Project about the Spanish Baroque Painting and the famous painters of this era.

1. SPANISH BAROQUE PAINTING:
VELAZQUEZ
ALEJANDRA CIFUENTES CASTAÑO, AINARA ALCARAZ PÉREZ, VALERIA ALCARAZ PÉREZ Y
PATRICIA BELMONTE LIDÓN

2. INDEX
• The Golden Age of Spanish painting
• Zurbaran
• Murillo
• Alonso Cano
• Ribera
• Velazquez
• “Las Meninas”
• “La Rendición de Breda”

3. The Golden Age of the Spanish Painting
• In this century, artistic and literary representations had high quality, so
we call this century, the Golden Age.
• Among the different artistic manifestations, painting stands out.
Although it dominates the religious themes, the Spanish Baroque is
very rich and varied, the artists used religious and mythological themes
to show us in the world in which they lived.
• Highlighting the great figure of Diego Velázquez, who, with other
artists represents the great era of Spanish painting

4. Zurbarán
• Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish Baroque
painter that was born in 1598 and died in 1664.He
mastered a naturalistic style. The majority of his
works followed religious themes.
• His first phase is very influenced by the “tenebrismo
of Caravaggio” but later, he acquired his own style.

5. Bodegón con cacharros, 1650

6. Murillo
• Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, borned in Sevilla
in 1617,painted religious themes, and scenes
of daily life starred by children.
• He represent the reality with a touch of
softness.

7. Joven mendigo 1645-1650

8. Alonso Cano
• He was born in Granada in 1601 and died in 1667
he was a painter, sculptor, and architect, often
called the Spanish Michelangelo for his diversity
of talents.
• His works were, at the beginning of his career, a
mixture between the Italian mannerism and the
Baroque.

9. Un Rey de España-1643

10. Ribera
• José de Ribera was borned in 1519 in Valencia
and died in 1625, called “Lo Spagnoletto”.
• His paintings were religious, and they were
influenced by “the tenebrismo of Caravaggio”.

11. Martirio de San Bartolomé- 1618

12. Velazquez
• Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was born in Seville, Spain, around June 6, 1599.
The first works of Velázquez were of religious themes.
Velázquez set up his own studio after completing his apprenticeship in 1617. A year
later, he married his teacher's daughter, Juana. By 1621, the couple had two daughters.
• In 1622, Velázquez moved to Madrid, where, thanks to his father-in-law's connections,
he had the opportunity to paint a portrait of the powerful Count-Duque de Olivares.
The Count Duke then recommended the services of Velázquez to King Felipe IV; Upon
seeing a complete portrait, the young king of Spain decided that no one else would
paint it and named Velázquez one of his court painters. He died on August 6 in 1660

13. Velazquez

14. Las Meninas
• It is a 1656 painting of Diego Velázquez that is located in the Prado
Museum in Madrid. It complex composition raises questions about
reality and illusion, and creates a relationship between the viewer and
the figures in the paint. Because of this, Las Meninas has been one of
the most analyzed works.

15. Video of “Las Meninas”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loMy3sbW64g

16. Las Meninas 1656

17. La rendición de Breda
• It is an oil on canvas, painted between 1634 and 1635 by Diego Velázquez and
preserved in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
• The Nertherlands (led by its most important nobleman, William of Orange)
were immersed in the war of Eighty Years or War of Flandes, in which they
fought for independence from Spain.
• In 1590, with Maurice de Nassau-Orange as stadholder of the United Provinces
of the Netherlands, the city of Breda was taken by the Dutch. The truce of
twelve years kept the country calm between 1609 and 1621. When the King of
Spain Philip IV ascended the throne in 1621, the truce expired and the war
resumed.The intention of Felipe IV was to recover that important place from
which maneuver could be made for other conquests.

18. La Rendición de Breda 1634-1635

19. We hope you liked our project, and
also, we hope you have learned a lot !
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Britannica.com
Wikipedia
Text Book
Biography.com