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...Spanish crown (Figure 10); he drew a salary as court painter from 1789 until his death in 1828 (Tomlinson, 1994, pp. 147, 282). Figure 10 Francisco Goya, The Family of Carlos IV, 1800, oil on canvas, 280 × 336 cm. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Photo: © Museo Nacional del Prado/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library...Art and visual culture: Medieval to modern:...

...SPANISH] INTERPRETER: The prize we have been generously awarded enables us to unite as one, even though we are very far apart. It is perhaps a symbol that in spite of distance, we are together in a common enterprise. The defence of our most fundamental right, the right to live. Nowadays, we only have it as a conditional right. In a few minutes, the decision of a few men...

...Spanish dance and the Russian Trepak. The exotic Arabian dance represents coffee. The Arabian dance is written for a large orchestra, but only a few of the instruments are playing at any one time. Look at the score, and see if you can identify ‘landmarks’ that might help you follow it. First, check the instruments that will be playing by looking at the names at the...

...Spanish valet Cacambo, about the colonial impact of the Jesuit Fathers in Paraguay (the Jesuits were a body of Catholic missionaries): I know how the reverend fathers govern as well as I know the streets of Cadiz. It's a wonderful thing, their system of government. The kingdom is more than three hundred leagues across; it is divided into thirty provinces. The reverend...