Title of the painting: Charles IV and his family (1800) Author: Francisco Goya Style: Neoclassicism Questions of this

painting: Can we see Goya in the painting? There is a canvas in the painting. He is in the background shadows at the left (barely visible). He is painting Charles IV and his family.

Title of the painting: La maja desnuda (known in English as The Nude Maja. Painted between 1797-1800 Author: Francisco Goya Style: Neoclassicism Questions of this painting: Goya painted La maja desnuda and also La maja vestida (another version of this painting). There are other artists that had painted similar paintings of women naked. Whats the difference between these paintings?

Giorgione, La Venus Dormida, 1507-10

Tiziano, La Venus de Urbino, 1538

Francisco de Goya, La Maja Desnuda, 1790-1800

Manet, Olympia, 1863 The first two paintings by Giorgione and Titian are a nude young woman, identified with the goddess Venus. In this way, we can say that is a mythological nude. On the other hand, the paintings of Goya and Manet are a nude of real women, with sexual and provocative tone somehow.

Title of the painting: The third of May 1808. (1814) Author: Francisco Goya Style: Romanticism Questions of this painting: Soldiers, in darkness, aligned and placed back. We cannot see their faces and so we cannot recognize them. Why? Are they people or are they only an instrument of war that fulfils orders? The author doesnt let us see any part of the body of the soldiers. He wants to dehumanize them. They are like war machines.

Title of the painting: The Starry Night (1889) Author: Vincent Van-Gogh Style: Post-impressionism Questions of this painting: If we look at this painting by Van-Gogh, The Starry Night, we can see the great contrast between the town resting in calm and rough big sky. How gets the author to convey this feeling? The village is dominated by straight lines (vertical and horizontal) that give us stability, peace, calm...On the other hand, in order to paint the sky Van-Gogh made use of serpentine and undulating lines that convey us the sense of movement and agitation.

Title of the painting: Self-portrait by Vincent Van-Gogh (1889). Author: Vincent Van-Gogh Style: Post-impressionism Questions of this painting: Vincent van Gogh painted over 30 self-portraits between the years 1886 and 1889. Why did he paint too many self-portraits? Van Gogh used portrait painting as a method of introspection, a method to make money and a method of developing his skills as an artist. After this stage, he worked more on experimenting with his use of colour in painting landscapes and flowers, primarily because he could not afford to pay models.

Title of the painting: Bedroom in Arles (1888) Author: Vincent Van-Gogh Style: Post-impressionism Questions of this painting: In this painting Van-Gogh shows us his room in Arles, a village in Provence in southern France. How can we say about Van-Goghs life looking at the painting? Van-Gogh was a pretty poor artist. The furniture of his room was so simple also wooden. The windows are slightly open which means that he had access to the outside world. This can give us the impression that Van-Gogh was an autonomous person.

Title of the painting: At the beginning of the day Author: Joan Mir Style: abstraction Questions of this painting: How are the colours used in this painting? Pay attention to light of the colours. Are warm or cold colours?

Title of the painting: The garden Author: Joan Mir Style: abstraction Questions of this painting: Which objects can be identified as living organism? We understand as living organism: humans, animals and plants.

Title of the painting: Dutch interior Author: Joan Mir Style: abstraction Questions of this painting: Compare both paintings and find the similarities. We must fix in many objects as man, woman, cat, dog and window.

Title of the painting: Number 1 Author: Jackson Pollock Style: abstract expressionism

Title of the painting: The key Author: Jackson Pollock Style: abstract expressionism

Title of the painting: Ocean Greyness Author: Jackson Pollock Style: abstract expressionism

Questions of these paintings: According to these paintings, can we identify some characteristics of Jackson Pollock? Pay attention to size, area, technique and brush-stroke.