Spanish - Art
Coloring Pages
CyberSpain: Color Me Up - Coloring pages for Goya, Greco, Murillo, Velásquez, & Zurbarán
Commercials
Coca Cola Obra Maestra - A cute, 1:52 min. commercial set in an art museum in which a boy on a school field trip day dreams about a bottle of Coca Cola that gets passed from painting to painting
Comercial Museo de la Altagracia - 0:38 second commercial encouraging people to visit a museum in Spanish
General Art
Arte Urbana - A 1:59 minute video from Venezuela that reports on graffiti art (muralism)
Defensora del arte hispano en EE.UU. - A 2:48 min. news report in Spanish about the importance of Hispanic art in Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. [contributed by Kelsey Nokes]
Historia Arte - A website that contains short bios about a variety of artists in Spanish (can be filtered by artist, country, movement, time period, etc.)
Mundo Latino: Pintores - Biographies of famous architects, sculptors, and painters in Spanish, illustrated with photos of their artwork
Lesson Plans
CLIL for Teachers - A collection of lesson plans, PowerPoints, and other resources for teaching about Picasso in Spanish
Using Art, Film, & Literature to Explore the Hispanic Identity (Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute) - A series of lesson plans from a unit on Hispanic identity
Using Art, Film, & Literature to Explore the Hispanic Identity (Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute) - A series of lesson plans from a unit on Hispanic identity
Memes
15 Obras de arte que se convirtieron en divertidos memes - Funny and most are classroom appropriate
Museums
Los 5 mejores museos del mundo actual - A 6:08 min. video in Spanish that describes 5 important museums in the world.
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia - Virtual tour (embedded in the website) of the museum available in Spanish, English, and Chinese
Museo del Prado
Museo del Prado - Linea del tiempo
Museo Frida Kahlo, Casa Azul - 3D Virtual Tour
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao - 3D Virtual Tour
Reina Sofia
Museo Thyssen
Museo del Prado - Linea del tiempo
Museo Frida Kahlo, Casa Azul - 3D Virtual Tour
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao - 3D Virtual Tour
Reina Sofia
Museo Thyssen
Spot Museo Guggenheim (Anish Kapoor) - A 3 min. video of children describing their reactions in Spanish to a cannon exhibit at the museum
Music
Depende - A 4:27 min. music video by Jarabe de Palo that uses an art-related focus to engage the viewer in thinking about perspectives (be sure to preview as some images may not be suitable for some ages)
Spanish-speaking Artists
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero - Escultor - 2:23 min. video showing many of Botero's sculptures
La Familia - Botero - Interactive, 40-piece jigsaw puzzle of Botero's La familia that students can assemble online
Salvador Dalí
Eungenio Salvador Dalí - Song by Mecano on Spotify
Copyright-safe images:
- Cadaques (photo of the town by Andreas Bauer)
- Dalí House (photo of a tree growing out of a canoe in front of the house by Andreas Bauer)
- Dalí in Palamos (photo cool house by Marc Garrido)
- Dalí's Elephant (photo of Dali's sculpture by Santiago Arce)
- House of Salvador Dalí (photo by Rianne van Mourik)
- Dalí's Studio (photo by Simon Gurney)
- Salvador Dalí - Photo by Allan Warren on Wikimedia Commons, licensed under an Attribution-Share Alike Creative Commons License
- Salvador Dalí NYWTS - Photo of Dali with ocelot and cane from Wikimedia Commons by Roger Higgins
- Salvador Dali Museum
- Inside Dali Museum
- Outside Dali Museum
- Salvador Dali Clock Sculpture
- Dali Museum in Figueras Mouth Lips
Wikiimages. (2013, Jan. 4). Salvador Dali surrealism 1948. Pixabay. Used under a Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
Photo by Daniel Jacobs. (2018, Nov. 15). Salvador Dali Salvador the girl Pixabay. Used under a Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
Teatro museo Dali de Figueres visita virtual - Really cool interactive, virtual tour of the museum
Francisco de Goya
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- Information on Goya's life, work, techniques, and famous series of paintings (such as Los Caprichos, Los desastres, reinterpretations of works by Velásquez, etc.)
