is often a good opportunity to set aside habits and traditions. I decided on the Pello Gutierrez Peñalba Replica a week... [+]
