Transcript Arte y Artistas Españoles

ARTE Y ARTISTAS
ESPAÑOLES
Por Sinéad O’ Donovan
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPANISH
ART
• Spanish art is the visual art of Spain.
• Many famous and influential artists came from Spain including Velázques,
Goya and Picasso.
• Spanish art has distinctive characteristics that stand out to other pieces of
art around the world.
• These differences were influenced by the heritage in Spain, and the
Counter-Reformation.
• Many people say that when you see a Spanish painting it is very easy to tell
that it is Spanish because of its topic and type of painting.
DIFFERENT ERA’S IN SPANISH
ART
1.
Romanesque
• In Spain during the era of Romanesque art, art was more popular in the
North.
• Romanesque art consisted of church frescos, stained glass windows and
showing depth in pictures.
• Painting altar frontals on wood was also quite popular during the era of
Romanesque art.
• During Romanesque times churches were covered in paintings. Many of
these paintings are destroyed today.
The painted crypt of
San Isidoro at León, Spain.
Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll, a Catalan fresco
by the Master of
Taüll now in Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
2. Renaissance
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During the Renaissance Spain was influenced hugely by Italian art.
The Italian influence was strongest in Valencia.
Many Spanish artists went to Italy to learn their techniques.
Fernando Yanez de la Almedina and Fernando Llanos were two Spanish
artists who went to Italy to learn more about art.
• Spanish artists changed the theme and spirtual parts of Renaissance
paintings to suit Spanish religion.
Fernando Yanez de la Almedina painting
Fernando Llanos painting
• His most famous pieces of art are Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and
Guernica.
• Pablo went through different phases in his paintings, these included his
blue stage where his paintings were all blue, rose stage where they were a
mix of pink and red and his political stage where his paintings were about
war and politics.
• Pablo died 8 April 1973 at the age of 91.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Guernica
3. 20th Century
• During the 20th century many leading Spanish artists worked in Paris.
• Art in the 20th century was more modern.
• There was no one particular topic in the 20 th century, portraits and drawing
of objects or ideas were very common.
• Picasso was a Spanish artist who was one of the leading artists in the 20 th
century.
Spanish art in the 20 th century
PABLO PICASSO
• Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga,
Spain in 25 October 1881.
• He was a Spanish painter, sculptor,
printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer.
• He is known as one of the greatest and most
influential artists of the 20th century.
• He co-invented the idea of the collage.
• Pablo Picasso is known all around the world for his great pieces.
FRANCISCO GOYA
• Francisco Goya was born in Aragon,
Spain on 30th March 1746.
• He was a Spanish romantic
painter and printmaker.
• Goya was a court painter to the
Spanish Crown.
• Goya was asked to paint King Carlos III portrait.
• After he did so he became very popular with the royal family.
• His wife died in 1812 at that time he was painting images of the Spanish
war.
• Goya’s most famous paintings are The Nude Maja and The Clothed Maja.
• They are the same picture of the same woman but she has clothes in one
painting and not in the other.
• Like Picasso Goya went through different stages in his paintings.
1. Darker subject matter- Dark dramatic, nightmare paintings.
2. The Disasters of War- These were images from the war that Goya
painted on tile.
3. Black Paintings- Unusual paintings which were based around witchcraft
and war.