last tango in Paris

Apr 29
08:37

2013

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As a dynamic formation of art, tango is a mixture of music and dance. It is a challenge to translate this genetic dance into a painting. However, contemporary painter Flamenco has a try.

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As a dynamic formation of art,last tango in Paris Articles tango is a mixture of music and dance. It is a challenge to translate this genetic dance into a painting. However, contemporary painter Flamenco has a try.    

In the background, The Louvre, which is the seat of French power for many centuries, ,one of the popular tourist resorts, the home of art and romance in France, is the perfect setting for a romantic and sensual contemporary Tango painting. In the foreground, a gorgeous woman is entangled with a man. It looks like she wants to escape from the man but she failed, the man seizes her tightly.    

Tango is an Argentinean dance and musical genre of Buenos Aires. Nowadays it has also become popular throughout the word as icon of Argentina national identity in general. Its melodies, words and dance have long attracted attention from all around the world. Not much is known about the origin of the tango. Marginal populations living on the outskirts of the city combine African sounds and Andalusian tunes together at the end of the 19th century to express their homesickness and deepest affection for their lovers. Little by little, its melancholy tunes, romantic words with their intense social content and sensual choreography gained in popularity among the upper classes and spread to the rest of the world.  Argentina and Brazil are the two largest countries in Latin America. Brazil is renowned for its hot samba, millions of visitors go to Brazilian samba carnival every year to relax and appreciate the Latin culture. Samba just like a fire filled with enthusiasm, desire as well as joy, which is in common with tango. However, comparing with Brazilian, Argentina music style is a little bit tragic in addition to passionate.