Spanish Oral with Paintings

Question

My Spanish IV class is going to have a group discussion type oral tomorrow where a few people will basically talk about paintings from various artists and I was wondering if you guys had any tips on what to talk about when looking at art.

you have two answers are they helpful? How did it go? - Mardle, May 25, 2017

Answer 1

I am not sure if you do not know the vocabulary or if you are not sure how you should describe paintings. We have discussed in depth Guernica and I know Tecla and Notes in Spanish have podcasts about that particular painting.

Here are two Tecla PDFs about Freda Kahlo. The first is A2 but does include useful vocabulary.

Frida Kahlo 1

Frida Kahlo 2

Here is one about

[El Greco][3]

Tecla is produced by the Spanish embassy in the UK. The benefit is it includes the answers [though I have had lessons where the teacher does not provide that page!]

They also produce material for other countries. I have viewed the Canadian ones.

Finally one we have had a lesson about Mirar un cuadro Marco ELE

Las Meninas

Hope they help.

[3]: http://www.mecd.gob.es/reinounido/dms/consejerias-exteriores/reino-unido/tecla/2014/Tecla-5-2014-El-a-o-del-Greco/Tecla 5 2014 El año del Greco.pdf

I have had trouble with the link to El Greco- copy and paste from end of the answer - Mardle, May 24, 2017

I tried to. Sorry. - rac1, May 24, 2017

"too" - rac1, May 24, 2017

I don't know what went wrong. I tried 3 x. But I'm sure copy and paste or google will find it! - Mardle, May 24, 2017

Yes, I just copied and pasted the link in my browser. - rac1, May 25, 2017

Answer 2

I know nothing about painting but here could be some words I've heard:

pintura al óleo
lienzo
pincel or brocha
trazo
bosquejo
paleta ( de colores)
exhibir
galería de arte
pintura en acrílico
estilo
atril
cuadro
marco
etc.