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Spanish Baroque painting refers to the style of painting which developed in Spain throughout the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. [1] The style appeared in early 17th century paintings, and arose in response to Mannerist distortions and idealisation of beauty in excess, appearing in early 17th century paintings.
Spanish art was particularly influenced by France and Italy during the Baroque and Neoclassical periods, but Spanish art has often had very distinctive characteristics, partly explained by the Moorish heritage in Spain (especially in Andalusia), and through the political and cultural climate in Spain during the Counter-Reformation and the ...
A remarkable convergence of Spanish, French and Dutch Baroque aesthetics may be seen in the Abbey of Averbode (1667). Another characteristic example is the Church of St. Michel at Louvain (1650–70), with its exuberant two-storey façade, clusters of half-columns, and the complex aggregation of French-inspired sculptural detailing.
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.Churrigueresque Obradoiro façade Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Lima. Churrigueresque (/ ˌ tʃ ʊər ɪ ɡ ə ˈ r ɛ s k /; Spanish: Churrigueresco), also but less commonly "Ultra Baroque", refers to a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural ornament which emerged as a manner of stucco decoration in ...
The elusiveness of Las Meninas, according to Dawson Carr, "suggests that art, and life, are an illusion". [63] The relationship between illusion and reality were central concerns in Spanish culture during the 17th century, figuring largely in Don Quixote, the best-known work of Spanish Baroque literature.
The painting is a classic example of Baroque art. Orazio Gentileschi, David and Goliath ... Spanish. José Antolínez (1635–1675) Alonso Cano (1601–1667)
Get ready to see an extraordinary collection of Spanish baroque art this weekend! “Splendor & Passion” is a brand-new exhibition on display at the Boca Raton Museum of Art featuring a ...
During the Baroque, the ornamental, contrived and ornate character of the art of this time conveyed a transitory sense of life, related to the memento mori, the ephemeral value of riches in the face of the inevitability of death, in parallel to the pictorial genre of the vanitas. This sentiment led to a vitalist appreciation of the fleetingness ...