Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Sra. Gisela Muller-----Spanish Department-----Los Pintores

The Diego Rivera Mural at San Francisco Art Institute
"The Making of a Fesco Showing the Building of a City ("Making a Fresco" ) (1931) is one of four murals in the Bay Area painted by Mexican Deigo Rivera (1886-1957)"



Nombre_______________Fecha_______________Sra. Muller/Spanish 4
ProjectTitle: Los Pintores
Due: May 15
You are working in pairs.
You will have two days in the Library (April 30, May 1).
Directions: Using art books in the library, online databases and quality websites you will...
1. Select 4 paintings which we have not studied in class from any of the 5 Spanish painters or the 4 Mexican Painters.
2. Discuss the style of the 4 art works and explain the paintings. Write each summary in English.
3. Choose 1 of the 4 paintings and write a paragraph in Spanish why you like the work (a paragraph consists of at least 6 sentences).
4. The project will be presented to the class orally on May 15.
5. You will receive an oral and written grade.
Presentations to be placed on posterboard.
Library Resources
Online Databases
Virtual Reference Collection
Informe (Spanish language periodicals)
Wilson Biographies
World Book Online
Gale Cengage Learning Databases
Literature Resoruce Center (literary biography, criticism)
Student Resource Center ( reference sources, journals and periodicals)
Online Catalog
(search for books in our collection)
Academic Integrity
(cite your sources)

Please consult your WHMS Information Center worksheet for home access passwords

Print Resources
REF 709.2 CON Tom Pendergast (ed), Contemporary Artists
REF 703 ENC Bernard S. Meyers (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Art
REF 973 ENC Ilan Stavans, Encyclopedia Latina
921 GOY Evan S. Connell, Francisco Goya
759 VEN Piero Ventura, Great Painters
REF 703 INT James Vinson (ed.), International Dictionary of Art and Artists
759.6 SCH Richard Schikel, The World of Goya, 1746-1828
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