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Pegasus & I
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Copyright: Elias Castillo (manatee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 725 W: 5 N: 1097] (3750)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/4.7
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-08 13:59
Viewed: 474
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Palacio de Bellas Artes ("Palace of Fine Arts") is the premier opera house of Mexico City. The building is famous for both its extravagant art nouveau exterior in imported Italian white marble and its murals by Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco.

Rivera's Man at the Crossroads mural was originally painted for the Rockefeller Center in New York City. Rivera repainted it a smaller scale at the Palacio in 1934 and renamed it Man, Controller of the Universe.

The theatre is used for classical music, opera and dance, notably the Baile Folklórico. A distinctive feature of the theatre is its stained glass curtain depicting a volcano and the valley of Mexico.

Maria Callas sang in several productions at the Palacio early in her career, and recordings exist of several of her performances here. Palacio de Bellas Artes has been used as the site of wakes for artists of Mexican national importance such as Frida Kahlo in 1954 and María Félix in 2002. The Palacio hosted the North American premiere of the film Frida.

The Palacio has two museums: the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Museo de la Arquitectura. Metro Bellas Artes is located alongside.

The square with gardens and pegasus statues, devised by Boari himself, was not completed until 1994.
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Hi Elias,
I think your shoot is good: I like Pov and crop... very impressive! But I think also there is some lack of sharpness.
Well done,
Chiaretta

Olá Elias, uma imagem de grande impacto e com uma composição dramática que resulta bem com o dinamismo da acção. Parece-me é que tiveste uma luz difícil e a definição de imagem não é a melhor. Gosto especialmente do braço lá em cima a apontar para o canto e da apresentação, se bem que aquela cabeça de cavalo ficava melhor de encontro ao céu, pois perde-se um pouco no contorno do Palácio. Um trabalho interessante.
Desejo-te um excelente fim de semana,
ricardo

Hola Elias,

Espero que la proxima vez nos muestres el Palacio de Bellas Artes. He oido que es un gran edificio con mucha belleza arquitectonica. Me gusta esta foto pues muestra un buen detalle. Los colores sepia son tu marca registrada y le quedan muy bien a esta imagen. Ademas haber tomado la foto de un punto cercano y bajo le da mas dinamismo. Gracias amigo y ten una buena semana.

Roberto

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  • Stepan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4876 W: 93 N: 3789] (24874)
  • [2008-02-11 12:05]

A special light, but that's your touch. A special mood, usual from you... Then, an interesting pov. And the hand is almost 3D looking. Strange.
Stéphane

Hola Elías,

Muy bonitos recuerdos del DF al ver tu foto y leer la nota del Palacio de Bellas Artes. Es sin duda uno de los lugares más sinónimos con la capital mexicana.

Me acuerdo la primera vez que llegué a conocer este centro cultural. Fue en 1986, año del mundial en México, y unos diez meses después del terrible sismo de septiembre 1985. La ciudad vivió la tragedia y seguía adelante. Me acuerdo la emoción de conocer la capital por vez primera, el Bellas Artes, sus murales, y luego en la noche el Ballet Folclórico de Amalia Hernández. Todo un rico recuerdo como si fuera ayera.

Gracias por tu foto, que me lleva a un lugar en el corazón y el recuerdo.

Un abrazo, amigo...
José Luis

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