Origin of Flamenco in Andalusia: Seville, Granada and Jerez de la Frontera

Origin of flamenco in Andalusia

The origin of flamenco in Andalusia is not entirely clear, but the idyll that this art maintains with this land, an idyll that comes from afar. There are those who indicate that flamenco comes from Islamic monochordic songs, while others attribute to the gypsies the introduction of this genre in Andalusian lands. The gypsies arrived […]

Flamenco in painting

'The dance' is a painting by Joaquin Sorolla

Flamenco is an art that leaves no one indifferent. Throughout its history, it has drawn the attention of different artistic disciplines. From dance, singing and guitarrist we find multiple references in the cinema, literature, sculpture or painting, among others. Perhaps the closest link is that between flamenco and poetry, because it is implicit in the […]