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  2. Spanish Baroque painting - Wikipedia

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    The style was later influenced by Flemish Baroque painting, as the Spanish Habsburgs ruled over an area of the Netherlands during this period. The arrival of Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens in Spain, who visited the country in 1603 and 1628, also had some influence Spanish painting. However, it was the profusion of his works, as well as those ...

  3. Las Meninas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Spanish art - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Spanish Baroque architecture - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Baroque - Wikipedia

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    The architects of the Spanish Baroque had an effect far beyond Spain; their work was highly influential in the churches built in the Spanish colonies in Latin America and the Philippines. The church built by the Jesuits for the College of San Francisco Javier in Tepotzotlán, with its ornate Baroque façade and tower, is a good example. [40]

  7. New Spanish Baroque - Wikipedia

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    New Spanish Baroque, also known as Mexican Baroque, refers to Baroque art developed in the entire territories that once formed the Viceroyalty of New Spain.During this period, artists of New Spain experimented with expressive, contrasting, and realistic creative approaches, making art that became highly popular in New Spanish society.

  8. Churrigueresque - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Rococo in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Rococo, also referred to as Late Baroque, originated in Paris, France in the 1730s as a continuation of the Baroque style. It is a highly dramatic and ornamental style of art and architecture characterized by its lavish curves and counter-curves, white and pastel colors, asymmetry, and elements that represent nature.