PSI - Issue 37

Jesús Toribio et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 37 (2022) 977–984 Jesús Toribio / Procedia Structural Integrity 00 (2021) 000 – 000

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5. Personal Structural Integrity 5.1. Conceptual Framework

In this section, the concept of structural integrity is broadened to comprise the personal structural integrity or, simply, the personal integrity, a concept of psychological nature that can be opposed to the idea of fracture (or rupture) of the personality.

5.2. “Cervantino” Approach

Fig. 8 shows the Cervantes Monument including the statue of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and that of the characters Don Quijote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza. These literature characters ( Don Quijote & Sancho ) represent two different ways of personal structural integrity (or, simply, personal integrity ). They behave as two typical “Cervantino” personalities (also typical from Spain): Don Quijote exhibiting sobriety and austerity whereas Sancho showing a more baroque behaviour.

Fig. 8. Cervantes Monument in the Plaza de España (Madrid, Spain), including the statue of the writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and that of the characters Don Quijote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza (left) and profile view of the characters Don Quijote and Sancho (right).

5.3. “Velazqueño” Approach Fig. 9 shows The Surrender of Breda, a magnificent masterwork, painted by Velázquez, that depicts the moment on the fifth of June, 1625, when the Dutch general Justin Nassau surrendered the Dutch town of Breda to Spanish forces led by General Ambrosio Spínola. The l atter exhibits the “Velazqueño” spirit , i.e., personal integrity , elegance, generosity and kindness with the defeated army.

Fig. 9. The Surrender of Breda by Velázquez.