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Characteristics of Spanish Art

Famous Spanish Artists

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Early Spanish art was strictly regulated by the Crown and the Church.

The Church needed paintings done for cathedrals and other religious reasons.

The Crown on the other hand needed painters and other artists for the many portraits that they wanted of the Royal Family.

These paintings and other forms of art can be described as creatively limited due to the demands made by the Crown and the Church.

CHARACTERISTICS

However, by the 17th century Spanish art took an entirely new direction and became much more creative and free.

A good example of this can be seen by the use of impressionism being used by Spanish artists.

What is impressionism?

CHARACTERISTICS

Recently, Spanish artists have been creating their own forms of art.

The best example of this is cubism, a style of painting that was pioneered by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

Cubism is now one of the most popular painting techniques used today.

CHARACTERISTICS

What is cubism?

PRACTICE Look at the following pieces of Spanish Art. Try to identify the different characteristics

that make it Spanish Art. Then, click on the picture and the

characteristic will be listed for you.

CHARACTERISTIC PRACTICE

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C

This painting is a good example of impressionist painting that Spanish artists started to use in the 17th century.

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CHARACTERISTIC PRACTICE

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C

This painting is a good example of cubism that was used by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in the early 20th century.

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CHARACTERISTIC PRACTICE

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C

This painting is a good example of the limited creativity available to Spanish artists before the 17th century.

You can see this through the fact that it is a portrait and is a religious painting.

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QUIZ!Directions-View the different picturesChoose the correct specific aspect

of the art that describe Spanish characteristics

PICTURE 1

O P T I O N S

A.)Impressionist

B.)Cubism

C.)Surrealism

D.)Futurism

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O P T I O N S

A.)Impressionist

B.)Cubism

C.)Surrealism

D.)Limited Creativity

PICTURE 2

O P T I O N S

A.)Impressionist

B.)Cubism

C.)Surrealism

D.)Limited Creativity

PICTURE 3

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VOCABULARY- CUBISM

- An early 20th century art movement where a single viewpoint was abandoned and geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and collages were being used instead.

Geometric Shapes

Interlocking Planes

Collages(Cubist portrait of PabloPicasso)

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VOCABULARY- IMPRESSIONISM - A late 19th century style of painting characterized by brief

brush strokes to represent the effect of light on objects. It was also the aim of impressionist artists to capture feelings or emotions in their paintings rather than an accurate depiction.

Brief brush strokes

Picture as a whole is not very accurate

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Born “Domenikos Theotokopoulos” in Crete, but later given the name “El Greco”, which means “The Greek”.

Still considered a Spanish artist because he spent most of his life in Spain.

Best known for his work for churches and monastaries around Toledo, Spain where he spent most of his life.

He best exemplifies Mannerist art, which is characterized by overly stylized work and muscular and elongated figures.

EL GRECO

Born in Valencia, Spain in 1863

Received a grant as a young man to study painting in Rome.

There he discovered a talent for depicting the effects of light in his paintings.

From then on he continued to make impressionist paintings and was very successful in doing so.

What’s Impressionism?

JOAQUIN SOROLLA

Born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain.

Widely considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

Best exemplifies the cubist style of painting, which he pioneered and developed throughout his work.

Received a lot of criticism for painting cubist art because many people saw it as simply, “geometric art.”

What’s Cubism?

PABLO PICASSO

PRACTICE Look at the following pieces of Spanish Art. Try to identify the artist that painted the

picture. Then, click on the picture and the artist will

be listed for you.

ARTIST PRACTICE

A R T I S T

This painting is by Pablo Picasso.

This is evident by the use of geometric shapes in the picture.

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A R T I S T

This painting is by Joaquin Sorolla.

This is evident by the use of the impressionist technique.

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ARTIST PRACTICE

A R T I S T

This painting is by El Greco.

This is evident through the use of muscular and elegant bodies of the people in the painting.

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some practice, it’s time for a quiz!

QUIZ!Directions-View the different picturesChoose the correct artist that you

believe completed the painting shown to you.

ARTIST 1

O P T I O N S

A.)Pablo Picasso

B.)El Greco

C.)Joaquin Sorolla

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ARTIST 2

O P T I O N S

A.)Pablo Picasso

B.)El Greco

C.)Joaquin Sorolla

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ARTIST 3

O P T I O N S

A.)Pablo Picasso

B.)El Greco

C.)Joaquin Sorolla

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REFERENCES

Picture from slide 1st Characteristic slide taken from- http://whirledview.typepad.com/whirledview/2007/01/cordobas_mezqui.html

Picture from 2nd Characteristic slide taken from- http://www.cotswoldauction.co.uk/SaleReports/SaleReportPicsOctober2008/tabid/196/Default.aspx

Picture from 3rd Characteristic slide taken from- http://academics.smcvt.edu/awerbel/Survey%20of%20Art%20History%20II/FauvistCubistFuturist.htm

Picture from 1st Characteristic Practice slide taken from- http://www.waterhousegallery.com/Bueno%204.html

Picture from 2nd Characteristic Practice slide taken from- http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddsock/101164507/

Picture from 3rd Characteristic Slide taken from- http://72.5.117.145/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=34745&coll_keywords=&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=5&coll_sort_order=1&coll_view=0&coll_package=15891&coll_start=1

REFERENCES

Picture from 1st Characteristic Quiz Slide taken from- http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/cubism.htm

Picture from 2nd Characteristic Quiz Slide taken from- http://www.naergilien.info/interesting.htm

Picture from 3rd Characteristic Quiz Slide taken from- http://www.paintercreativity.com/articles/dl-photo-to-oil-painting.html

Picture from Vocabulary- Cubism slide taken from- http://redyellowbluemakeyou.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html

Definition of Cubism in vocab slide adapted from- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cubism

Picture from Vocabulary- Impressionism slide taken from- http://www.miestilobienesraices.com/admon/impressionist-painters

Definition of Impressionism vocab slide 2 taken from- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/impressionism

REFERENCES

Picture from Picasso bio slide taken from- http://spicezee.zeenews.com/gallery/617.htm

Information from Picasso bio slide adapted from- http://www.biography.com/articles/Pablo-Picasso-9440021

Picture from El Greco bio slide taken from- http://www.trianglespanishclass.com/art.htm

Information from El Greco bio slide taken from- http://www.biography.com/articles/El-Greco-9319123

Picture from Joaquin Sorolla bio slide taken from- http://thestudyabroadblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/joaquin-sorolla_09.html

Information from Joaquin Sorolla bio slide taken from- http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=786

REFERENCES

Picture used in 1st Artist practice slide taken from- http://www.simplyartonline.net/Cubism.htm

Picture used in 2nd Artist practice slide taken from- http://blog.emmaalvarez.com/2009_08_01_archive.html

Picture used in 3rd Artist practice slide taken from- http://www.topofart.com/artists/Domenikos_Theotokopoulos_El_Greco/art_reproduction/3195/The_Purification_of_the_Temple.php

Picture used in 1st Artist quiz slide taken from- http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/03/26/joaquin-sorolla-y-bastida/

Picture used in 2nd Artist quiz slide taken from- http://www.cybergrain.com/tech/hdr/

Picture used in 3rd Artist quiz slide taken from- http://www.artnewsblog.com/famous-paintings/guernica/index.htm