TalkSpanish

 Art

 

Art History

If you want to practise Spanish and at the same time learn a lot about Art History then http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es is the perfect website for you. For example, the site contains many interesting video clips about Spanish art (see http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/videos/listado.htmi). In addition, Arte Historia has a lot of videos about the history of Spain and Latin America.

 

Cave paintings in Spain

In Spain there are a lot of important cave paintings, many of them more than 10,000 years old. Here is a short documentary on cave paintings in Andalucia.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xyiyYnGGM

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwIK8xII4CM

 

Art in Mexico

Here you'll find a short documentary about Art in Spain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuAMqKtbKzU

 

Frida Kahlo

Here is a documentary about Mexico's most famous artist:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBFr-o9atJU

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=041fXXy1YDQ

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMdrj2QWGXo

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAyW7x3pwo

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0QeBDxIRic

Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSdnP1JfybA

 

Salvador Dalí

One of Spain's most famous artists is the eccentric catalan Salvador Dalí:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4owiAXPwLs

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv7ZrzQJWCE

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZpiWZJWbno

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44AOoPeu420

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJWt7Q7ndg

Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjC38GLuknM