1. ARTH 335, Class 3
PLEASE REMEMBER: MIDTERM EXAM NEXT WEEK; I AM ALLOWING YOU TO
PERPARE AND USE FOR THE EXAM ONE NOTE SHEET—HANDWRITTEN OR
PRINTED IS OK, FRONT AND BACK IS OK, YOU CAN WRITE ON IT WHATEVER
YOU WISH, BUT YOU MUST WRITE OUT YOUR EXAM ANSWERS IN CLASS
DURING THE EXAM PERIOD.
Important names and terms in today’s lecture:
Zurbaran, Llerena, Juan Martinez Montanes, postizo, Gregorio Fernandez, Valladolid, pasos,
Mercederians/St. Peter Nolasco, Seville, Cathusians (St. Bruno, St. Hugo), Monastery of
Guadalupe (Hieronymites/St. Jerome), sacristy, “a la campasina,” Immaculate Conception
(Inmaculada), Murillo, Antolinez, Alonso Cano, Immaculism/Maculism, Sanctification,
Dominicans, Franciscans, Council of Trent, Pope Paul IV, Miguel Cid (by Pacheco), Pope Paul
V, Pope Urban VIII, Pope Alexander VII, Jusepe de Ribera, Jativa, Valencia, Rome, Sense
(Taste), relieve, Naples, “La Spagnoletto,” Duke of Alcala, Guido Reni, Domenichino, Count of
Moneterrey, landscape (Lorrain, Poussin), Magdalena Ventura, Clubfoot Boy, dwarves
(Velazquez and others)
Subjects of Zurbaran’s commission for the Guadalupe sacristy:
The Vision of Brother Andres Salmeron, Enrique III Crowning Brother Fernando Yanez de
Figueroa as Archbishop of Toledo, Brother Juan de Carrion Preparing to Die, The Charity of
Brother Martin de Vizcaya, The Vision of Brother Pedro Cabanuelas, Brother Pedro de
Salamanca
Common symbols of the Immaculate Virgin: enclosed garden, sun/moon, sealed fountain, rose
without thorns, tower, spotless mirror, lily, crescent moon, stellarium
Possible essay questions:
--Discuss the career of Francisco de Zurbaran as a monastic painter. Why do his works for the
orders often seem obscure?—give examples. How were his paintings for the sacristy at
Guadalupe intended to function as propaganda to bolster the monastery’s declining reputation?
--What is the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception? Discuss the controversy surrounding this
doctrine in church circles, and especially in Spain. What were some of the symbols that evolved
in art to express the Virgin’s Immaculate status? Who were some of the Spanish artists who
depicted this subject?
--Discuss the style of Jusepe de Ribera and his career as an expatriate painter in Italy. Discuss the
depiction of cripples, freaks, and deformed people in the work of Ribera and other seventeenth-
century artists—how were such people perceived?
Online for this week:
--You will find a reading on the Immaculate Conception in Spanish art.
--There is also an online ppt format review presentation for the midterm exam. Please note:
this is a large file! If you have problems with large files, you may want to give it extra time to
download, or try to download it from a campus computer.