Count's Last Supper

Cuban history, like many other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which have experienced colonial subjugation and imperial interference, is highlighted by tumultuous rebellions. Ever since the revolt of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes in 1868, who took up arms with his slaves to liberate Cuba from Spain’s colonial grasp, the existence of insurrectionists and adamant government opposition in Cuba has flourished. Social revolution and a strong will and practice of nationalism has indelibly characterized Cuban history. Nevertheless, the outcomes of particular movements and struggles for social justice have consistently frustrated revolutionary and radical leaders. Government regimes throughout

The Last Supper is a religious scene in the Catholic bible, which tells the story of the last meal the night before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. An important role in its religion, the Last Supper scene has been recreated by artists many times. These visual interpretations of the event generally show Jesus, surrounded by his disciples. During the meal, Jesus breaks the bread and serves the wine accompanied with the command “Take this all of you and eat it… this is my body… do this in remembrance of me”. Three artists who have produced paintings of the Last Supper include Leonardo DaVinci, Jacopo Tintoretto and Salvador Dali. Each of these artists interpreted the religious event and recreated it in terms

Cuba is merely one example of a society. Juan Cabrera is simply an ordinary example of an individual. What The Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabrera by J. Joaquin Fraxedas bring to light is the extraordinary effects of stepping outside the comfort zone of following the expectations of those that lead our governments. Although the situation was unlike our own it highlights what could very well could have

The study of race relations in contemporary Cuba indelibly requires an understanding of the dynamic history of race relations in this ethnically pervasive island of the Caribbean. Cuban society, due to its historical antecedents of European colonialism and American imperialism, has traditionally experienced anguished and even tumultuous race relations. Racial disharmony has plagued Cuban society ever since the advent of the Colonial institution of the plantation system. Thus, in order to acquire some understanding of Cuba’s dynamic race relations one must study and investigate the evolution of racial tensions and the quintessential

Brittmarie Janson Perez, author of Political Facets of Salsa, writes, “Late at night, in a discotheque in a Latin American country whose political system is dominated by the military and is not particularly known for its respect for human rights, a crowd is dancing salsa, a generic term covering Caribbean dance music” (149). This has been and continues to be a very commonly accurate depiction of many Latin American countries. Since Cuba was founded in October 1492, its government and politics has been characterized by brutality, corruption and instability. Nonetheless, involvement from foreign nations and its deeply engrained Spanish roots has without a doubt had a significant impact on the transformation of what Cuba is today. In this paper, I will explore the pros and cons of the 1959 Cuban Revolution through the examination of the historical context of politics and how it impacted the social atmosphere.

The forth aspect of the Afro-Cuban experience which Helg mentions is the formation of the first black political party in the hemisphere, which, as I will address later, was destroyed between 1910-1912. When it is finally destroyed in 1912, official antiblack violence is what destroys it, and Helg shows that as the fifth particularity of the Cuban case. Lastly, Helg discusses the reconciliation of the "democratic ideologies versus racist practices" contradiction in Cuba for her final aspect of uniqueness. This last characteristic which Helg mentions played a huge role in the maintenance of racial hierarchies in Cuba.

He had no argument with wanting to help others, Raul … Families giving clothing, food, money, and, sometimes, a job in the household or in a business” (Hijuelos 261). These conditions are what drove and increased Cuban culture’s impact on American

Jane Landers “Catholic Conspirators? Religious Rebels in Nineteenth-Century Cuba”, offers a fascinating view of the intricacies and importance of the Catholic Church’s extraordinary accounts and documentation, which provides details and insight into some of the most important slave, revolts, rebellions and conspiracies within free black communities in Cuba. While these documents offer important information, they also became objects deportation for some and subsequently, a death sentence for others.

In this talk there were three new books in history discussed. These books were Antiracism in Cuba, Voodoo and Power, and Democracy’s Muse. The first book presented was Antiracism in Cuba. This book analyzes the race issue in Cuba under Castro’s rule. Cuba believes itself to be a “race less” country; however, the Cuban community only acknowledges itself as white. For Afro-Cubans to be considered Cuban they must lose their “blackness”. The author, Devyn Spence Benson, writes about the battle of the Afro-Cuban community trying to gain freedom and respect.

