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'''Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal''' (April 12, 1911– December 11, 2008) was a Spanish historian, cartographer, cinematographer, photographer, and archivist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal {{!}} Cinematographer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580051/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> He was the youngest historian to ever be admitted to the Spanish Royal Academy of History.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Manso Porto |first=Carmen |date=2009 |title=La cartografía histórica en los libros de Don Gonzalo Ménendez-Pidal y su colección de mapas legados a la Real Academia de la Historia |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3072414 |journal=Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia |volume=206 |issue=1 |pages=101–148 |issn=0034-0626}}</ref> He was the son of ] and ], who was the first woman to officially graduate from a Spanish university, the ]. '''Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal''' (April 12, 1911– December 11, 2008) was a Spanish historian, cartographer, cinematographer, photographer, and archivist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal {{!}} Cinematographer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580051/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> He was the youngest historian to ever be admitted to the Spanish Royal Academy of History.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Manso Porto |first=Carmen |date=2009 |title=La cartografía histórica en los libros de Don Gonzalo Ménendez-Pidal y su colección de mapas legados a la Real Academia de la Historia |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3072414 |journal=Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia |volume=206 |issue=1 |pages=101–148 |issn=0034-0626}}</ref> He was the son of and , who was the first woman to officially graduate from a Spanish university, the ].


Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal travelled to Munich at the age of seventeen to study Vulgar Latin with Karl Vossler and Philosophy of History with Pinder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castrillón |first=Gonzalo Anes Álvarez de |date=2008-12-13 |title=Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal y Goyri: «In memoriam» |url=https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/gonzalo-menendez-pidal-y-goyri-in-memoriam/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Revista de Prensa |language=es}}</ref> Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal combined his family's fascination with the history of the ] with an interest in the latest technologies. Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal studied cinematography at the Film und Bildamt der Stadt Berlin. He filmed his experiences as he travelled through Spain in the time leading up to the ]. Most of his films were anthropological documentaries; one set chronicles such as “]”, which he created with ] and others. His other works are Dieciocho de julio, número 2 - Madrid (1936), Guerra en el campo (1936) and Ávila, ayer y hoy (1943).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal {{!}} Cinematographer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580051/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal travelled to Munich at the age of seventeen to study Vulgar Latin with Karl Vossler and Philosophy of History with Pinder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castrillón |first=Gonzalo Anes Álvarez de |date=2008-12-13 |title=Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal y Goyri: «In memoriam» |url=https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/gonzalo-menendez-pidal-y-goyri-in-memoriam/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Revista de Prensa |language=es}}</ref> Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal combined his family's fascination with the history of the with an interest in the latest technologies. Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal studied cinematography at the Film und Bildamt der Stadt Berlin. He filmed his experiences as he travelled through Spain in the time leading up to the ]. Most of his films were anthropological documentaries; one set chronicles such as “”, which he created with and others. His other works are (1936), Guerra en el campo (1936) and Ávila, ayer y hoy (1943).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal {{!}} Cinematographer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580051/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>


Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal is also known for photography.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ontañón |first=Elvira |date=2008-12-14 |title=Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal, historiador analítico |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/12/14/necrologicas/1229209202_850215.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> He catalogued Spanish tools and hardware, among other objects. He lived in the mountains outside of Madrid and maintained a photographic archive of the history of Spain that showed how the country was built. His archives are a tribute to the ingenuity of the Spaniards. Gonzalo is also known for photography.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ontañón |first=Elvira |date=2008-12-14 |title=Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal, historiador analítico |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/12/14/necrologicas/1229209202_850215.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> He catalogued Spanish tools and hardware, among other objects. He lived in the mountains outside of Madrid and maintained a photographic archive of the history of Spain that showed how the country was built. His archives are a tribute to the ingenuity of the Spaniards.


In the last years of his life, Menéndez-Pidal wrote and published: "Towards a New Image of the World". In this book, he laid out the essentials of human evolution from antiquity to modern times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castrillón |first=Gonzalo Anes Álvarez de |date=2008-12-13 |title=Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal y Goyri: «In memoriam» |url=https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/gonzalo-menendez-pidal-y-goyri-in-memoriam/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Revista de Prensa |language=es}}</ref> In the last years of his life, wrote and published: "Towards a New Image of the World". In this book, he laid out the essentials of human evolution from antiquity to modern times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castrillón |first=Gonzalo Anes Álvarez de |date=2008-12-13 |title=Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal y Goyri: «In memoriam» |url=https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/gonzalo-menendez-pidal-y-goyri-in-memoriam/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Revista de Prensa |language=es}}</ref>


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Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal records Lorca and other members of La Barraca in Calle Capitán Galán (Calle Príncipe) in Vigo in August 1932
Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal records Lorca and other members of La Barraca in Calle Capitán Galán (Calle Príncipe) in Vigo in August 1932

Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal (April 12, 1911– December 11, 2008) was a Spanish historian, cartographer, cinematographer, photographer, and archivist. He was the youngest historian to ever be admitted to the Spanish Royal Academy of History. He was the son of Ramon Menendez Pidal and Maria Goyri de Menendez Pidal, who was the first woman to officially graduate from a Spanish university, the Universidad de Madrid.

Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal travelled to Munich at the age of seventeen to study Vulgar Latin with Karl Vossler and Philosophy of History with Pinder. Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal combined his family's fascination with the history of the Iberian Peninsula with an interest in the latest technologies. Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal studied cinematography at the Film und Bildamt der Stadt Berlin. He filmed his experiences as he travelled through Spain in the time leading up to the Spanish Civil War. Most of his films were anthropological documentaries; one set chronicles such as “La Barraca”, which he created with Federico García Lorca and others. His other works are Dieciocho de julio, número 2 - Madrid (1936), Guerra en el campo (1936) and Ávila, ayer y hoy (1943).

Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal is also known for photography. He catalogued Spanish tools and hardware, among other objects. He lived in the mountains outside of Madrid and maintained a photographic archive of the history of Spain that showed how the country was built. His archives are a tribute to the ingenuity of the Spaniards.

In the last years of his life, Menéndez-Pidal wrote and published: "Towards a New Image of the World". In this book, he laid out the essentials of human evolution from antiquity to modern times.

References

  1. "Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal | Cinematographer". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  2. Manso Porto, Carmen (2009). "La cartografía histórica en los libros de Don Gonzalo Ménendez-Pidal y su colección de mapas legados a la Real Academia de la Historia". Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia. 206 (1): 101–148. ISSN 0034-0626.
  3. Castrillón, Gonzalo Anes Álvarez de (2008-12-13). "Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal y Goyri: «In memoriam»". Revista de Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  4. "Gonzalo Menéndez-Pidal | Cinematographer". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  5. Ontañón, Elvira (2008-12-14). "Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal, historiador analítico". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  6. Castrillón, Gonzalo Anes Álvarez de (2008-12-13). "Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal y Goyri: «In memoriam»". Revista de Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  • En Recuerdo de Gonzalo Menendez-Pidal. Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid, Spain. 2008

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