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Exploring SPAINtings

This guide supports the coursework for Professor of Humanities Jennifer Chase's section of HUM2020: Exploring SPAINtings, which examines the contributions of Spanish culture to the world's great paintings.

Art History --Spanish Paintings

These are some titles that are more general in nature regarding Spanish painters, themes and eras. Use the table of contents and index in each book to find passages about specific artists.

Suggested Subject Headings

Arts, Spanish--History

Artists--Spain--Biography

16th and 17th century Spanish Artists and Influences

Suggested Call Number Ranges

El Greco      ND813.T4

Diego Velasquez   ND813.V4

Hieronymus Bosch  ND653.B65

Most of these resources provide historical context that influenced the artists during their lifetimes; and how they may have influenced each other. Bosch was a Dutch artist during this era. Within his lifetime, his work was collected in the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain, and widely copied, especially his macabre and nightmarish depictions of hell.

18th and early 19th century Spanish Artists and Influences

The 18th century laid the groundwork for modern Spanish art. Artists like Goya influenced future generations, including 19th and 20th-century painters such as Picasso and Dalí. Their works often reflected the social and political upheavals of their time, making them significant figures in art history.

Suggested Call Number Ranges

Francisco Goya        N7113.G68

Late 19th century and 20th century Spanish Artists and Influences

There are many more books, eBooks and streaming videos on Pablo Picasso. You can search by his name, or use these suggested subject headings:

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Exhibitions

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Appreciation

Cubism

Art -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century

Suggested Call Number Ranges

N6853.P5

ND553.P5

There are many more books, eBooks and streaming videos on Salvador Dali. You can search by his name, or use these suggested subject headings:

Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation

Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 -- Written works

Modernism (Art)

Suggested Call Number Ranges

N7113.D3

ND813.D3

Latin American Painters--20th century

There are many more books, eBooks and streaming videos on Frida Kahlo. You can search by her name, or use these suggested subject headings:

Kahlo, Frida -- 1907-1954

Kahlo, Frida -- Criticism and interpretation

Artists -- Mexico -- Biography

Suggested Call Number Ranges

N6559.K34

ND259.K33

ND1329.K33

Remedios Varo was a Spanish surrealist painter and anarchist. In 1937, Varo moved to Paris with Surrealist poet Benjamin Péret, and over the next few years she began to exhibit her work. In 1940, she was arrested and interned by the Germans; then she fled to Mexico the following year. Varo became an integral part of a group of exiled artists that included Leonora Carrington, with whom she became close friends during this period. In 1947 Varo moved to Venezuela, but after six years she returned to Mexico City, where she lived for the rest of her life.

Suggested Subject Headings

FSCJ Library has limited material on Remedios Varo; however you can request items through UBorrow under a Statewide Catalog search. 

Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963

Surrealism, Mexico

Women artists -- Spain --biography

Women artists -- Mexico -- biography