Spanish 3 / Unit 9: Literature and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World
9.2 Art and Architecture
Notes
Spanish and Latin American artists shaped world art.
- Diego Velázquez (Spain, 1599-1660): painter of Las Meninas (1656), a masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age.
- Francisco de Goya (Spain, 1746-1828): painter whose works show court life and the horrors of war.
- Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973): co-founder of cubism; his painting Guernica (1937) protests the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
- Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989): surrealist known for La persistencia de la memoria (melting clocks).
- Frida Kahlo (México, 1907-1954): known for her autorretratos (self-portraits). Diego Rivera painted large murals.
- Fernando Botero (Colombia): known for figures with rounded, exaggerated shapes.
- Antoni Gaudí (Catalonia, Spain): architect of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona.
Practice
¿Quién pintó el cuadro Guernica?
Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 as a protest against war.
¿Por qué obras es famosa Frida Kahlo?
Kahlo, a Mexican painter, is famous for her self-portraits. Her husband Diego Rivera was known for murals.
¿Qué es la Sagrada Família de Barcelona?
Gaudí designed the Sagrada Família, a famous basilica in Barcelona.
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