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20 Cards in this Set
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Describe Diego Velázquez.
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+ Spanish painter
+ masterpiece = Las Meninas (the Maids of Honor), described as one of the most important paintings in the history of Western art |
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What was the Amadis de Gaula?
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+ landmark work among the knight-errantary tales
+ in vogue in the Iberian Peninsula during the 16th cent., though written at the end of the 14th |
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What was the Lazarillo de Tormes?
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+ 1st picaresque novella
+ published anonymously for its heretical content |
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Describe La Celestina and its significance.
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+ a novel written all in dialogue
+ author = Fernando de Rojas + It's considered one of the greatest works of Spanish literature. + It marks the end of medieval literature and the beginning of the literary renaissance in Spain. |
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Describe El Greco.
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+ Spanish painter/sculptor/architect
+ worked during the Spanish Renaissance + figures often strangely elongated + lots of religious art |
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Describe Miguel de Cervantes.
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+ Spanish poet/novelist/playwright
+ wrote Don Quixote, considered the 1st modern novel + had an incredible impact on the Spanish language |
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Describe Terisa of Ávila.
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+ Spanish mystic/Roman catholic saint/Carmelite nun
+ wrote El Castillo Interior and Camino de Perfección. + described the 4-stage "ascent of the soul" |
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Describe Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
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+ Roman Catholic priest
+ wrote in Spanish Golden Age + complex, philosophical style |
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Describe Francisco de Vittoria.
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+ known for the School of Salamanca
+ "father of international law" + "founder of global political philosphy" |
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Describe Domingo de Soto.
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+ major figure in the School of Salamanca
+ forerunner of modern mechanics |
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Describe Francisco Suarez.
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+ Spanish Jesuit priest/philosopher/theologian
+ leader in Salamanca movement + great scholastic after Thomas Aquinas + most imp. achievements in metaphysics and philosophy of law |
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What are "tapas?"
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appetizers in Spanish cuisine
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Fernando Botero
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+ Columbian figure artist
+ art looks similar to Picasso |
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Francisco Goya
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Spanish romantic painter
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modernismo
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literature movement characterized by highly stylistic expression
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Ruben Dario
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Nicaraguan poet
initiated modernismo considered Nicaragua's greatest diplomat |
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el boom latinoamericano
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literary movement in the 60s and 70s
part of the modernism movement |
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cumbia
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Columbian dance
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salsa
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Cuban & Puerto Rican dance
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tango
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dance that came from Argentina and Uruguay
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