Art

//This page contains ideas, information, and materials for teaching and learning about art in Spanish.// toc

Gaudí

 * [|Park Guell] (One of the lizards)
 * [|Park Guell] (Panoramic view from below)

Botero
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[|La guerra] (Note: This image is copyrighted) - Interactive, 40-piece jigsaw puzzle of Botero's //La familia// that students can assemble online


 * [|Art by Botero]

Dalí
[|Eungenio Salvador Dalí] - Song by Mecano (note the link to the YouTube video too) (Sequencing activity for the song)




 * [|Cadaques]
 * [|Dalí House]
 * [|Dalí in Palamos] (cool house)
 * [|Dalí's Elephant] (sculpture)
 * [|House of Salvador Dalí] by Vlambi
 * [|Dalí's Studio] by Donsimon

Dalí's Elephant media type="youtube" key="7dbcq7jKLd0?rel=0" height="349" width="425"

- Photo by Allen Warren on Wikimedia Commons, licensed under an Attribution-Share Alike Creative Commons License

- Photo of him with ocelot and cane from Wikimedia Commons

Goya
- Information on Goya's life, work, techniques, and famous series of paintings (such as //Los Caprichos//, //Los desastres,// reinterpretations of works by Velásquez, etc.)



- Background reading in Spanish regarding the artist and the content of this piece, with a series of reading comprehension worksheets at the end of the booklet

[|El dos de mayo] media type="youtube" key="-NE6wRBI5NQ" width="420" height="315"

[|Los fusilamientos del tres de mayo] media type="youtube" key="TylGuoEN5x4" width="420" height="315"

- Short video from the Prado, followed by self-checking comprehension exercises which teachers can adapt if they log in

[|The Sunshade] - A blackline drawing of Goya's //El quitasol/The Sunshade// that students can color from CyberSpain.com with descriptive text in both Spanish and English

Kahlo
media type="youtube" key="zMEmGxrkBos?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - Documentary filled with real photos, narrated in Spanish by Mercedes Sosa

media type="youtube" key="ou0EOcpdJm4?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - Short video consisting exclusively of video footage of Frida and Diego Rivera set to music in Spanish

media type="youtube" key="dmWsaZCmpw0?rel=0" height="349" width="425" - Very nicely done student project that teaches reflexive verbs using an imaginary daily routine for Frida Kahlo

Miró
[|Aidez L'Espagne] (Photo taken by Adam Jones, used under an Attribution-Share Alike Creative Commons License)

[|Dona i Ocell]



[|Naturaleza muerta con zapato viejo] (Note: This Flickr image is copyrighted)

Picasso
[|Enigma of Hitler] (Note: This image is copyrighted, click on it to see a larger view)

- In Spanish

- Student project that displays tons of sketches of animals and natural objects by Picasso

[|Guernica] (Note: This image is copyrighted) (See also: [|Kids' Guernica, a YouTube video that shows a world peace project inspired by Guernica])

media type="youtube" key="WgoHpaRHAlk" height="315" width="420" - Video Guernica in the museum (gives a sense of scale)

media type="youtube" key="L9FyHK6PRWI" height="315" width="420" - Guernica "cut up"

media type="youtube" key="xQ_uGbQanNw" height="315" width="420" - 3D exploration of Guernica

media type="youtube" key="9lQZcBut6M0" height="315" width="560" - "X-ray" version of Guernica

[|Madre desconsolada by Pablo Picasso] (From Jaume d'Urgell, used under a Non-commercial Attribution Creative Commons License)

[|Paloma de la paz by Picasso] (Note: This Flickr image is copyrighted)

[|Paloma de la paz by Picasso] (From [|Dibujalia])

[|Picasso: Drawing with Light] - Great photo from Life Magazine of Picasso drawing a minotaur with a flashlight

- Extensive collection of photos of Picasso's life

- An online, interactive website that allows students select images from a library of different parts of the face and drag them onto a canvas to create Picasso-like faces (in English, could be used for communicative activities in Spanish though)

[|A 3D Exploration of Picasso's Guernica] media type="youtube" key="xQ_uGbQanNw" height="349" width="425"

media type="youtube" key="ExCQZ940Rbw" height="349" width="425" - :28 second video of Picasso painting on a wall

[|Weeping Woman]

Rivera


- Illustrated bio of Diego Rivera in Spanish

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Velásquez
- A children's book (in Spanish, translated from the English version) that depicts the daily social, cultural, and personal realities life of the Princesa Margarita and her friendship with Diego Velásquez, who also lived in the court.

- Online exhibit of contemporary reinterpretations of //Las Meninas// by Spanish-speaking artists--including sculpture, painting, etc.

=Coloring Pages=

- Coloring pages for Goya, Greco, Murillo, Velásquez, & Zurbarán

[|Madre desconsolada by Pablo Picasso] (From Jaume d'Urgell, used under a Non-commercial Attribution Creative Commons License)

- Various coloring pages and activities for children from Spain

=Contemporary Artists=

[|Pedro Morales (QR Code Artisan)]

media type="youtube" key="3WZx11lSAqA?rel=0" height="349" width="425" - Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, Cuban-American, discusses identity and mural-making in his urban neighborhood in Spanish

**General Art**

- Nice collection of works by Dalí, Miró, Picasso, etc. (in English)

- Links to galleries of work by famous Spanish-speaking artists along with bios for some of them

- Biographies of famous architects, sculptors, and painters in Spanish, illustrated with photos of their artwork

=Images=

[|Spanish Art]

=Lesson Plans=

[|CLIL for Teachers] - A collection of lesson plans, PowerPoints, and other resources for teaching about Picasso in Spanish

[|Using Art, Film, & Literature to Explore the Hispanic Identity] (Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute) - A series of lesson plans from a unit on Hispanic identity

=Museums=







=Resources=

- A collection of images, texts, videos, other documents, and materials related to the history of Spain and its art

=Videos=

[|Arte urbana] - 1:59 minute video from Venezuela that reports on graffiti art (muralism)

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media type="youtube" key="GtujUCURgtM?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - Video by //Jarabe de Palo// that uses an art-related focus to engage the viewer in thinking about perspectives