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Marquess Of Tápies
Marquess of Tápies (Spanish: ''Marqués de Tápies'') is a Spanish hereditary title which was bestowed by King Juan Carlos I of Spain upon Antoni Tà pies Antoni Tà pies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tápies, Marquess of Tà pies (; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalans, Catalan painter, sculptor, and art theorist. Life The son of Josep Tà pies i Mestre and Maria Puig i Guerra, Antoni T ... on 9 April 2010 by Royal Decree 433/2010. - Website BOE Tà pies received the title in honor of his work as a painter, sculptor and art theorist. The current holder of the title is Antoni Tà pies i Barba, the eldest son of Antoni Tà pies i Puig, effective 2012 upon 1st Marquess' death. ...
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Juan Carlos I Of Spain
Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso VÃctor MarÃa de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until Abdication of Juan Carlos I, his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the ('king emeritus') by the press. Juan Carlos is the son of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Second Spanish Republic. Juan Carlos was born in Rome, Italy, during his family's exile. Francisco Franco took over the government of Spain after his victory in the Spanish Civil War in 1939, yet in 1947 Spain's status as a monarchy was affirmed and a law was passed allowing Franco to choose his successor. Juan Carlos's father assumed his claims to the throne after King Alfonso XIII died in February 1941. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni TÃ pies
Antoni Tà pies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tápies, Marquess of Tà pies (; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalans, Catalan painter, sculptor, and art theorist. Life The son of Josep Tà pies i Mestre and Maria Puig i Guerra, Antoni Tà pies Puig was born in Barcelona on 13 December 1923. His father was a lawyer and Catalan nationalism, Catalan nationalist who served briefly with the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republican government. Due to this, Tà pies grew up in an environment where he was exposed to a variety of cultural and social experiences of leaders in the Catalan public life and its republicanism. His maternal grandmother also exposed him to this world with her great involvement in civil and political activities. Tà pies was first introduced to modern art as he entered secondary school in 1934. He became inspired by the famous Christmas issue of the magazine, ''D’acà i d’allà '', which contained reproductions of works by artists such as Marcel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni TÃ pies I Barba
Antoni Tà pies i Barba, 2nd Marquis of Tà pies (born Barcelona, January 1, 1956), is a Catalan doctor, poet and translator, son of the painter Antoni Tà pies i Puig. He began in visual poetry, influenced by calligrammatic avant-garde, publishing ''Siboc'' in 1973 in Llibres del Mall. With ''Les danses d'u'' (1975) he tried to bring together various cultural experiences within the framework of writing. In ''Dies d'aigües'' (1980) he was more elegiac and evocative of personal experience. Other works of his in the field of poetry are ''La veu del vent'' (1988), ''Matèria dels astres'' (1992) and ''L'escrivent'' (1999). In 1992 he began in narrative with ''Des de l'ombra''. He has also translated several works from German to Catalan, such as ''Himnes a la Nit'' by Novalis (1975) and ''Novel·la d'infant'' by Klaus Mann (1981). In 2012 he inherited the title of Marquis of Tà pies, after the death of his father.  He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fundació Antoni Tà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquessates In The Spanish Nobility
A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness () or marquise (). These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan. Etymology The word ''marquess'' entered the English language from the Old French ("ruler of a border area") in the late 13th or early 14th century. The French word was derived from ("frontier"), itself descended from the Middle Latin ("frontier"), from which the modern English word ''March (territory), march'' also descends. The distinction between governors of frontier territories and interior territories was made as early as the founding of the Roman Empire when some provinces were set aside for administration by the senate and more unpacified or vulnerable provinces were admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
