Useful resources:
Useful resources:
Audio 43:3 Social hierarchy
Audio 43:4 Society in the early Modern Age
Audio 44 Decline of an Empire
Audio 46 Renaissance and Baroque
Painters: Velázquez, Ribera, Zurbarán and Murillo,
Baroque architects: Juan Gómez de Mora (La Clerecía de Salamanca, la Plaza Mayor de Madrid, el Panteón de los Reyes en El Escorial y El convento de las Bernardas en Alcalá de Henares); Jaime Bort (the fachade of the Catedral of Murcia) y Alberto Churriguera (La Plaza Mayor de Salamanca)
Baroque writers: Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca, Luis Góngora, Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel Cervantes y Baltasar Gracián.
Audio 48 The Borbons
1. Learn about Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2. Learn about the economic and political decline of the 17th century, the rise of the validos during the reigns of Felipe III, Felipe IV and Carlos II, the replacement of the Habsburg by the Bourbon dynasty and the social and political reforms introduced by Felipe V and his successors during the 18th century.
3. Learn about the cost of the Thirty Years’ War and the resulting loss of territory, including Portugal, as well as the causes and consequences of other key events such as the expulsion of the Moriscos and the Spanish War of Succession.
4. Study the two main artistic styles of the period, identifying the defining characteristics of Renaissance and Baroque art and classifying famous examples, as well as exploring the ideas and influence of the Enlightenment.
5. Consider the social inequality depicted in, and the political message behind, the works of artists and writers from the Golden Age.
6. Use ICT to research Renaissance and Baroque artists and writers in order to produce texts and oral presentations using academic language on their chosen artwork.
Design a powerpoint presentation about one of the main characters or works with the following data: birth, death, important things they did and most important characteristics that describe them.