BARCELONADAVINCI ART & DESIGN CLASS 2011-12

STEFANVLEEUWENMARCH 2012 WWW.DAVINCI.NL

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Random facts page 2The View page 3,5,7Street art page 4,6,8Picasso page 9,10

Fact #1

There is a dispute about the founding of Barcelona. There

is one camp which claims that Hercules founded the city

about 400 years before the building of Rome. The other

side believes that Barcelona was built by Hamilcar Barca,

the father of Hannibal. The name Barcelona comes from the Barca family of Carthage who ruled the area in the 3rd

century before Christ.

Fact #2

Walk down the Portal de l’Àngel if you want to walk

down the most walked down street in Spain and you will be

one among approximately 3500 others who throng the

street every hour!

Fact #3

Classic, down-to-earth, Barcelona food would be impossible without a handful of essential ingredients.

Olive oil, garlic and tomato are the top three without a doubt.

Barcelona cuisine is characterized by an innate creativity that other

Spanish regions lack. For example, raisins and nuts are often mixed

into vegetable dishes; rabbit is combined with snails; poultry or

meat is cooked with fruit. are often mixed into vegetable dishes; rab-bit is combined with snails; poultry

or meat is cooked with fruit.

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“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth”Pablo Picasso

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Dona amb mantellina, picasso museum barcelona

The Pigeons, picasso museum barcelona

The passeig de colom, picasso museum barcelona