Speak the Culture: Spain: Be Fluent in Spanish Life and Culture

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1. Identity: the
   building blocks of
   2. Literature
   and philosophy
   3. Art and
   architecture
   4. Performing
   arts
   5. Cinema
   and fashion
   6. Media and
   communications
   7. Food and drink 8. Living culture:
   the details of

3.1Art

Spain’s ample artistic endowment hasn’t

always enjoyed the respect it deserves.

The nation has produced a healthy clutch

of brush-wielding titans, from Velázquez

to Picasso, Goya to Dalí. And yet, often, the

big names have been mistakenly adduced

as rare flowers in a rather barren field of

work. In truth, the rich story of Spanish art

has a talented cast of thousands.