Ms. Rivera

Useful Websites for Ms. Rivera’s class

Central America websites

Lists population, government, military, and economic information for nations recognized by the United States.

Travel.State.Gov

Consular services for United States citizens abroad. Visa services for foreigners, links to foreign consulates, visa fee tables and downloadable passport ...

BBC Country Profiles

Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.

Lonely Plant Travel Guide

Travel guides and guidebooks. Travel advice, tips and destination information to inspire you from Lonely Planet.

Poetry

Poetry http://www.poesia-inter.net/index.htm

Bienvenido, viajero, a esta página creada y mantenida desde Madrid, Orduña y Cercedilla.

Con ella se pretende difundir la poesía en español desde sus orígenes hasta hoy. Las versiones ofrecidas tratan de seguir fielmente las obras originales de los más célebres poemas en español, de acuerdo a los criterios explicados más abajo, en Poemas. Esperamos tu colaboración en forma de sugerencias o notificaciones de erratas o defectos. http://www.poesia-inter.net/index.htm

Artists

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program about this 20th century Mexican artist "who became an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and radical politics." The site features a brief biography, timeline, photos (including those with her husband Diego Rivera), images of her art, and transcripts of interviews with historians. http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/

Matisse & Picasso
Companion to a television program "[that] offers compelling portraits of two of the 20th century's greatest artists and the gentle rivalry that spurred each man to higher levels of achievement." The site includes brief biographies, images of selected works, and timelines of the lives of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Also includes transcripts of conversations with experts, and materials for teachers. http://www.matisse-picasso.com/

On-Line Picasso Project
A searchable catalog of thousands of Pablo Picasso's works. Provides a brief description, location information, and a small thumbnail image of each work. Also has links to museums with Picasso collections, biographical information, an extensive bibliography, and an archive of articles about the artist. http://picasso.tamu.edu/picasso/

Pablo Picasso: Official Web Site
Charming website for 20th century artist Pablo Picasso, known for his development of cubism, his blue and pink period works, his "Guernica" painting, and more. Features an illustrated timeline, a genealogy (showing his many loves), material about his studios (in France, Spain, and elsewhere), and illustrated essays about selected works. Also includes a list of exhibitions around the world. http://www.picasso.fr/us/picasso_page_index.php

Picasso

The early years of Pablo Picasso are the focus of this web site. The site was created as a companion to a video about Picasso, but it also can be used alone. Read what people who put together the Picasso exhibition have to say about Picasso and his early works. In Your Eyes offers several of Picasso's paintings for you to explore in depth. There is a timeline of Picasso's life and works and links to other sites about this artist. http://picasso.thinkport.org/

TIME 100: Pablo Picasso

To love surrealist works of art is to love a man named Pablo Picasso, a man who is synonymous with many forms of art, and especially this one. On this web site you will find a biography of Picasso, and you will see that "no painter or sculptor, not even Michelangelo, had been as famous as this in his own lifetime." You will also see how this artist lived his life, and why his art has lived on after his death.

URL: http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/picasso.html

Salvador Dali Museum

Site of a museum in Florida devoted to the work of the surrealist painter from Spain, Salvador Dalí, and other artists "of similar vision." Includes a biography of Dalí, images of his work, information on events and exhibits at the museum, and more.
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/

Special Exhibition: Goya's Last Works
This 2006 exhibit on Francisco de Goya y Lucientes "concentrates exclusively on the final phase of this [Spanish] artist's career." Provides biographical details about Goya, who "has been referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns," and images of his art with accompanying essays. Features portraits, miniatures on ivory, and drawings and lithographs from his time in Bordeaux, France. From the Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library. http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/goya/

The Virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum

This site, dedicated to one of the most influential Mexican muralists, contains images of some of his paintings and murals, examples of his writing from the bilingual magazine Mexican Folkways (1928, 1929, 1930 issues), video clips, a timeline biography, links to other sites, and more. http://www.diegorivera.com/

Andrés Ovalle: "The Unknown Land"
Companion to an exhibit of works by contemporary "Chilean visual artist" Andrés Ovalle. Includes images of over a dozen of Ovalle's colorful paintings, and an artist's statement with this comment: "The relationship between the primitive artist, the surreal artist and the language of children is a portal for my creative work." From the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Gallery/ovalle/

Archivos Virtuales: Papers of Latino & Latin American Artists
This site "focuses on access to information about the [Smithsonian] Archives of American Art's ... papers of and about Latino and Latin American artists." A guide to the collections includes brief descriptions, some with links to online materials. The site also features oral history interview transcripts (some in Spanish) and finding aids for some of the collections. http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/site-archivos/

Colección Cisneros.org
An exploration of Latin American art dating from the seventeenth century, with an emphasis on abstract twentieth century art from Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. Includes a glossary, bibliography, study guide, a collection of the artists' writings, interactive activities, and a timeline. http://www.coleccioncisneros.org/

LatinArt.com
"An online journal of art and culture." Features articles, profiles of artists, images of works, exhibits, a calendar of events and openings, and a worldwide directory of museums, galleries, institutions, and foundations which feature Latin American art. Registration (free) required. http://www.latinart.com/index2.cfm

Archivos Virtuales: Papers of Latino & Latin American Artists
This site "focuses on access to information about the [Smithsonian] Archives of American Art's ... papers of and about Latino and Latin American artists." A guide to the collections includes brief descriptions, some with links to online materials. The site also features oral history interview transcripts (some in Spanish) and finding aids for some of the collections. http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/site-archivos/

Cultures of the Andes/ Culturas de los Andes
Music, photos, poems, and stories from the Andes mountain region of South America, which includes artists from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile. http://www.andes.org/