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Consequently, very few classical subjects or female nudes were depicted, and the works frequently exhibited a sense of pious devotion and religious intensity – attributes that would remain dominant in much art of Counter Reformation Spain throughout the 17th century, and beyond. artists included Vicente Juan Masip (1475–1550) and his son ...
The group of over 700 sites of prehistoric Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, also known as Levantine art, were collectively declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998. The sites are in the eastern part of Spain and contain rock art dating to the Upper Paleolithic or (more likely) Mesolithic periods of the Stone Age. The art ...
The collection currently comprises around 8,200 drawings, 7,600 paintings, 4,800 prints, and 1,000 sculptures, in addition to many other works of art and historic documents. As of 2012, the museum displayed about 1,300 works in the main buildings, while around 3,100 works were on temporary loan to various museums and official institutions.
This is a list of notable Spanish artists born after 1800. For artists born before this year, see List of Spanish artists (born 1300–1500) and List of Spanish artists (born 1500–1800) This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Francisco de Zurbarán: Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb, 1630–34, oil on canvas, 80 × 44 cm, Milwaukee Art Museum.. The artists' principal clientele consisted of the Catholic Church and institutions linked to it (confraternities and brotherhoods), as well as those who commissioned paintings for their chapels and foundations.
Austin by way of Mexico (Mexic-Arte Museum) From its roots in 1980s community arts, Mexic-Arte Museum has stayed true to its generously broad vision of Mexican and Mexican American art.
Known as the Lady of Galera, it is an alabaster female figurine, made in the 7th century BC, and is at the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, in Madrid. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2023, two female stone busts were discovered at the Turuñuelo archeological site in Guareña , Spain, that are somewhat similar to the Lady of Elche, but are about a ...
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