Gaudí and his "trencadís" style

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish artist and architect who lived and worked in the 19th and 20th centuries (he was born in 1852 and died in 1926.)  One of the techniques he used was "trencadís"-- a mosaic form using broken ceramic tiles to add colour and shapes to a design.

Here are some examples of his work:


A lizard from Parque Guell in Barcelona




Benches in Parque Guell

We are going to take inspriration from this technique for our next art project!

Social Science Test Review

Here are some questions to help you study. Make sure you can answer all of them!

1. Explain these terms and say during which reign they appeared (who was king or queen at that time).

--guerillas

--political alternation

--caciques

--Salic Law

--Crisis of 98

--Carlist wars (First and Second)

2. For each part of the pyramid, write the name of the capitalist class and say who belonged to it.

                                                                                             

3. What was the quality of life like for the majority of the population in the 19^th century? Why?

4. Why was the 19^th century important for the press?

5. What changes in education did the Moyano Law bring?

6. How did the Spanish War of Independence begin?  Who fought in this war?

7. Name and describe the cultural movements of the 19^th century.

8. Why and when was the National Bank of Spain founded?

9. Name three things that slowed economic development in the 19th century.

13. What was the main economic activity in the 19^th century?

14. Which king was influenced by Cánovas del Castillo?  Which Constitution was written at that time?

15. During which period did Amadeo I reign?

16. Who was king (or queen) when the American colonies gained independence?

17. Which king allowed Napoleon to pass through Spain to conquer Portugal?  What happened instead?

18. Write everything you know about the Constitution of 1812.

Celebrating the peseta

On October 19th, 1868, the peseta was born!  Here is a note from the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (remember-- we went there last year!):

Nos ponemos nostálgicos... ¿recuerdas la peseta? #TalDíaComoHoy en 1868, nace como unidad monetaria española. Permanecería vigente 134 años, hasta la entrada del euro en 2002. Os mostramos una peseta de plata emitida por el Gobierno Provisional en 1869 http://goo.gl/9q3Yz7 En el anverso aparece la nación española personificada en una mujer vestida a la romana, inspirada en la representación de Hispania de las monedas del siglo II.




Remember that in 1868, Isabella II abdicated the throne. There was a  "provisional government" that was in effect while they looked for a new king. Can you remember who they chose?????  

Use of Colour

Here are some paintings that show use of color:

Picasso, La habitación azul, 1901

Cool colours

Van Gogh, Casa en Auvers, 1890

Analogous colours (next to each other on the color wheel)

Degas, Bailarinas en la barra, 1888

Complementary colours (opposite on the colour wheel)

Matisse, Interior con cortina egipcia, 1948

Complementary colours (red and green)

Cool colours (green and blue)

Rothko, Untitled 1968

Warm colours

You can see all of these paintings and more right here in Madrid at the CaixaForum.

They have an exhibit called "Impressionistas y modernos" that is open until October 23rd.  It is a special collection of famous paintings from the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

What do you think?

Presentation to review for Social Science: 

Contemporary age from castillosekel

Art and the Transformations of the 19th century

Here are some paintings from the 19th century.

The first two are by Claude Monet, and they are of the Gare Saint-Lazare train station in Paris, which opened in 1837.

The next three paintings are by another French painter, Gustave Caillebotte.

Right now you can visit an exhibition of Caillebotte's paintings in the Museo Thyssen!

And here is another painting from that time, by Jean Francois Millet:

and another by Jules Breton:

What can we learn from these paintings about the transformations in society during the 19th century???? 

Spain in the 19th Century

If you want to learn more about the time we are studying, here are some video clips from a documentary of TVE:

 La sucesión de Fernando VII

La revolución liberal durante la época de Isabel II

Crisis y hundimiento del reinado de Isabel II

La República Española 1873-1874

El sexenio democrático 1868-1874

You don't have to learn all of this information!

You must study the Word List on page 115 of your book: the words and definitions, why it is important.

Also these dates:

Year	Important events
1788
1808-1814
1812
1814-1833
1820-1823
1833-1868
1868-1874
1873-1874
1875-1885
1885-1902

After this we will study about economic and societal transformations, and art and culture.

Virtual Visit to the Sorolla Museum in Madrid

Would you like to visit the Sorolla Museum?  You can do it from your computer:

The Straw Manikin

Here is the painting by Goya:

What did you invent?

You can see this painting in the Museo del Prado!

Goya

We are going to study a bit about Goya.  He was born under Ferdinand VI (1746), then grew up under the enlightened monarchy of Charles III. In 1789 (the year the French Revolution began), he became court painter to King Charles IV.

Here we can see a portrait of Charles IV and his family,

Can you find Goya in the picture?  What does that remind you of?