From the desk of Mrs. Rovelo

Week of May 8th: Are you inspired?

Zamba is a very curious little boy who loves being at the art museum! Did you

ever wonder why some visual artists create certain works and not others as in

why Picasso painted people faces with sharp angles? Well, so does Zamba. Travel

with him through time, place, and artistic creation to discover some very famous

Latin American artists, and why and how they created what they created.

View the shorts on Moodle to learn a little more about them. Click on the

CC for the captions to help you. Choose one or all of them to do the activities

below. Which artist did you enjoy learning about most?

Share any aspect of what you did, including trying to say something in

Spanish either on Flipgrid.com/rovelo0769, email me a picture, or a snip of what

you did.

1- Why does he paint the workers of the port?

a) He likes the fresh air b) He used to do that

type of job

c)His doctor recommended it as therap

You will hear the following expressions:

• Realista: realist

• Solía cargar: I used to carry

• Equilibrista: tightrope walker

• Pincel: paintbrush

• Espátula: palette knife

• De lejos parece perfecto, pero de cerca se notan los trazos: from far, it looks

perfect, but if you get close, you can see the strokes.

• El puerto se trasladó al norte: the harbor moved to the north

• Tuvimos una idea: we had an idea

• Pintamos: we painted

2- What happened to the harbor?

a) it moved to another place

b) it caught fire after 1945

c)it is still a thriving commercial harbor today

3- What did Quinquela Martín do then?

a) he left

b) he got married and moved out

c)He and his friends painted the house with bright colors

4- Quinquela Martín is from:

a) Argentina

b) Mexico

c) Ecuador

5- Here are 2 of Quinquela Martín’s paintings:

Can you tell (in Spanish) what colors you see?

Can you express in Spanish what you see?

Does the harbor look like a happy place? Why/why not?

6- Based on what you have learned, can you paint something Quinquela

Martin’s style (maybe boats, maybe use the same colors, or use a palette

knife or a similar object such as an ice cream stick to represent a

landmark of your city). You can do it here with your computer’s drawing

features or on a separate piece of paper.

Answers: 1b -2a - 3c – 4a – 5: amarillo, azul, rojo, verde, rosado

1- Botero is a

a) Escultor, dibujante, pintor

b) Escultor, muralista, pintor

c) Escritor, dibujante, pintor

You will hear the following expressions:

• Boterismo: representation with exaggerated and disproportionate volumes

• Escultor: sculptor

• Dibujante: sketcher

• Pintor: painter

• Tienen hambre de espacio: they are hungry for space

• Es como si fueran esferas llenas de aire: it is as if they were spheres full of air

• Hay muchas de ellas: there are many of them

• Para ver como va a quedar: to see how it is going to look

• Se fabrican los moldes: we make the molds

• Se funde el metal: we melt the metal

• Se me occurrió hacer el hueco muy chiquito: I had the idea of making the hole very small

• Ahí me dí cuenta: then, I realized

• Inflada: inflated

2- In the video, his sculptures are

a) all in a square, and they speak to each other

b) all in a square, but they can move

c) all in a square, not moving, and look fat

3- The square where they are at:

a) carries Botero’s name

b) has 5 sculptures

c) is located in Chile

4- “La mujer vestida:”

a) Is the only sculpture there

b) Has a “sombrero” and a “vestido”

c) Is made of wood

5- Fernando Botero is from:

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a) Honduras

b) Paraguay

c) Colombia

6- Fernando Botero’s style; boterismo, was born when he was drawing

a) a violin

b) a guitar

c) a cello

7- Some of Botero’s sculptures include:

a) perro, gato, caballo

b) cabeza, gato, oreja

c) caballo, gato, cielo

8- I find his art (no wrong answer):

a) Engaging

b) Weird

c) Intriguing

d) All of the above

e) New to me, not sure

9- This is a picture of one of Botero’s paintings, representing Mona Lisa. Can

you finish the one on the right with the drawing features of your

computer?

10-Here are some of Botero’s art pieces. How close can you get to

imitating his art with playdough?

Answers: 1a – 2c – 3a – 4b – 5c – 6b – 7a

(she was from Brazil in Latin America)

1- Tarsila do Amaral speaks Spanish in her country

a) b)

You will hear:

• Antropológico (try to pronounce it!): anthropological (eating human flesh )!!!...but

continue watching

• Te lo explicaré: I will explain it to you

• Abaporu: name of the painting, “man who eats man” in native language

• Metáfora: metaphor (a form of comparison)

• Todos pintan copiando el estilo europeo: everybody paints copying the European style

• De mi tierra: of my country

• Podriamos ser como este gigante: we could be like this giant

• Comernos la cultura europea: “eat” (as in not imitating anymore) the European culture

• Hiciste tan gigante: made it so big

• Me inspiré en leyendas: I based myself in legends

• Que dicen que estos seres existieron: that says that those people (giant man eaters)

existed

• Bien plantado: well grounded

• Le hice pies descalzos, gigantes y salvajes: I made its feet bare, enormous, and wild

• Los colores…son los mismos que la bandera de Brazil: the colors… are the same as the

Brazilian flag

2- Who is the painting for?

a) Her husband

b) The president of Brazil

c) Someone from Europe

3- What is Zamba concerned about?

a) that Abaporu will smash him

b) that the painting will absorb him

c) that Abaporu will eat him

4- Will Abaporu eat Zamba?

a) b)

5- Abaporu means

a) vapor

b) father

c)man who eats man

6- The colors in her painting are azul, verde y amarillo on purpose. Why?

a) because she likes those colors

b) Because her husband likes those colors

c) because they are the colors of the Brazilian flag

7- Do you think that by ‘cannibalismo’ or “antropologismo” do Amaral means

that:

a) she literally eats people

b) her art “eats” the European style of painting

c) she wishes she could eat the woman in her painting

8- Below is a picture of one of her paintings. Use the drawing features of your

computer to color the coloring page under it.

9- Tarlisa do Tamaral used the colors of her native country, Brazil, in some of

her paintings. Can you draw or paint something that represent the US with

the colors of the US flag? Think of American values such as the Eagle, or

maybe a president, or…..

Answers: 1b – 2a – 3c – 4b – 5c – 6c – 7b

Extra Challenge: Can you tell who created what? Match the letter to its painter

Quinquela Martin:

Tarsila do Amaral:

Fernando Botero:

A B C

D E

F G

H I

J K

Answers:

Quinquela Martin: B – F - I

Tarsila do Amaral: C – D – G - K

Fernando Botero: A – E – H - J