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Spanish Art History - Bourbons Madrid
Spanish Art History
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
06/03/2019

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What style is the main entrance of the Botanical Gardens? How do you know?

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Built in 1781

- Round arch, freize, orders (classical columns), tympanum? (I don't see that but she mentioned it??)

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The Caixa Forum is modern art design?
Definition

old electrical plant redesigned

vertical gardens

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What style is the Prado Museum?

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Definition
neoclassical - built in 18th century
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What elements make the Prado neoclassical?

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Definition

- symmetrical

- greek gods on the freize (mythology)

- pillars

 

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This is neoclassical because it depicts Neptune (Roman god) but was created in the 18th century. Why was it created -- what is the metaphor?

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Definition
Naval power of Spain
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This is neoclassical because it depicts Cybele (drawn from mythology) but was created in the 18th century. Why was it created -- what is the metaphor?
Definition

Allegory of mother earth: food is a big part of the culture of Spain, still produce a lot of the food that is traded with the rest of Europe

She is holding the keys to the city.

 

Myth of 2 lions --> Ovid metamorphis 

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This is neoclassical because it depicts Apollo (Roman god) but was created in the 18th century. Why was it created -- what is the metaphor?

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Definition
Allegory of trade
Term
What style is the Thyssen?
Definition
Romanticism
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What style is the monument to the heroes of the fallen for Spain?
Definition
Romanticism
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The Triumphal arch is what style?

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Definition
neoclassical, built 1778
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