José Cruz-Salvadores
Lecturer
(310) 206-6092
email: josecruz@humnet.ucla.edu

Education

1953: B.A. : University of Granada, Spain
1961: B.A. : Spanish Language and Literature; minor in French Language and Literature, Hunter College, New York
1963: M.A. : Romance Languages and Literatures, Pennsylvania State University

Publications and Articles

  • "Acerca de la unicaciòn de Tartessòs," Diario de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain, June 1969.
  • "World Perspective inside the View of Toledo by El Greco", Oct. 1981.
  • "Political Messages in the Later Works of El Greco".: Part I: Laocoon, Feb. 1982.
  • "The Transfiguration of Sta. Ines and Sta. Thekla into Political Messages", March, 1982.
  • "Sources and Meanings of La Numancia: Similarities with Cymbeline", Nov. 1983.
  • "Del Amo Project Number One", March, 1984.
  • "The Ottomans and 'Segismundo'", June, 1984.
  • "Dominicos Theotocopoulos' Syncretic Ecumenism: Part I (Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus) and Part II (Martyrdom of Saint Maurice)", Aug., 1984.
  • "El Greco's Adoration: A Detailed Analysis of its Christian and Muslim Elements", Feb., 1991.
  • Grisha Bruskin's Memorial, 1983 -- "The Artist's Colorless Figures Reflect an Eternal Hope for a Better Future", Jan. 1996.
  • "The Upper Paleolithic Constellation Gaia and its Evolution into Greek Mythology", Mar. 1997.
  • "The Use of Pre-Socrative Philosophy by William Shakespeare and His Sources", April, 1997.
  • "Three Excerpts from 'M.C. Escher's Work Influenced by T.S. Eliot and Hinduism/Buddhism", Oct. 1997.
  • "What Chaucer Borrowed from Petrarch's Sonnet IX of Le Rime to Construct His General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales", Dec. 1997.
  • "Reflections on the Language of God in El Greco and Picasso", May, 1998.
  • "Manichaeism in 'Santa Monica Centennial Medals", June, 1999.
  • "Origenes Catalanes del Cubismo", April, 1999.
  • "Dosso Dossi's Secrets with Allegory of Fortune", Sept. 1999.
  • "Study of Jakatas that Influenced Vasconcelos' La Raza Cósmica", March 2000.
  • "Dosso Dossi's Messages within Allegory of Hercules", March 2000.
  • "Introduction to The Getty Museum's Saint George", Dec. 2000.

Research Interests