Ch. 12 culture Flashcards
In Oaxaca, Mexico, Cordoba, Spain, or Popayan, Colombia, one can be in an … influenced architectural feature called the …
Arabic;
patio central
the patio central was brought to the Americas by the …
In the colonial era, they built houses, palaces, monasteries, hospitals, and schools with the patio central.
It’s a private and intimate space where one can enjoy the sun and the breeze.
Spanish
The center of the patio is an … Around it, separated by columns, is a covered … Thus, in the patio there are … and …
open space;
corridor;
sunny areas;
shade
The patio is an important part of the family home and its decoration is carefully picked out. In the center of the patio, many times there’s a …, … and …
fountain;
plants;
trees
In the center of the patio, many times there’s a fountain, plants, and trees. Water is an important element in … culture bc it symbolizes … of the body and the soul. For this reason, and to …, water is very important
Islamic;
purification;
lower the temp
… and … help maintain cool temperatures and the patio provides … and … to all rooms
water;
vegetation;
ventilation;
light
houses with a central patio usually are the family homes of the …
They are houses with two or three floors. The rooms on the ground floor are the …: kitchen, dining room, living room, etc and have doors to the patio. In the upper floors are the family’s …
wealthy;
common areas;
private rooms
(Pablo Neruda)
a beloved … figure of ..
literary;
Chile
(Pablo Neruda)
In Santiago is his house called … It’s name means … and refers to the hair of …, his third wife and Neruda’s widow.
La Chascona;
unruly hair;
Matilda Urrutia
(Pablo Neruda)
La Chascona is shaped like a … and is adorned with objects that Neruda collected during his travels. The house has a … from Marseille, France and Bauhaus … It is now a …
boat;
bar;
furniture;
museum
(Pablo Neruda)
In Valparaiso is another of Neruda’s houses called … It is located in Cerro Bellavista and has stunning views of the … It has five floors and is built in the shape of a … Neruda called it his “house in the …”
La Sebastiana;
port;
boat;
air
(Pablo Neruda)
La Sebastiana is painted with … colors and decorated with humorous and rare objects. There is a … that was part of a carousel in Paris and in the dining room there is a Venezuelan embalmed …
bright;
wooden horse;
choir bird
(Pablo Neruda)
The third house, where the … of Neruda and Matilda are, is located on Isla Negra, a small town south of Valparaiso. The house has been converted into a … This house was Neruda’s favorites and contains many objects that he collected.
tombs;
museum
The … that Spain has been experiencing since 2008 has had a significant impact on Spaniards’ lifestyle, reducing their shopping cars to basic, low priced products.
The Carrefour supermarket chain promotes that is possible to … and maintain … at the same time, without having to do without quality products.
Carrefour uses humor and optimism in the face of the hard issue of the crisis
economic crisis;
save;
the style
In the south of mexico city there’s a building that fuses … with … It’s the house and study of muralist Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo, who lived there since 1934 (?)
functionalism;
mexican culture
(Rivera and Kahlo’s house)
The creator was the architect and painter …, who was a friend of the couple. Because Kahlo and Rivera needed a quiet place to work, the architect made … connected by a … at the top
Juan O’Gorman;
two houses;
bridge
(Rivera and Kahlo’s house)
In 1981, yrs after the artists died, their house was turned into ….
el Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
(Rivera and Kahlo’s house)
This museum seeks to preserve, investigate, and spread the works of these two Mexicans, like the … does
el museo Casa de Frida Kahlo
(Panama)
Bc of the Panama Canal, a ship’s trip from NY to Tokia is … miles shorter
It’s construction cost $639 million
Today, on average … ships use it per day
The average toll costs …
3,000;
39;
$54,000
(Panama)
The Panama Canal connects the … with the …
Pacific Ocean;
Atlantic Ocean
(Panama)
The construction of the Panama canal began in 1903 and ended … later. It is one of Panama’s main sources of income
10 yrs
(Panama)
La mola is a form of … art of the …, an indigenous tribe that lived mainly in the San Blas islands
textile;
kunas
(Panama)
mola:
- some of their designs are …, inspired by the forms of .., and others are …, like the molas that are more traditional
abstract;
coral;
geometric
(Panama)
mola:
- in the past, these fabrics were used only as …, but today they’re also used to …
clothes;
decorate houses