Salvador Dali’s painting, The Sacrament of the Last Supper (oil on canvas, 65 ¾ x 105 ½ in., c. 1995), has become one of his most iconic paintings from his “late” period. This painting portrays one of the most famous scenes from the Bible, the Last Supper, depicting the twelve disciples eating their final meal with Jesus. This scene has been created many times throughout history by many different artists. However, through Salvador Dali’s use of equal symmetry, the uncommon setting he chose and the interesting perspective and focal points, he was able to recreate a completely unique version of this common biblical scene while adding his twist of surrealism.

The next portion of the paper analyses the film “The Revolution is Us” by David C. Stone. She criticizes this documentary by saying that it only tells a single story of what it means to be Cuban under the Revolution. In this instance she is referring to this Pacheco, who in the mind tells the story of what it means to be Cuban in the eyes of a manipulative government. Pacheco is a man who mentions that he would die for the revolution and feels that he in forever indented or at the service of the Revolution. Later on in this section Guerra mentions the “absence of all the most integrated Cubans from the collection deliberately provides tunnel vision into Cuban society; yet this is an advantage in that one sees citizen- deputies actively

I watched Cuba and the Cameraman, which was a documentary where Jon Alpert follows Cuban citizens from the early 1970s all the way to 2016 when Fidel Castro passed. The film allows the audience to understand the thoughts of Cuban citizens during this time frame and follow them throughout their lives. This was a well put film and the documentary allowed me as a viewer to understand the true emotions and thoughts of Cuban’s during this time period. In “For an Imperfect Cinema”, Espinosa describes how the “imperfect cinema” was used to portray the struggles of the individuals in Cuba during the revolution.

In the same period The Last Supper was produced, Esteban Mojeto published the Autobiography of a Runaway Slav in 1968, Fernandez Retamar’s Todo Caliban in 1971, and Sergio Giral’s film El Otro Fransisco (“The Other Francisco”) released in 1975, all of which compared the African slave history with the Cuban policies of the time, showing a genuine desire to indirectly criticize Fidel Castro’s policies. In reaction, in 1971, the government shut down a number of university departments, including the Department of Philosophy at the University of Havana, and censured the criticisms for its policies coming from the country’s intellectual academia. This censorship, which came to be known as the “Padilla affair”. It was further enhanced by the banning of films, such as Humberto Solas’s Un dia de Noviembre (“A Day in November”). This period in Cuban history was one of gloom and fear, and inevitably, came to be known as the “quinquenio Gris”, meaning the “five year grey period” (Schroeder 2002, 70). Furthermore, in January 1976, the year The Last Supper was released in cinemas, Cuba sent a record 200,000 soldiers to fight the Portuguese rulers of Angola. The scale of this involvement served to focus the attention of Cuban people on its own African slave history and the riots that followed the banning of the Independent Party of Colour in 1912.

The movie “The Last Supper” is based on a Cuban historical event in the 18th century that takes place around the sugar cane plantations that a count has. When the count arrives at his plantations, he decides to meet with the foreman Manuel, and with the priest, who are the two people in charge of running the plantations when he is not around. The foreman and the priest puts the count in touch with the news that have occurred during his absence. Speaking with the priest, the count realizes that the religious instruction of the black slaves is not going well. In this situation, the count, who closely follows the Catholic religion, decides to imitate Jesus's "Last Supper" with his disciples and gathers twelve slaves on Holy Thursday.

The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most famous works of art in the world. This painting represents the religious ceremony with Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples. This is the last meal that was shared between him and his disciples before his arrest and his untimely crucifixion. Leonardo was commissioned to execute the painting in the Dominican monastery of this Church by Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist, architect, author, engineer, inventor, and humanist. He was born in 1452 near Vinci in Italy, and died in Amboise, near Tours France in 1519. The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa are his most famous works of art.