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AS Artes
Vocabulary for Art, Moorish to Modern
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| el arte, las artes | art |
| el retrato | portrait |
| el autorretrato | self-portrait |
| la cerámica | pottery |
| el cuadro | painting |
| la escultura | sculpture |
| el mural | mural |
| la naturaleza muerta | still life |
| la obra de arte | artwork |
| la obra maestra | masterpiece |
| el paisaje | landscape |
| Califato de Córdoba | Independent Arabic nation formed in Al-Andalus |
| Al-Andalus | Muslim territory in Southern Spain, equivalent to modern Andalucia |
| Taifas | Small warring Islamic kingdoms within Spain |
| Mezquita de Córdoba | the Great Mosque of Cordoba, built in Moorish style, with repeating arches to symbolise God. |
| Mezquita Catedral de Córdoba | the modern Great Mosque, which now contains a catholic Cathedral at its heart, built by the Reyes Catolicos after the Reconquista (the retaking of Spain from the Muslims) |
| Mudéjar | Arabic inhabitants of al-Andalus |
| Mozárabe | Christians living in al-Andalus |
| Moriscos | Moors (Mudejars) who converted to Christianity after 1492 |
| Baños árabes | Moorish baths, built around Granada |
| La Torre Giralda, La Giralda | Square tower built by the Almohad dynasty in Seville in the Moorish style in the 1100s. |
| Torre de Oro | Squat military dodecagonal watchtower built in Seville by the Almohad dynasty |
| Imperio almohade | Third dynasty of Arabic rulers of al-Andalus |
| La Alhambra | Moorish palace built in Granada in the 1300s |
| Imperio Nazari | Final dynasty of Arabic rulers of al-Andalus |
| La Reconquista | 1400s -- the retaking of Spain from the Arabic dynasties |
| El Greco | Mannerist painter of the 1500s |
| Manierismo | Mannerist, High Renaissance style emphasising beauty over realism |
| Renacimiento | Renaissance |
| Diego Velázquez | Baroque painter of the 1600s |
| Barroco | Baroque, style of painting favouring ornate, rich detail and contrast |
| Las Meninas | Velázquez painting of Felipe IV's family. Revolutionary as it is painted from the view of Felipe IV, not Velázquez himself. |
| Francisco de la Goya | Neoclassical artist of the 1800s |
| El Dos y El Tres de Mayo de 1808 | Two paintings by Goya documenting the atrocities of the Napoleonic Wars. El Dos de Mayo shows the fighting of the Mamluks, El Tres de Mayo shows the shooting of the prisoners of war. |
| Las pinturas negras | A series of 13 paintings completed by Goya on the walls of his house. Very bleak, dark themes. Perhaps hinting at madness. |
| Saturno devorando a su hijo | Saturn devouring his Child, one of them most famous of the Black Paintings by Goya |
| Antoní Gaudí (Antonio Gaudí) | Catalan Architect |
| Basilica de la Sagrada Familia | Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona. Incomplete, due to be finished in 2026. |
| La Manzana de la Discordia | Collection of modernist buildings in Barcelona designed in four ways by four architechts: Gaudí, Domenech i Montaner, Puig i Cadafalch and Sagnier. |
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