Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Madre y mujer gitana. Joaquina la gitana de Joaquín Sorolla

2014; University of Alicante; Volume: 18; Issue: 40 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7184/cuid.2014.40.15

1699-6003

María Dolores Gil Estevan, M. Carmen Solano Ruiz,

Spanish Literature and Culture Studies

The iconography aims describing images.It allows us to understand the images on their semantic aspects, as is knowledge of the methods and analysis, and in order to unlock the messages hidden behind them, being a fundamental knowledge of the culture element.By analyzing the work of Joaquín Sorolla, Joaquina la gitana, we intend to make an approach to the reality of Roma women within their social context, following the three levels of significance of Erwin Panofsky.We thus find two personalities of the same woman.We are introduced to a woman dressed in black, one rooted in the traditions woman in the left hand.Is the "woman of respect" that meets the standards of the Roma people.And in another quite different style, is reflected the maternal aspect of the Roma, portrayed bright despite being a shadowy figure, with her child who appears to be breastfeeding.Through the analysis of this work, we have come a little closer to the reality of Roma women, and understand their experiences within the cultural environment of the Roma people.