Span 331 - Hispanic Art/Arte Hispano

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Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

This course focuses on the most important movements, artistic expressions and representatives of the art history of Latin America and Spain. From the folk naive art of traditional indigenous weaving and tapestry-depicting daily life and harvest-to the "arpilleras," or designs on burlap, expressing the suffering of contemporary indigenous women under Latin America's military dictatorships, to the feminist and surrealist self-reconstruction portraits of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. From the medieval paintings of religious Spain, to the criticism of the Spanish nobility by Diego Velazquez, the Spanish Civil War of "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso, to the Surrealism of Salvador Dalí and Antonio Gaudi. From the "Corridos songs" of the Mexican Revolution to the Spanish flamenco talking about the displacement and suffering of Gypsies in Spain. The students visit the Saint Louis Art Museum and talk to some local Hispanic artists. Prerequisite: Span 308D or Span 321. May be used for elective credit in the Spanish major or minor. In Spanish.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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