The Literature of Spain, Science and the Arts
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 El Cid | an epic poem. first most important work in Spanish literature. written in the 12th century. |
| Alfonso (x) | el sabio. (the wise one). 13th century writer of history science and poetry. |
| Miguel de Cervantes | (1547-1616) novelist who wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha. |
| Lope de Vega | (1562-1681) dramatist who write many plays but they weren't that good. |
| Calderon | (1600-1681) play writer, La Vida es Sueno. |
| Perez Galdos | (1845-1920) greatest Spanish novelist since Cervantes |
| Blasco | (1867-1928) novelist. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Blood and Sand. La Barrack. |
| Jacinto Benavente | (1866-1954) dramatist. won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922 |
| Juan Ramon Jimenze and Vicenti Aleixandre | (1881-1958) and (1898-1984) poets. both winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956 and 1977 respectively. |
| Camilo Jose Cela | (1916- ) novelist. winner of the nobel prize for literature in 1989 |
| Santiago Ramon y Cajal | winner of the nobel prize for medicine in 1906 for his studies on the central nervous system |
| Juan de la Cierva | aeronautical engineer. invented the autogyro in 1923 for funner of the helicopter |
| Severo Ochoa | winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1959 for his studies in heredity |
| El Greco | (the Greek) Domenico Theocopoulos. painter of the 16th century. Toledo. most of his paintings are of a religious nature. |
| Velazquez | he was a court painter to Philip the 4th in the 17th centurty. his most famous painting is called Las Meninas. |
| Goya | greatest spanish painter of the 18th and 19th centuries. his work attacked the social and political decay of the period. |
| Pablo Picasso | painter of the 20th century. founder of the school of cubism. style of painting in which geometric forms represent human figures. |
| Isaac Albenniz | composer of music for the piano |
| Manuel de Falla | Spain's greatest composer and the foremost representative of modern Spanish music |
| Andres Segobia | famous guitarist. |
| Pablo Casals | worlds most famous cellist. |
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