Renaissance and Baroque in the Hispanic Monarchy

1. RENAISSANCE
AND BAROQUE
IN THE
HISPANIC MONARCHY

2. RENAISSANCE
(15th- 16th
centuries)

3. ARCHITECTURE
PLATERESQUE
THREE STYLES
CLASSICISM
HERRERIAN

4. PLATERESQUE
-Architects imitated the work of
silversmiths to decorate the facades
of the buildings
FACADE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA

5. CLASSICISM
Use of classical
elements: columns,
pediments, rounded
arches…
PALACE OF CHARLES V
IN GRANADA,
PEDRO MACHUCA
RUSTICATION

6. COURTYARD OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V IN GRANADA
PEDRO MACHUCA

7. HERRERIAN STYLE
Sober, austere,
proportioned
Buildings, without
decoration
MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, JUAN DE HERRERA
Built to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Saint Quentin, it was both Philip II’s residence,
monastery and royal pantheon (most of the kings of the Hispanic Monarchy and later Spain are buried
there). It also hosts a library.

8. MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, JUAN DE HERRERA

9. SCULPTURE
-Influence by Michelangelo
-Religious themes
-Use of different materials: marble, bronze, polychromed wood
THE BURIAL OF CHRIST, JUAN DE JUNI

10. THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC,
ALONSO DE BERRUGUETE

11. PAINTING
El Greco was the most
important artist. Paintings
were mainly religious (no
mythological paintings nor
naked figures).
THE BURIAL OF
COUNT ORGAZ

12. THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS,
EL GRECO
THE KNIGHT WITH HIS HAND ON
HIS BREAST, EL GRECO

13. THE DESPOILING, EL GRECO
MARTYRDOM OF SAINT MAURICE, EL GRECO

14. BAROQUE
(17TH CENTURY)
PHILIP III
PHILIP IV
CHARLES II

15. ARCHITECTURE
-Decorative exuberance
in buildings
-Main works of art: churches
and squares
The overelaborated style created by
José de Churriguera was called
“churrigueresque”
ALTARPIECE OF SAN ESTEBAN CONVENT,
JOSÉ DE CHURRIGUERA
SALAMANCA

16. SALAMANCA´S MAIN SQUARE
ALBERTO CHURRIGUERA
OLD HOSPICE OF MADRID,
PEDRO DE RIBERA

17. MURCIA CATHEDRAL
OBRADOIRO FACADE,
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA CATHEDRAL
ANTONIO CASAS NOVOA

18. SCULPTURE
Religious themes for altarpieces or processional thrones
made with polychromed wood.
Realistic and dramatic images (wounds, blood, expressions
of pain and suffering)
PENITENT MAGDALEN
PEDRO DE MENA
SAINT HIERONYMUS PENITENT
JUAN MARTÍNEZ MONTAÑÉS

19. PIETÀ
, GREGORIO FERNÁNDEZ
LYING CHRIST,
GREGORIO FERNÁNDEZ

20. PAINTING
- Exceptional painters in the 17th century: Golden century of painting.
- Realism and religiosity
- Main commissioners: kings and the Church
- Oil on canvas, contrasts of light and shadow, foreshortened figures, complex
compositions
- JOSÉ DE RIBERA
- JOSÉ RIBALTA
- BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
MAIN PAINTERS
- FRANCISCO ZURBARÁN
- JUAN CARREÑO MIRANDA
- CLAUDIO COELLO
- DIEGO DE SILVA Y VELÁZQUEZ

21. JOSÉ DE RIBERA
MARTYRDOM OF SAINT PHILIP

22. CLUBFOOTED BOY
ARCHIMEDES

23. FRANCISCO DE RIBALTA
CHRIST WITH THE CROSS
CHRIST EMBRACING SAINT BERNARD

24. FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN
SAINT SERAPION
SAINT HUGO OF GRENOBLE IN THE
CARTHUSIAN REFECTORY

25. STILL-LIFE WITH LEMONS, ORANGES AND ROSE
STILL LIFE WITH POTTERY JARS

26. BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
THE HOLY FAMILY WITH A BIRD

27. BOYS EATING GRAPES AND MELON
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

28. JUAN CARREÑO DE MIRANDA
CHARLES II
CHARLES AS GRANDMASTER OF
THE GOLDEN FLEECE

29. DIEGO DE SILVA Y VELÁZQUEZ
-The best painter of his generation in
the Hispanic Monarchy
-Beginnings in Seville.
-Recommended by the Count Duke of
Olivares, he moved to the court and
started painting for the royal family
-He met Rubens and could observe the
royal collections (paintings bought by
the monarchs).
-He travelled twice to Italy, where he
drew inspiration from the Renaissance
masters and Caravaggio.
-During his whole life, he fought to be
recognized as an artist and not as a
simple craftsman.
SELF PORTRAIT

30. CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF MARY AND MARTHA

31. THE WATERSELLER OF SEVILLE

32. OLD WOMAN COOKING EGGS

33. LUIS DE GÓNGORA

34. THE COUNT DUKE OF OLIVARES
PHILIP IV

35. THE TRIUMPH OF BACCHUS OR THE DRUNKS

36. APOLLO IN THE FORGE OF VULCAN

37. JOSEPH´S TUNIC

38. CHRIST ON THE CROSS

39. JESTERS

40. THE SURRENDER OF BREDA (1634-35)

41. EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF THE COUNT-DUKE OF OLIVARES (1634)

42. PHILIP IV AS HUNTER (1638)

43. EQUESTRIAN PORTRAITS OF PHILIP III AND MARGARET OF AUSTRIA(16291635)

44. PRINCE BALTASAR CARLOS ON HORSEBACK (1635)

45. VENUS AT HER MIRROR OR THE TOILET OF VENUS(1650)

46. POPE INNOCENT X (1650)

47. VILLA MEDICI (1650)

48. PHILIP IV´S FAMILY OR THE MENINAS (1656)

49. THE FABLE OF ARACHNE OR THE SPINNERS (1657)

50. PORTRAITS OF INFANTA MARGARITA
IN A BLUE DRESS
IN A PINK DRESS