Russian Renaissance
May 25, 2011 News
Russian national idea has gained a socialist tinge. It showed through faith, but without the religious mysticism. Atheism in the ussr, as it were, to him or treat – the crown of Renaissance freethinking and approval of human dignity, with the nomination of him instead of God, in the center of the world. Drybar might disagree with that approach. Translation activity in the first years of Soviet power gets an unprecedented scale; school soon cover all children, even nations who had no written language, and this is a classical education, a comprehensive, some not was not anywhere in the world. Not surprisingly, the program was generation of intellectuals from the early xx century, with its humanist aspirations and universal education. The October Revolution did not interrupt the progress of folk vital importance for the progress of national life and development of Russian culture in the new conditions which arose long before the revolution.
Diaghilev, staging an ambitious exhibition of historical portraits in the Tauride Palace in the middle First Russian Revolution, made a seemingly odd statement about the end of life in the old aristocratic estates, about the end of a noble culture. Culture in Russia, even in the royal family, acquired the bourgeois character that was rejected democratic intelligentsia initially. That is the democratic intelligentsia – and this is the vast majority of the Russian intelligentsia 10-20 years of xx century, went into exile as a handful – was the bearer of a new culture new only from political slogans, which was based on Russian culture in all its richness. This Soviet culture, the real embodiment of a new humanism, elaborated the Russian classical literature. Only at the turn of the xx – xxi centuries, Russia suffered a catastrophe, which she managed to escape at the beginning of xx century, with the collapse of a great state, with the destruction of a single cultural space – and for what? Triumph of a handful of oligarchs and demagogues? For the sake of “freedom” and “democracy” by American standards, as now in Iraq? Approximation of nato to the borders of the truncated Russia says that the cold war is not over, as it was and is an expression of U.S. imperial ambitions, is accused of the ussr, together with the Russian Empire. Is it time to drop the anti-Soviet propaganda cliche and antirussizma and gain a clear idea about the ideology of Russian Renaissance, the Renaissance in Russian culture, with the consciousness of Russian nation, ethnically and religiously diverse and unified? Awareness of the unity of the nation – is finding its history and culture in its highest achievements, attainment of the national idea. In the Soviet era, I know its definition, name, name.
This is Russia. This is more than the name of the country, as, for example, America, which refers to the United States. Russia, as a word in the song poetically embodies everything: the immense expanses of land and sky, and a great story, and culture, penetrated new humanism. Here, all poetry.
Tags: art
Andrei Kovalev
May 20, 2011 News
Every man, boy, boys, children have their own goddesses and their queen +. With age, their location and relatively self-worth adored object is steadily changing. Though. He is married, and she was married, on the contrary, each engaged in some kind of fleeting romance, which seems as it should break off, but somehow scary or bad. Not quite true, of course, anyone.
And that's all this pity, a self-contempt, which over the years turn into ridicule poured alcohol and flavor flowing bile, but not only in his address, but the whole world, sometimes passing distance, and sometimes – in the entire universe. 'The day is full of life' – the moment the little man in the head by a half hours play all exploding crackers – the first, and then mature love, life, work, dissatisfaction with it though. Here is the hero of Andrei Kovalev (writer and actor rolled into one) child, here he is the father, so there is time to try on the role of an aging parent and adult son, who is trying to dodge the care thereof. Probably the most difficult moment, when he was horrified looks into the eyes of a lonely old woman, look away with a sigh: 'How terrible to grow old in this country '. Auditorium fascinated, then filled with laughter, then suddenly becomes serious and stole from a neighbor looks like a tear. But in the row behind some guy on the stage of family squabble turns to his wife: – But thou me on Saturdays as pilish.
Tags: art
Edward Van Halen
May 16, 2011 News
Van Halen – American rock band that was formed in 1974 in Pasadena, Calif., on the initiative of brothers, Edward Van Halen and Alex Van Halen. Soon they were joined by vocalist David Lee Roth. Musicians began performances on bars and clubs until they saw a ledge Gene Simmons. On his recommendation the group listened to producer Ted Templemen and soon Van Halen made a deal with the studio 'Warner Bros'. In the same year they released their debut album 'Van Halen I', which critics have admiringly. A few months later, the disc was platinum. The next album 'Van Halen II' had similar success.
After a few not very successful album cd "1984" returned them to their original location and determined the final shape of their sound. In 1995 a lot for the group means, because then they recorded, probably the second most important album of his career – 'Balance'. Today the group is inactive. Well we will wait what they will be pleased with us By the way, the first album, which the band in 1986 released the group called "5150". "5150" – a code that uses the U.S. police (denotes a maniac, a psychopath). In fact, the name of the studio, which recorded the group. In 1992, Eddie and Alex officially presented the new guitar amp "5150" which was created by Peavey with direct involvement of Eddie Van Halen. Steve Morse, current guitarist of Deep Purple often uses during his performances guitar amp "5150".
Tags: music
