A Historical Look at Visual Art in Spain
Explore expressive art forms of the Spain Explore how customs and beliefs of the Spain are reflected in its art forms and work. Recognize some of Spain’s renown artistic contributions to the world community.
Identify artistic works that are uniquely representative of Spain Explore art work representative of Spain Identify significant artists from Spain
Cave Paintings. Mosaics. Painting. Architecture. Cinema.
Discovered in 1879 Dated around 14,000 B.C.E. Done in three colors of ochre, red, and black
Minateda paintings located on the Iberian Peninsula near Murcia Dated around 6,000 to 2,000 B.C.E.
Islamic Influence Usually limited to floral patterns and geometric shapes Cordoba Mosque
Alhambra Palace (Granada)
Blue Period ( ) The Old Guitarist
Rose Period ( ) Garçon à la pipe
African-Influenced Period ( ) Mother and Child
Classicism, Surrealism, and Symbolism (1920s) Guernica (commissioned by Spanish Republican Government, 1937, in response to bombing of Basque town of Guernica)
Cubism ( ) Portrait of Daniel- Henry Kahnweiler
Sculpture Chicago Picasso (1967) Pottery Draughtsman
Surrealism Most Famous: The Persistence of Memory (1931)
Cubism Portrait of a Seated Person Holding a Letter (1923)
Avant-Garde The Dali Atomicus (1948)
Nuclear Mysticism The Hallucinogenic Toreador ( )
Film Collaborated with film director Luis Buñuel on Un Chien Andalou (1929)Luis Buñuel L’Age d’Or again with Luis Buñuel (1930) Dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound (1945) Impressions of Upper Mongolia (1975) Destino with Walt Disney (posthumous completion 2003) Literature: The Secret Life of Salvador Dali (1942)
Roman Influence Theater in Mérida Roman conquest of Spain around 218 B.C.E ; theater built around 25 B.C.E
Islamic Influence (7 th Century through the 15 th Century) Palace of Aljafería, Zaragoza
Romanesque (10 th and 11 th Centuries) Catedral de Santiago de Compostela
Gothic (12 th Century) Catedral de Burgos-Fernán González
Renaissance (15 th Century) Palace of Charles V, Granada
Baroque (17 th Century) Royal Palace of Madrid
Neoclassical (18 th and 19 th Centuries) Prado Museum, designed by Juan de Villanueva (1819)Juan de Villanueva
Modernism (20 th and 21 st Centuries) Ciatat de les Arts i les Ciènces, Valencia