7. Spanish Culture and Science
Culture and Science
INDEX for the FOLLOWING SECTIONS:
1. Cooking
2. Sports
3. Famous Painters and Art (Museums, Art for Students, Mexico, Spain...)
4. General (Science)
1. COOKING
www.acocinar.com Good pictures; Spain
http://cocinamexicana.com.mx Cocina Mexicana includes recipes for authentic Mexican food, history of common foods, and typical foods by region. Some recipes include beautiful pictures of the food.
www.lingolex.com/spanishfood/glossayen.htm Bilingual Food Glossary; Very interesting
www.silueta.com Silueta: a bilingual magaine with feature stories on nutrition, gardening, the planet, nature, and much more. Interesting reading.
2. SPORTS
Fútbol:
www.epasa.com/gol/gol/gol.html
Other:
Chess www.feda.org
Motorcycle racing in Spain www.rfme.com
Windsurfing in Spain www.windsurfesp.com/
3. FAMOUS PAINTERS and ART
Museums
http://www.museodelprado.es/en Museo del Prado: one of Spain's most famous museums offers online tours of its collection and other museum information
www.diarioelpais.com/muva Museo Virtual de Artes El País:de Uruguay, this is a 10 on the "Way Cool" scale. You need at least Netscape 3.0 for this 3D virtual tour of culture. Move through the rooms as if you were actually there--very interesting.This site is sponsored by el País and has links in the newspaper as well.
Mexico
www.artemaya.com/ Present day Mayan art and photos; from obsidian art to modern day
Spain
www.cyberspain.com/passion/index.htm Places, art, artists; much info
http://goya.unizar.es/ Info on Goya; many pictures
http://www.cgfaonlineartmuseum.com/greco/index.html El Greco
www.cyberspain.com/colorme/nscape.htm Coloring book of famous paintings and masterpieces
Other
www.mip.berkeley.edu/tigua/ Indian artists of Ecuador: the Tigua
4. GENERAL (SCIENCE...)
www.solarviews.com/span/homepage.htm Excellent page about our solar system; all in simple Spanish
Information about volcanoes (several sites) listed under Travel--Mexico