The Visigoths and their end

You can see the legend of "La Cava" from 21.20.
This legend was a legendary explanation of the muslim invasion of Spain, due to a crime (rape) committed by the last visigothic King on the daughter of the count Don Julián, the governor of Ceuta, who as a revenge helped the arabs to pass Gibraltar Straits.

HOW TO COMMENT A WORK OF ART

1. IDENTIFY WHICH TYPE OF ART IT IS:
Example.: This is a picture that shows a building (eg.: A church, a palace), a painting (on a wall, on a panel [sobre tabla], on canvas [sobre lienzo]), or a sculpture.
2. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE, PAYING ATTENTION TO ANY FIGURES FEATURED. Eg:
We see a scene depicting a Christ in Glory. the figure doesn't show any movement and his limbs are disproportionate in relation to the rest of the body. They fit into the available space.
3. Finish by stating the style it has been done in.
4. (IN THE FOLLOWING UNITS. I 'LL GIVE YOU A LIST OF WORKS OF ART AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE PICTURES ON THE NET, OR IN BOOKS, POSTCARDS, ETC. BUT I GIVE YOU IMAGES OF THE BUILDINGS).*
EXAMPLE 1. The sculpture up on the right on page 41.
 We see a picture of a statue representing the Virgin and a Child, it is a wooden carving coloured with bright colours. The bodies of the virgin and the child are disproportionate (example:long hands and a big head in both cases). Also their faces did not show any expression of feelings, and their bodies did not show any movement. To sum up, we can say it is a sculpture of the romanesque period.
EXAMPLE 2. Painting B on page 47:
Here we have a painting on a wooden panel (oil on a wooden panel). It represents the descent from the Cross (when they took the body of Christ from the cross to bury it). The scene is more naturalist (the bodies are proportionated, the faces expresses feelings, also the clothes fell naturally). And, in contrast with a romanesque painting, we see the symmetry is broken by two figures: Christ and the Virgin. According to the characteristics we have listed, we are sure it is a gothic painting.

Useful link

Here it is an useful link for your art units. This is a hungarian webpage with a complete database of every artist organized per periods with ALL works. It includes: painting, sculpture, miniatures, architecture, etc.

Web Gallery of Art

THE CRUSADES (BY LUCIE)

Here I upload the powerpoint lucie did about the crusades, I hope it will be useful to you. lucie's powerpoint

Students' Powerpoints. 2. B

Here I upload the two power point presentations that are the "recovery exam" of two of our students. I hope they will be useful on your trip: MaurerTobalina

Students' PowerPoints 2. A

Here I upload the powerpoint, that our student, Raúl has done about a monument you probably visit on your trip.

Gothic style

An introduction to Gothic art from alnugar

SEVERAL MUSEUMS OF ART (ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC)

Interesting webs of museums: Metropolitan Museum of New York (its permanent collection contains several pieces of Iberian art sold during the 19th and 20th century)metropolitan museum. There is an e-book about this collection: "The art of medieval Spain 500-1200"
 Also, the Prado Museum collection owns several examples of paintings from the romanesque and gothic styles: "Romanesque to Renaissance. Prado Museum."
The "Museu Nacional d'Art de Cataluña" owns an interesting collection of works from the Romanesque and Gothic (among others):Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
And, finally, the National Spanish Sculpture Museum of Valladolid has an interesting collection of carvings from the 13th to the 18th century Museo Nacional de Escultura Policromada de Valladolid

Romanesque and Gothic

This is a power point presentation on Romanesque and Gothic art.

Romanesque and gothic from eagarciadeparedes

This is a presentation on the spanish romanesque:

Romanesque art in Spain from Angela Ruiz Montero

And, finally, this is a presentation about the spanish gothic art:

Gothic in Spain from Angela Ruiz Montero