Dr. Mercedes Juli

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Welcome to Spain
February 06, 2001
Dr. Mercedes Juliá
Classical Modern Languages Literature Departme
nt Chair
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Agenda

• Day 1
• History and Overview of Spain
• Demographics
• Spanish Art
• Images of Spains Cities

• Day 2
• Spanish Civil War
• Political System
• Cultural Values

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Area 504,782 sq km Population 39,418,000
Capital Madrid 2,866,900 Religion Roman
Catholic Language Spanish, Catalan, Galician,
Basque
Literacy 96 Life expectancy

78 years
GDP per capita

16,400
Economy

Ind textiles, apparel (including

footwear), food, beverages.

Agr grain, vegetables beef fish.

Exp cars, trucks, semifinished

manufactured goods, foodstuffs.
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Spains Flag
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Spains Emblem
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The Regions of Spain
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An Overview of the History of Spain

• The First Settlers
• Phoenicians and Celts
• The Romans
• The Arabic Conquest
• The Reconquest
• Isabella and Ferdinand
• Christopher Columbus and America
• Spanish Kings and Queens

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La Cueva de Altamira
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La Dama de Elche
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Phoenicians
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El acueducto de Segovia
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Lucio Anneo Séneca
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A Romanic Church The cathedral of Santiago de
compostela
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La Alhambra
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La Mezquita de Córdoba
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La Giralda
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La Catedral de León
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La Catedral de León
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Isabella and Ferdinand
b. 1452, Sos, Aragond. 1516, Madrigalejo, Spain
b. 1451, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, d. 1504,
Medina del Campo, Spain
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Arrival of Columbus in America
Columbus, Christopher b. 1451,
Genoa Italy d. 1506, Valladolid,
Spain
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Spanish Art

• El Greco
• Velázquez
• Goya
• Picasso
• Dalí

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El Greco
b. 1541, Candia Iráklion, Crete d. 1614,
Toledo, Spain
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The Knight with His Hand on His Breast 1577

El Greco
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Burial of the Count de Orgaz 1586-88
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View of Toledo 1597
El Greco
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Baptism of Christ 1597-1600
El Greco
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Portrait of a Cardinal 1600 (
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El Greco
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Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
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The Christ of Velázquez
(1632)
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Las Meninas
1656
Velázquez
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The Weavers 1657
Velázquez
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Velázquez
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Velázquez
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The Naked Maja 1800-05
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The Clothed Maja 1800-05
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Goya
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Goya
Goya did a collective portrait of the family of
Charles IV, who had named him to the post of
Court Painter, in the year 1800 in fact it was
the last royal portrait he would paint. The
Royal Family seems to be presided over by Queen
Maria Luisa, as was the case in fact, instead of
by the king. Goya included himself, by the way a
self-portrait, before a canvas on the left of the
painting, as Velázquez had done many years before
when he painted the Family of Philip IV, called
Las Meninas. Goya always recognized Velázquez,
together with Rembrandt and Mother Nature, as his
only three teachers. His technique. loose brush
strokes that seem almost impressionistic, reached
one of its highest levels in this painting.
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The Shootings of May Third 1808 1814
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Goyas Black Paintings
During the latter part of his life, before he
moved to France, where he died, Goya covered the
walls of his Deaf Man's House with his famous
"black paintings" the last and most weird and
extrovert of his strange and haunted genius. Some
of his visions seem to go deeper into the dark
recesses of the mind than we are capable of
penetrating. One, "Saturn Devouring one of his
Children", is one of the most horrifying pictures
ever painted. His life built up to a climax,
isolations and despair provided the conditions in
which he produced his innermost masterpieces. In
many ways he personified the spirit of Spain,
where the power and beauty of death seemed to
brood in the air.
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Old Men Eating1820-1823
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Goya
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Goya
Saturn Devouring one of his Children
1821-23
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Pablo Picasso
b. Oct. 25, 1881, Málaga, Spain d. April 8, 1973,
Mougins, France
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Melancholy Woman
1902
Picasso
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The Old Guitarist
1903
Picasso
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Guernica 1937
Picasso
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Salvador Dalí
b. May 11, 1904, Figueras, Spain d. Jan. 23,
1989, Figueras
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DalíWilliam Tell, circa 1930
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DalíThe Persistence of Memory, circa 1931
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DalíSleep, 1937
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DalíThe Endless Enigma, circa 1938
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Madrid
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Madrid

• founded more than one thousand years ago
• proclaimed official capital of the Kingdom of
  Spain in 1561, when Felipe II
  transferred the Court to this city.
• Located in the center of the Iberian peninsula,
  Madrid has a pleasant year-round Continental
  climate.
• Today, it is a city in which past and present
  live together, creating, in its diversity, a
  unique and attractive setting, with a population
  (more than 3 million inhabitants) that is
  characterized by its affability and hospitality
• Coming from abroad, you can change your currency
  into pesetas in banks, at the airport and also
  in many change offices located in main streets.

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Spains Royal Family
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Barcelona
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Health Care in Barcelona
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Gaudi
Casa Milo 1905 to 1910
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Gaudi
Casa Milo 1905 to 1910
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Gaudi
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Alicante
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Alicante
ALICANTE is the southernmost of the three
provinces which make up the Valencia region. Many
tourist attractions can be found along the
coastline, including sport of all kinds,
mountains, castles, forests, etc. The central
area of Alicante extends inland towards the
industrial area with the towns of Elche, Aspe,
Movelda and Elda. The southern area with the
maritime towns of Guardamar, Torrevieja and
Orihuela with extensive plains of market gardens
which extend inland. The mountain area which
includes the foothills of Aitana, Mariola and
Carrasqueta Sierras. Especially important is the
route of the castles, made up of the fortresses
of Villena, Bañeres, Biar, Castalla, Sax and
Benejama. The city of Alicante offers the
visitor numerous beaches including San Juan, and
also tourists should visit Santa Barbara Castle,
Monastery of Santa Faz, the Cathedral, the
Archaeeological Museum, Church of Santa Maria and
the Modern Art Museum.
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