People In Latin American History Flashcards
Diego Velázquez
- Spanish Painter
- Mainly a portraits, produced depictions of royalty, notables, and commoners.
- Became the court painter of King Philip IV in Madrid
- Most famous painting “Las Meninas” (a baroque portrayal of the Infanta Margarita, on of the daughters of the king, surrounded by maids of honor and other members of the court
Francisco Goya
- Spaniard Painter
- Sometimes called the father of modern art
- Influenced modern art as he was the first artist to paint what he wanted and not what the king or the church wanted
- Paintings are mainly historic
Diego Rivera
- Mexican Painter; the most famous of the 3 Mexican muralists
- Muralist
- Influenced by Italian renaissance and the Russian communist movement
- Paintings depict revalorization of indigenous Mexican root and also symbols of historical figures from the colonial period
Diego Rivera
- Mexican Painter; the most famous of the 3 Mexican muralists
- Muralist
- Influenced by Italian renaissance and the Russian communist movement
- Paintings depict revalorization of indigenous Mexican root and also symbols of historical figures from the colonial period
David Alfaro
- One of the 3 famous Mexican muralists
- More realistic than the other two muralists
José Clemente Orozco
- One of the 3 famous Mexican muralists
- Messages of social justice in his mural painting
- Shows different aspects of the human condition
Celia Cruz
- Cuban Singer who was known as the queen of salsa and the Guarachera de Cuba
- Considered the most influential figure of the Cuban music in the 20th century
Salvador Dalí
- Spanish surrealist painter
Comment on the life of Frida Kahlo
-Frida Kahlo was a 20th-century Mexican Painter. She contracted polio as a child, and throughout her life she suffered from this and other health issues, some of which were caused by a bus accident when she was a teenager. After the accident, she stopped pursuing medical studies and began her career as a painter. She married Diego Rivera. In her work, she used bright colors and simple and primitive forms deeply rooted in Mexican and Amerindian culture. Her paintings we also influenced by Surrealism. She is known mainly for her self-portraits and other depictions of the feminine form.
Comment on the life of Frida Kahlo
-Frida Kahlo was a 20th-century Mexican Painter. She contracted polio as a child, and throughout her life she suffered from this and other health issues, some of which were caused by a bus accident when she was a teenager. After the accident, she stopped pursuing medical studies and began her career as a painter. She married Diego Rivera. In her work, she used bright colors and simple and primitive forms deeply rooted in Mexican and Amerindian culture. Her paintings we also influenced by Surrealism. She is known mainly for her self-portraits and other depictions of the feminine form.
Fernando Botero
- Colombian Painter
- Uses exaggerated and disproportionate volumes especially of the human body
- His styles is sometimes referred to as Boterismo
Fernando Botero
- Colombian Painter
- Uses exaggerated and disproportionate volumes especially of the human body
- His styles is sometimes referred to as Boterismo
Plácido Domingo
- Spanish opera singer
- Known as one of the three most famous tenors of Spain
Plácido Domingo
- Spanish opera singer
- Known as one of the three most famous tenors of Spain
Isabel Allende
- A writer born in Peru who considered herself Chilean after she moved to Chile with her family
- Allende mixed in her works the fantastic with the real and her works could be classified as of the magic realism genre
- Her most celebrate is “La casa de los espíritus, in which she follows a Chilean family for four generations. In the novel she examines sociopolitical issues in Chile in the postcolonial period.