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- Background reading in Spanish regarding the artist and the content of this piece, with a series of reading comprehension worksheets at the end of the booklet
Los caprichos de Goya - Short 5:32 video of Goya's engravings, set to classical music
Francisco de Goya. Biografía, obras y exposiciones - A webpage that contains very large classroom-appropriate images of some of Goya's work and uses them to illustrate biographical information provided in Spanish, along with videos
The Sunshade - A blackline drawing of Goya's El quitasol/The Sunshade that students can color from CyberSpain.com with descriptive text in both Spanish and English
Cómo fue la vida de Goya - A 3:03 min. biography of Goya's life history and work, told as sketch notes in Spanish
Francisco Goya - A brief biography of Goya's life in Spanish (8 paragraphs)
Francisco de Goya - A 2:01 minute biography of Goya's life that focuses on his "happy" paintings, describes them, and explains how the games they depict were played
Francisco de Goya Biografía - A 0:22-second biography that does a fantastic job of summarizing Goya's life and work in Spanish (not visually interesting though)
Me puedes llamar GOYA - A 2:11 minute video narrated as an autobiography and illustrated with cute cartoons and classroom appropriate images (focuses primarily on Goya's engravings and uses lots of preterit tense)
Me puedes llamar GOYA - An 8:42 minute video that provides an historical sketch of Goya's life and work from his birth to his death. The video is narrated as an autobiography and illustrated with cute cartoons and images of Goya's work (uses lots of preterit tense)
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopolous)
Juan Gris
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo: vida, obra e historia de la pintora mexicana - An article in Spanish that has lots of pictures with main ideas and vocabulary bolded [Contributed by Camille Henrie]
Frida. Viva la vida - 2:05 minute trailer for the documentary filled with real photos, narrated in Spanish by Mercedes Sosa
Miguel conoce a Frida Kahlo - A 1:53 min. CGI animated video short
Museo Frida Kahlo - Visita virtual - A phenomenal, interactive, 3D tour of la casa azul [contributed by Kelsey Nokes]
La trágica historia de Frida Kahlo - A 9:15 min. documentary narrated in Spanish by a male speaker that is made highly comprehensible with images
Verbos reflexivos con Frida Kahlo - Student project that teaches reflexive verbs using an imaginary daily routine for Frida Kahlo
Joan Miró
Aidez L'Espagne (Photo taken by Adam Jones, used under an Attribution-Share Alike Creative Commons License)
Dona i Ocell
Naturaleza muerta con zapato viejo (Note: This Flickr image is copyrighted)
Dona i Ocell
Naturaleza muerta con zapato viejo (Note: This Flickr image is copyrighted)
Murillo
Pablo Picasso
Clker Free Vector Images. (2012, Apr. 24). Picasso's signature. Pixabay. Used under a Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
Bombardeo de Gernika - A 7:30 min. documentary narrated in Spanish by a male speaker with footage from the war, interspersed with interview footage with native speakers who witnessed the events
Enigma of Hitler (Note: This image is copyrighted, click on it to see a larger view)
Entrevista a Picasso - In Spanish
Guernica - Almudena Sanz. (2018, Jul. 23). Pixabay. Used under a Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
Guernica 3D de Lena Gieseke - A 2:54 min. video that begins with a printed explanation in English, followed by a "tour" of the painting set to classical music. {Note: I have set the video to skip the introduction in English.]
Picasso's Guernica en Museo de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid - A 0:20 second video that shows the painting in the Reina Sofia (gives context for the scale of the painting)
Picasso para niños - A 9:10 min. animated video in Spanish about Picasso's life and work
Qué significa el Guernica, la obra maestra de Pablo Picasso - A well-formatted, professionally made, 2:40 min. video in Spanish that highlights and explains key elements of the painting with relevant footage spliced in
Hi VIP y Picasso: Guernica por Hi VIP - A 12:58 min. explanation of the various elements of the painting given in Spanish by a male presenter as various elements of the painting are isolated
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- Extensive collection of photos of Picasso's life, organized by decades (website in English)
Un paseo por el Museo Picasso de Barcelona - Scroll down to see video tours of various artwork in the museum in Spanish
Copyright-safe images:
Man woman and child (1906) - Matt Dertinger. (2010, Sept. 17). Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Share Alike License.
Pablo Picasso dibujando un centauro con un lápiz de luz (Vallauris, 1949). - Recuerdos de Pandora. (Taken sometime in 1949). Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Share Alike License.
Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror - Nathan Laurel. (2009, Oct. 8). Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
The Musicians - Lenny21. (2016, Sept. 27). The musicians. Pixabay. Used under a Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
Weeping Woman - Lluís Ribes Mateu. (2008, Aug. 6). Weeping woman. Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-commercial, Share Alike License.
