Our Common European Roots

Historical heritage:

the remains of the past

Cor de Maria School, Olot, Catalonia, Spain

Digging into the artistic and historical heritage, will lead us to recognize common features in different countries.

The Beginning of Art

We can’t know how art started, as we don’t know how language started. We cannot get to understand the art of the past if we ignore its objectives.

The more we move backwards in history, more definite but shocking are the objectives of art.

Cave of Altamira, Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, SpainPaleolithic or Old Stone Age (between c. 18,500 and 14,000 years ago)

The Great Hall of polychrome bisons, Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone

The Great Hall of polychrome bisons, Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone

The Great Hall of polychrome bisons, Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone

Tarragona Amphitheatre, Tarragona, CataloniaOld Age(between the end of 1st century BC and the start of 2nd century BC)

Tarragona Amphitheatre

La Majestat Batlló, Garrotxa, Catalonia Middle Ages , 17th CenturyPolychrome wood

La Majestat Batlló

Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, SpainLate Medieval, from 12th to 15th

Carme Cloisters

Carme Cloisters, Olot, CataloniaModern Age, 16th centuryArchitect: Llàtzer Cisterna

Courtyard of the Lions (between 1362 and 1391 AD.)

Joaquim Vayreda, painter, Olot, Girona, CataloniaGirona, 1843 – Olot, 1894Contemporary Age

Summer Painting, 128,5 x 263 cm1877

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, architect, Reus, Tarragona, CataloniaReus, 1852-Barcelona , 1926Contemporary Age

Sagrada Familia1886-?

Pablo Ruiz Picasso,, painter, potter, sculptor, Màlaga, Andalusia, SpainMàlaga, 1881, Mogin, 1973Contemporary Age

GuitarPainting, 65.3 x 92.2 cm1920

Les demoiselles d’AvignonPainting, 243,9 × 233,7 cm1907

Salvador Dalí, painter, sculptor, printmaker, stage designer and writer Figueres, Girona, CataloniaFigueres, 1904, Figueres 1989, Contemporary Age

Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a BeachPainting, 114,5 x 145,8 cm1938

Joan Miró, painter, potter, sculptor, Barcelona, CataloniaBarcelona, 1893, Palma, 1983Contemporary Age

HunterPainting, 64.8 x 100.3 cm1923

RCR Aranda, Pigem i VilaltaArchitectural firm that has its headquarters in the city of Olot, Created in 1987, Contemporary Age

Bath Pavilion Tussols-BasilOlot, 1995-1998

Bath Pavilion Tussols-BasilOlot, 1995-1998

Joan Antoni Bayona, filmmaker, Barcelona, CataloniaBarcelona, 1975Contemporary Age

The Impossible Movie, 2012Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts

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