Greeting SpainLifestylers,
It's been a busy summer already. I have organised a couple of fantastic art exhibitions, the highlights of which I will tell you about. I have also finished another great book for your educational pleasure.
PRIDE & PASSION AT THE PRADO - About Book
Do you know Spain's Seven Most Famous Historical Romantic Stories & the Artists Who Immortalised Them?
TREASURES OF TERUEL - TBA
This class is like a virtual tour of the terrific town of Teruel. It is a very special place in Spain that was rewarded with rich architecture from the Early Middle Ages to the Modernist period.
ANTONI GAUDI * PART TWO * TBA
THIS LECTURE will introduce you to Antoni Gaudi in his LATER YEARS. We will study the following works; Park Güell with Gaudi residence, Casa Batlló & Casa Milà
ANTONI GAUDI * part one * - TBA
THIS LECTURE will introduce you to Antoni Gaudi (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) and his EARLY YEARS. We will study the following works; Nau Gaudí de Mataró, Plaza Real, Güell Pavilions, El Capricho, Casa Vicens, Palau Güell, Bodegas Güell & Casa Calvet
VALENCIA CITY HISTORY & GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
THIS LECTURE will explore the history of Valencia city from the time of the Romans and the Muslims through its Visigoth and Catholic Gothic eras.
SPANISH SOCIAL REALISM -The Most Provocative & Political Paintings of the 19th & 20th Centuries - tba
THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY CLASS where we meet some of Spain's most brilliant academic realists, who transformed the political and social problems of modernisation into cultivated images with the dimensions and rhetoric of epic history paintings.
GLORIOUS GANDIA - Lecture & Field Trip - tba
It is followed up with a FIELD TRIP - This is a Ride-Share excursion to Gandia where we visit the historical places and monuments that makes Gandia so glorious!
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