Question and Answer Samples and Techniques. This artist used a combination of light and shadow to give his paintings depth

Spanish Artists

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This artist used a combination of light and shadow to give his paintings depth.

Velazquez

He was a court painter for 3 different Spanish kings.

Goya

The love of his life was Gala, the woman that predominates most of his works.

Dali

This artist opened his own museum.

Dali

He was not born in Spain but rather on the island of Crete..

Greco

This artist was the father of Cubism.

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Picasso

This artist was considered a heretic for the latter part of his life.

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Goya

He is known for painting with icy blues and vibrant reds.

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Greco

This artist opened his own art production shop in Toledo.

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Greco

This artist “borrowed” many other styles and art paintings for his paintings.

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Miró

He painted the destruction of a Spanish town by the Germans.

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Picasso

This artist created many works in order to insult the rich/noble class.

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Goya

This artist broke the “norm” by painting people of color in major political and religious roles.

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Velazquez

This artist style included organic forms and flattened picture planes drawn with sharp lines.

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Miró

He probably had a stigmatism, causing him to elongate all his subjects.

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Greco

Although born in Spain, he was exiled to France to escape the Inquisition.

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Goya

This artist liked to paint everyday scenes, especially still-lifes with eggs.

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Velazquez

This artist was disowned by his father for saying that he liked to spit on the painting of his mother.

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Dali

This artist never had a really “famous” work.

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Miró

This artist received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts from the Spanish king Juan Carlos I.

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Miró

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

Greco and Velazquez were court painters.


Greco liked to paint little people.


Picasso started his blue period after the death of his long-time friend.


Greco, Velazquez, and Goya are known as the Great Triumvirate or the “big 3” artists of Spain.


Dali used Cubism, Surrealism, and Dada as part of his style.


Miró painted himself as God.


Greco, Dalí and Miró are all true modernist painters.


Goya saw the horrors that Napoleon brought when he invaded Spain.


Italy was the center of art during the Renaissance.


France boasted being the most artistically diverse in the 19th and 20th centuries.


Goya painted somber moods by using a rose color.


Greco was predominantly influenced by realism and Flemish art.


Velazquez and Goya painted portraits of the royal family.


There was only 1 Inquisition in Spain.


Velazquez used eggs, crutches, and bread in his paintings.


Miró used dreams to shape his artistic works.


Dalí said that he was Surrealism.


Goya was deaf.


Greco invented Italian Realism.


Goya and Velazquez attended the Academy of San Fernando.


The Academy of San Fernando is in Spain.


The Academy of Saint Luke is in Italy.


Picasso married only 1 woman in his life.


Picasso, Dali, and Miró all painted during the Spanish Civil War, 1930-36.

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Question and Answer Samples and Techniques. This artist used a combination of light and shadow to give his paintings depth