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40 Cards in this Set
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Old Man Suntanning Fortuny |
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El Patio de la casa de Sorolla Sorolla |
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Ayamonte Sorolla |
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Self Portrait (1896) Picasso |
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Boulevard de Clichy Picasso |
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The Old Guitarist Picasso |
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Portrait of Gertrude Stein Picasso |
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Les demoiselles d'Avignon Picasso |
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Portrait of Ambroise Vollard Picasso |
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The Three Musicians Picasso |
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The Village of Prades Miro |
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La masia Miro |
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Boat Dali |
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Pierrot and Guitar Dali |
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Muchacha en la ventana Dali (this is in halie's room) |
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The great masturbator Dali |
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Persistence of Memory Dali |
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Crucifixion Dali |
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Twist in the Studio of Velazquez Dali |
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What is Modernist Architecture? |
It is a type of architecture that attempts to take the elements of the fast paced modernization of the world and the technological advancement within society and incorporates this ideal into several different styles and classes of architecture |
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What is the Revival period? |
Resurgence of old styles of architecture. Architects not only wanted to show new modern lifestyles through their designs, but also studied and implemented older styles. |
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The Cathedral of Almudena, in Madrid, is a good example of what? It was designed by? |
The Cathedral is a good example of the Revival Movement. It was designed by Francisco de Cubas. It has Neoclassical Exterior, Neogothic Interior, and a Neo Romanesque crypt |
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Gaudí: summary of his life & works. |
Gaudi studied architecture at the university of barcelona. He was influenced by gothic styles, and his modernist buildings contained hints of neo-gothic. Although he was well off, he never wanted to spend money on himself. He dressed like a homeless person and ended up getting killed by a tram. He was left in the road to die. His buildings include: Casa Calvet, Casa Botines, and Palacio Arzobispal. |
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Anibal González: summary of his life & works. |
Anibal Gonzalez followed modernist architectural style. He was the architect behind Cafe Paris, which has heavy parisian influences. His clientel required neo-mudejar and neo-gothic styles which brought about the Andalusian regional style. This style can be seen in the Edificio Manuel Norriego, identified by the presence of a sebka. He is most remembered for his contributions as the director of the Ibero-American Exposition |
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Santiago Calatrava: summary of his life & works. |
Calatrava is an architect most known for his bridges. He traveled to Zurich and earned a Ph.D in Civil Engineering. Due to this, Calatrava ended up combining traditional architectural design with civil engineering. This resulted in his grandiose but slender and harmonious style. One of his famous architectural feats is the sports complex for the 2004 olympic games in athens. He is critiqued for his lack of utility, the repetitiveness of his work, and the non environmentally friendliness of his buildings. |
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Who were Pablo Gargallo & Eduardo Chillida? |
Gargallo was an influential developer of contemporary sculpture of the avant garde movement in spain. Most famous piece was "The Prophet"
Chillida was an aspiring footballer turned sculpturist, working in iron and monumental scale. He is the primary example of informalism in sculpture |
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Realism |
Attempts to depict daily life and activity. The artists opposed the idealization found during the neoclassical period. Goya is a precursor to this style. Custombrismo is a similar style of this in spain. |
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Impressionism |
Depicts ordinary activities, but unlike realism it attempts to distort the canvas using open and wide composition and clear brush stroke. Some of Goya's works can be considered precursor to this style. Sorolla is considered the most important spanish impressionist. |
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Expressionism |
Attempts to express emotion and feelings. Works by El Greco are considered precursors. Some influences from this filtered into cubism. The most famous expressionist painting is The Scream |
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Cubism |
Began prior to WWI, this style is characterized for its loss of perspective and the study of nature through the use of geometrical figures Fathers of this style are Pablo Picasso and Juan Gris |
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Analytical cubism |
Studies objects and a reduction to basic geometrical forms on a canvas. Breaks apart an object are reforms in abstract El Acordonista by Picasso |
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Synthetic Cubism |
studies objects and brings different geometrical pieces together, creating a collage
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Surrealism |
Characterized for the usage of fantastic images or objects and incongruous juxtaposition in order to represent subconscious thoughts and dreams Dali and Miro are considered surrealists. Granell is the last spanish surrealist |
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Objective surrealism |
Contains recognizable objects to create surrealist image Dali uses this surrealism |
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Anti-objective surrealism |
uses unrecognizable objects to create surrealist images Miro uses this surrealism |
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Fortuny |
-is most famous for Spanish Orientialism. -He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona and earned a grant to study in Italy. -During the Spanish Moroccan War, he was hired as a corespondent painter. This is when he painted "The battle of Tetuan." -Although he is foremost an orientalist painter, he is credited for introducing impressionism to spain after visiting Paris. -His works, "Old man suntanning" and "Nude at Portici Beach" are impressionist and influenced Sorolla. |
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Pradilla Ortiz |
-was a famous historical painter. -He studied at the Academy of San Fernando and then travelled to Rome and Paris. -At an art exhibition, Ortiz won a medal of honor for "Dona Juana la Loca." (This eventually leads the Spanish Senate to hire him for his work "Rendicion de Granada") |
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Joaquin Sorolla |
-Sorolla is the most important impressionist painter in spain. -Studying both in Valencia, his birthplace, and Madrid, Sorolla was highly successful; -he travelled to the US and paints a portrait of the president William Taft -in 1911 he was invited to an art expo at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Spanish Society commissioned a series of paintings of the provinces of spain for this expo. |
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Which Spanish painters are considered fathers of Cubism? |
Gris and Picasso |
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Eugenio Granell is considered to be? |
The last surrealist spanish painter |
