Notes
The spectacle of bullfighting has existed in one form or another since ancient days. For example, a contest of some sort is depicted in a wall painting unearthed at Knossos in Crete, dating from about 2000 BC. It shows male and female acrobats confronting a bull, grabbing its horns as it charges, and vaulting over its back.
Bullfights were popular spectacles in ancient Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed. The Moors from North Africa who overran Andalusia in AD 711 changed bullfighting significantly from the brutish, formless spectacle practiced by the conquered Visigoths to a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days, on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls
Camera & Exposure Information
| Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL | |
| Focal Length: | 47 mm |
| Aperture: | f 5.6 |
| Exposure: | 1/500 sec |
| ISO Speed: | 100 |
Category: [Architecture]
Comments
Great shot! Where were you standing?
Michael Nielsen on 19th August 2010 @ 10:30am
This picture was taken from a castle on the hill with a great view of the city
Quibbler on 19th August 2010 @ 4:56pm
Awesome image, you are good photographer
tattoo designs on 16th October 2010 @ 3:04pm
last few days our class held a similar talk about this subject and you illustrate something we haven't covered yet, appreciate that.
- Kris
autovermietung mallorca on 22nd October 2010 @ 5:39pm
I like the colors.
Kami on 1st January 2012 @ 2:37am
