*** ARTE Flashcards
ANTONI GAUDI: Fue un famoso arquitecto catalán de estilo ___________.
modernista
ANTONI GAUDI: El industrial catalán Eusebi Güell fue su _________.
mecenas (patron)
ANTONI GAUDI: Era muy religioso, su ____ es muy importante.
fe
ANTONI GAUDI: Era solitario y _______.
huraño (shy, unsociable)
ANTONI GAUDI: Odia _____ por eso casi toda su obra está en Barcelona.
viajar
ANTONI GAUDI: Murió atropellado por un ______.
tranvía
ANTONI GAUDI: Cuando murió la gente no lo ayudó porque pensaba que era un _____.
mendigo (beggar)
ANTONI GAUDI: La Iglesia católica quiere hacerle santo porque ha hecho un _______.
milagro
What are 4 characteristics of “Arte Modernita”
- BURGUESA: Barcelona es una cuidad industrial, entonces BURGUESA (did not exist en el campo)
- CUIDAD: La sociedad burguesa vive en la cuidad
- VULGARES: Las casas burguesas eran aburridas, sin decoración
- HIPOCRESÍA: Guadí HUYE de la HIPOCRESÍA burguesa
TRICK: Art is in the CaVe that is a HuB
How did Gaudi flee the HIPOCRESÍA (3 ways):
- Huye en el TIEMPO…Edad Media, el pasado árabe…
- Huye en el ESPACIO…Países exóticos: JAPÓN, China
- Huye de la cuidad, a la NATURALEZA..Árbol, tortuga, caracol, cisne
TRICK: the HIPOCRESÍA can be found in TEN places
El modernismo integra in 3 grades artes, que son:
architecture, painting and scupture
El modernismo integra in pequeñas artes, que son:
VIDRIO, rejería, PORCELANA, MADERA, “CRISELEFANTINAS”, joyas
La burguesía wanted art that was _____
Útil - useful. For example, una escalera se convierte en un caracol.
El arte burgués es _______.
El arte de los modernistas es ______.
practico / sensual
Los colores de arte modernista son _____.
calidos.
What type of lines are in arte Modernista and what is it called?
curved, GOLPE DE LÁTIGO.
What is the name of el museo modernista in Salamanca?
Casa Lis
Casa Batlló:
- when was it built
- what is it a symbol of
- what is the legend about this house
- 1904-1906
- symbol of Cataluña and it independence from Spain
- legend of San Jorge (es el patrón de Cataluña) y el dragon
What is celebrated on the 23 de abril in Cataluña?
Día del Libro y la Rosa
What are 3 of Gaudi’s buildings that are “Patriomonial de humunidad” (UNESCO)
- Casa Batlló
- Parque Güell
- La Sagrada Familia (Crypt)
What are the name of the 3 houses that form the Gaudi triangle?
Casa Batlló, Casa Mila, Casa Vicens
What was the name of the Catalunya bar for the intellectuals (e.g. Picasso? What the “barrio” called?
El Quatre Gats / “Chino”
Who is the best “pintor modernista”?
Ramon Casas
The opposition to modernismo was who?
The vanguardias (“avant garde”)
What are some of the elements that defines “vanguardia” or ‘avant garde”?
- Removed the rigidness
- Inspired “plenairista” (Plen Air), painted in nature
- Uses of curves and aysmetric lines
- Liberty of the themes.
- The images were all women
Ramón Casas facts:
- From Barcelona, had rich parents and lived in Paris at the age of 16.
- Lived modernidad at the highest level (his cars, bikes etc.)
- Advertised alcohol “Chonino?”
- He painted various type of women
- El “Spleen” a person with money, but is bored
What was Solana’s main theme?
feista / feisimo
Solana: Qué causa en el observador?
INQUIETUD
Facts about Solana:
PAINTED: EL FIN DEL MUNDO
- Explained what Spain has a problem.
- When he was young, his parents were killed
- Spent his youth in bars with prostitues and drank a lot.
- Painted España negra, oscura and pesimista
- Temas: fiestas, carnavales, la muerte, la pobreza, procesiones religiosas
What was Solana’s famous painting?
El fin del mundo
Facts about Pablo Picasso:
- Born 1881-1973 in Malága
2. Started to paint at age of 10
What are Picasso’s two periods?
- Etapa azul (arte expresionista) 1900-1904
2. Etapa rosa (arte expresionista) 1904-1907
Facts of Picasso’s etapa AZUL:
FAMOUS PAINTING: LA VIDA 1900-1904 1. Lived in Paris with a VIDA BOHEMIA 2. Death of his friend CASAGEMAS (an his involvement with his girlfiend) 3. Began to paint in AZUL 4. Expressed sadness and "deprimido" 5. Influenced by Greco
Facts of Picasso’s etapa ROSA:
FAMOUS PAINTING: FAMILIA DE SALTIMBANQUIS
1904-1907
1. red expressed = sensual
2. Was influenced by his love Fernande (Fernanda)
3. Paintings were nude painting of Fernande
4. Other themes were: acróbatas, arlequines, payasos
5. Son cuadros aún melancólicos pero aparece ya la TERNURA (tenderness)