The Grassroots of Business Success

In the modern world it is easy to forget the tremendous importance of horses and horseback riding to the development of our civilization. Homo sapiens and Neanderthal man were hunting horses for meat far back into the obscure mists of history and there are some clues which indicate that more or less domesticated horse herds were kept in southwestern Europe for the purpose of meat and milk. There are even some tantalizing indications that riding them may go back to those distant times as well.

In any case Egyptians, Mesopotamians and tribes of the Asian steppes were riding horses before 3,000 B.C. Some claim that they were used to draw chariots in Egypt and Mesopotamia before they were actually ridden. In any case, long before the glory days of the ancient Greeks, the popularity of chariots had faded considerably in favor of the advantages of the mounted horseman. The cavalry became indispensable for success on the battlefield. Not only could a well timed cavalry charge destroy the formations of enemy infantry, but mounted scouts could provide intelligence on the movements of the enemy and pass messages back and forth to different sections of the army with much more rapidity than could be done by runners on foot. Many key battles which altered the course of history have been won or lost by the use of cavalry.

Cuban artistry is a contrasting cultural blending of American, African and European aesthetic design mirroring the contrasting population make-up of Cuba. Cuban creatives espoused European modernism and the 1920-1930 era witnessed an expansion in Cuban modernist trends; these trends were characterized by a potpourri of contemporary esthetic genres. Some of the more celebrated 20th century Cuban artists tended to come from the earlier part of the 1900s.

Perhaps the most renowned art (of sorts) to come out of the island of Cuba was THAT photograph of a certain Che Guevara (by Mr Alberto Korda) which actually became perhaps one of the most famous photos of the last century.

The indigenous Cuban artist cause amassed some pace following the opening of the the art academy (San Alejandro) back in 1818, which was developed to live up to the European taste of the Cuban middle class. In the late 19th century, landscapes were very popular within the art movement of Cuba and classicism dominated as the main art genre.

However, the Vanguardia Cuban contemporary artist of the 1920s had rejected the academic formulas of Cuba’s national art academy. During their early years, numerous Cuban artists had lived in Paris, where they studied and assimilated the fundamentals of surrealism, cubism, and modernist primitivism. They returned to Cuba committed to innovative artistic styles and were eager to merge this new artistic persuasion with a Cuban influence. The vanguardia artists attained worldwide acknowledgement back in 2003 when the Museum of Modern Art displayed the the Modern Cuban Painting show.