Man woman and child (1906) - Matt Dertinger. (2010, Sept. 17). Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Share Alike License.
Pablo Picasso dibujando un centauro con un lápiz de luz (Vallauris, 1949). - Recuerdos de Pandora. (Taken sometime in 1949). Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Share Alike License.
Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror - Nathan Laurel. (2009, Oct. 8). Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
The Musicians - Lenny21. (2016, Sept. 27). The musicians. Pixabay. Used under a Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
Weeping Woman - Lluís Ribes Mateu. (2008, Aug. 6). Weeping woman. Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-commercial, Share Alike License.
José Guadalupe Posada
La Catrina de José Guadalupe Posada - Very brief article in Spanish
”Hagamos un grabado de José Guadalupe Posadas "La catrina” - Illustrated instructions in Spanish for making Posada-like engravings from styrofoam meat trays
José Guadalupe Posada, el genio de la estampa - Webpage in Spanish containing illustrated, well-structured biographical information
José Guadalupe Posada, libro de arte para niños - An Issuu magazine with excellent, simple information
”Hagamos un grabado de José Guadalupe Posadas "La catrina” - Illustrated instructions in Spanish for making Posada-like engravings from styrofoam meat trays
José Guadalupe Posada, el genio de la estampa - Webpage in Spanish containing illustrated, well-structured biographical information
José Guadalupe Posada, libro de arte para niños - An Issuu magazine with excellent, simple information
JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA - HOMENAJE - A 5:20 min. video with images and printed text in Spanish set to Mexican music
Diego Rivera
Diego - A bilingual children's picture book containing a biography of Diego Rivera in Spanish
DIEGO RIVERA 🖌 Biografía 🖼 - An excellent 3:12 min. biographical video narrated by a male in Spanish that provides clear, simple information about Diego's life, supported with images and simple text in Spanish
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Rufino Tamayo
Rufino Tamayo - Documental - A 14:34 min. video with footage of Tamayo at work in different contexts, set to music (no narration)
Minibiografías: Rufino Tamayo - A 2:30 min. biography of Tamayo with pictures of him and his works, narrated in Spanish and set to music
Sketching Rufino Tamayo - A 2:00 min. bio of Tamayo's life and work, illustrated with "chalk talk" type sketches as it is narrated in Spanish by a male native speaker of Spanish
Diego Velásquez
La princesa y el pintor - A children's book (in Spanish, translated from the English version) that depicts the daily social, cultural, and personal realities life of the Princesa Margarita and her friendship with Diego Velásquez, who also lived in the court.
- Online exhibit of contemporary reinterpretations of Las Meninas by Spanish-speaking artists--including sculpture, painting, etc.
Meninas - A cute, 1:07 min. animated video set to music in which each character in the painting "introduces" themselves by waving
Otras meninas - A 7:56 min. video in Spanish that shows an exhibition of some reinterpretations of the painting by modern artists
Videos
AUTORRETRATOS CON MUSICA - A 1:55 min. video set to music with photos of famous Spanish-speaking artists that are juxtaposed with self-portraits made by those same artists [contributed by Kelsey Nokes]
Virtual Tours
Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico) - A really nice, 3D virtual tour [Contributed by Sam Gunn]
Museo Frida Kahlo - Visita virtual - A phenomenal, interactive, 3D tour of la casa azul [contributed by Kelsey Nokes]
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes - A beautifully designed, easy-to-navigate, 3D, interactive, virtual tour of the museum [contributed by Kelsey Nokes]
La Plaza de España - A 360 degree photo of the empty plaza in the evening
La Sagrada Familia - A virtual tour of various rooms in the cathedral. Click across the menu right below the phrase "visita virtual" to jump from room to room. Use the arrow keys to move around
Teatro museo Dali de Figueres visita virtual - Really cool interactive, virtual tour of the museum
Un paseo por el Museo Picasso de Barcelona - Scroll down to see video tours of various artwork in the museum in Spanish
Pedagogical Resources (i.e., not culturally authentic)
Cuento el punto - An animated read-aloud in Spanish of the translation of Peter Reynolds' book The Dot [Contributed by Madeline Narvaez]
Picasso and the Guernica 🎨 - Beginner Spanish - Spanish Artists #1 - An 8:51 min. video in which a teacher gives a biography of Picasso's life in Spanish made very comprehensible with drawings, gestures, and repetition
Quick Draw - The app gives you a word, you draw it on your screen in the time allotted. As you draw, the computer tries to guess what you are drawing in Spanish and it changes its guesses as you change your drawings.