This document discusses the common artistic and historical roots found across Europe through examples from Spain and Catalonia. It highlights examples of art from the Paleolithic era through cave paintings at Altamira, amphitheaters and architecture from the Roman period, Islamic influence in the Alhambra, and modern art and architecture from Gaudi, Dali, Miro, and contemporary firms like RCR Aranda. The document argues that exploring Europe's shared artistic and historical heritage reveals commonalities between countries.

1. Our Common European Roots
Historical heritage:
the remains of the past
Cor de Maria School, Olot, Catalonia, Spain

2.  Digging into the artistic and
historical heritage, will lead us to
recognize common features in
different countries.

3. The Beginning of Art
 We can’t know how art started, as we don’t
know how language started. We cannot get to
understand the art of the past if we ignore its
objectives.
 The more we move backwards in history,
more definite but shocking are the objectives
of art.

4. Cave of Altamira, Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
(between c. 18,500 and 14,000 years ago)

5. The Great Hall of polychrome bisons,
Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone

6. The Great Hall of polychrome bisons,
Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone

7. The Great Hall of polychrome bisons,
Charcoal and ochre or haematite (mineral form of iron) upon stone

8. Tarragona Amphitheatre, Tarragona, Catalonia
Old Age
(between the end of 1st century BC and the start of 2nd century BC)

9. Tarragona Amphitheatre

10. La Majestat Batlló, Garrotxa, Catalonia
Middle Ages , 17th Century
Polychrome wood

11. La Majestat Batlló

12. Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Late Medieval, from 12th to 15th

13. Carme Cloisters

14. Carme Cloisters, Olot, Catalonia
Modern Age, 16th century
Architect: Llàtzer Cisterna

15. Courtyard of the Lions
(between 1362 and 1391 AD.)

16. Joaquim Vayreda, painter, Olot, Girona, Catalonia
Girona, 1843 – Olot, 1894
Contemporary Age

17. Summer
Painting, 128,5 x 263 cm
1877

18. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, architect, Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia
Reus, 1852-Barcelona , 1926
Contemporary Age

19. Sagrada Familia
1886-?

20. Pablo Ruiz Picasso,, painter, potter, sculptor, Màlaga, Andalusia, Spain
Màlaga, 1881, Mogin, 1973
Contemporary Age

21. Guitar
Painting, 65.3 x 92.2 cm
1920

22. Les demoiselles d’Avignon
Painting, 243,9 × 233,7 cm
1907

23. Salvador Dalí, painter, sculptor, printmaker, stage designer and writer
Figueres, Girona, Catalonia
Figueres, 1904, Figueres 1989, Contemporary Age

24. Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach
Painting, 114,5 x 145,8 cm
1938

25. Joan Miró, painter, potter, sculptor, Barcelona, Catalonia
Barcelona, 1893, Palma, 1983
Contemporary Age

26. Hunter
Painting, 64.8 x 100.3 cm
1923

27. RCR Aranda, Pigem i Vilalta
Architectural firm that has its headquarters in the city of Olot,
Created in 1987, Contemporary Age

28. Bath Pavilion Tussols-Basil
Olot, 1995-1998

29. Bath Pavilion Tussols-Basil
Olot, 1995-1998

30. Joan Antoni Bayona, filmmaker, Barcelona, Catalonia
Barcelona, 1975
Contemporary Age

31. The Impossible
Movie, 2012
Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts
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