Madrid PAU Cultural and Artistic Movements case studies
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The Madrid PAU cultural and artistic movements exam is the art-history pathway within the university access assessment taken by students in the Community of Madrid who choose a cultural or artistic subject in the specific phase. It is aimed at Bachillerato students seeking admission to degrees in art history, fine arts, heritage, humanities or education, and at candidates improving their access or admission mark. The Madrid PAU Cultural and Artistic Movements case studies are 5 cases and about 2,727 words.
1The Mérida Portrait Head: Recut, Restored, or Both?
A municipal museum in Mérida is preparing a new display of its Roman sculpture. A marble portrait head of a woman, 32 cm high, entered the collection in 1941 with the label 'Hadrianic, c.
615 words, about 3 min2San Martín: A Gothic Apse over a Romanesque Church
The parish church of San Martín in a Castilian village is a protected monument. Its nave, built around 1180, has a pointed barrel vault, carved capitals with foliate and geometric motifs, and a southern portal with scalloped archivolts.
544 words, about 3 min3The Toledo Holy Family: Master or Workshop?
A private foundation in Toledo owns a canvas, 120 × 95 cm, of the Holy Family, catalogued since 1920 as 'El Greco, c. It is lined, with scattered retouching.
535 words, about 3 min4Carlos de Haes, 1871: Plein-Air or Studio?
A provincial museum in Spain is rehanging a room called 'From Realism to Impressionism, 1860–1900'. A recent bequest includes a mountain landscape, 54 × 73 cm, signed 'C.
519 words, about 3 min5The Figueres Surrealist Object: Anachronism and Attribution
A gallery in Figueres is offered a 'Surrealist object' attributed to Salvador Dalí and dated 1936. It consists of a plaster cast of a female hand, a black-and-white photograph of a beach, a wooden cigar box, and a metal spring, assembled on a painted board.
514 words, about 3 min