Thursday, October 27, 2016

Two games to review geographic coordinates

These are two more games to review geographic coordinates. you have to locate the points that correspond with the coordinates given. Click on the images to be redirected to the game.

And this is the second one, with more points to locate: 



Wednesday, October 26, 2016

The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, by José de Ribera

This is a video that explains the main features of the painting Mª Rosa explained yesterday. You can see this painting in El Prado Museum, in Madrid:




And here you have some additional information to learn more about the painting: 


Some games to review Spain's relief, rivers and climates

Here you have the links to review the contents we have already studied about physical geography of Spain. Please, register and play. This way I will be able to check your progress. To access the games, click on the following images and you will be redirected to the website that hosts the games:




Saturday, October 22, 2016

How to draw a climate graph

Here you have four videos, just in case you don't remember how to draw a climate graph when you're at home.

Don't forget:

-  temperatures have to be on the left and precipitation on the right
-  temperatures have to be written five by five
-  precipitation has to be at least double than temperatures. For example, for every 5ºC at least 10 mm in the precipitation axis.
- temperatures are represented with a red line of dots and precipitation with blue bars.


 









Friday, October 21, 2016

How to recognize Baroque art

This is a short video that gives the keys to recognize Baroque art, comparing it with Renaissance art, as we did in class:


 

Some of Caravaggio's masterpieces

This video is an overview of Caravaggio's most famous paintings:




On the following video the curator of Italian and Spanish painting of the National Gallery explains Caravaggio's life and talks about the three paintings of this painter they have in the museum:

   


 And here you have the explanation of some of the paintings we have studied today: 

 - The Conversion of Saint Paul, which includes the two versions of the painting:


   

 - The Crucifixion of Saint Peter


   

 - The Death of the Virgin


   


 - The Supper at Emaus:


 

Some videos about Rembrandt's masterpieces

The following videoa have been made by Khan Academy and explain some of Rembrandt's most famous paintings: 

The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Nicolaes Tulp:


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 The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, commonly known as The Night Watch:


   


 Rembrandt's Self-Portrait:


 

The Girl with the Pearl Earring

This short video explains why this Vermeer's painting is considered to be a masterpiece:



Here you have the trailer of the 2003 film inspired on the painting, where you can learn how Vermeer painted and the typical life in the city of Delft in the 17th century. You will see many of the paintings we have seen in class today:

 

Climates of Spain

This is the presentation of Spain's climates. You can use it to complete your map and schemes.




Wednesday, October 19, 2016

World biomes interactive map


Here you have an interactive map to learn about the location of the main biomes natural landscapes in the world. If you click on the image below, you will be directed to the website where you can click on every colour and learn where every type of vegetation is located: 


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/biomes_rev2.shtml

And here you have another link to  have a look on the natural landscapes that correspond to every climate:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/biomes_rev1.shtml