Spanish Baroque

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Spanish Baroque was a 17th-century artistic and architectural style in Spain characterized by dramatic realism, intense religious imagery, and richly ornate detail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
art movement
cultural period
centeredIn Granada
Madrid
Seville
Valencia
countryOfOrigin Spain
endTime 18th century
followedBy Rococo
Spanish Neoclassicism
follows Mannerism
Spanish Renaissance
hasCharacteristic complex architectural facades
dramatic realism
dynamic movement
elaborate altarpieces
emotional intensity
gilded ornament
intense religious imagery
naturalism
polychrome sculpture
richly ornate detail
strong chiaroscuro
stucco decoration
tenebrism
theatrical composition
hasNotableProponent Alonso Cano
Alonso de Covarrubias
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Diego Velázquez
Francisco de Herrera the Younger
Francisco de Zurbarán
linked to: Zurbarán

José Benito de Churriguera
José de Ribera
linked to: Jusepe de Ribera

Juan Martínez Montañés
Leonardo de Figueroa
Pedro de Mena
hasNotableWork Christ Crucified (Velázquez)
Las Meninas
The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables
hasPart Spanish Baroque architecture
linked to: Spanish Baroque

Spanish Baroque painting
Spanish Baroque sculpture
influenced Churrigueresque
Colonial Mexican Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque

Latin American Baroque
linked to: Colonial Baroque
influencedBy Catholic Church
Counter-Reformation
Habsburg monarchy
Italian Baroque
partOf Baroque
startTime 17th century
typicalSubject Catholic religious scenes
Immaculate Conception
court portraiture
genre scenes
saints and martyrs
still life (bodegón)
usedFor decoration of churches
decoration of convents
decoration of palaces
glorification of monarchy
religious propaganda

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Murillo movement Spanish Baroque
Neapolitan Baroque influencedBy Spanish Baroque
Andean Baroque influencedBy Spanish Baroque
Old Woman Frying Eggs hasStyle Spanish Baroque
The Triumph of Bacchus movement Spanish Baroque
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo style Spanish Baroque
Francisco Pacheco movement Spanish Baroque
Francisco de Zurbarán artisticStyle Spanish Baroque
subject linked to: Zurbarán
Juan Gómez de Mora movement Spanish Baroque
Portrait of a Woman (Velázquez) style Spanish Baroque
Churrigueresque partOf Spanish Baroque
Pedro Calderón de la Barca influenced Spanish Baroque theatre
linked to: Spanish Baroque
Alonso Cano style Spanish Baroque
Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress artisticSchool Spanish Baroque
Italian Baroque hasInfluenceOn Spanish Baroque
Coronation of the Virgin artStyle Spanish Baroque
El Transparente altarpiece artMovement Spanish Baroque
Sebastian Herrera Barnuevo artisticStyle Spanish Baroque
Buckhead Theatre architecturalStyle Spanish Baroque
Isabel de Velasco movementOfDepiction Spanish Baroque
Spanish Baroque hasPart Spanish Baroque architecture
linked to: Spanish Baroque
Fountain of Andromeda culturalContext Spanish Baroque
The Clubfoot artStyle Spanish Baroque
The Bearded Woman partOf Spanish Baroque art
linked to: Spanish Baroque
La Venus del espejo artworkStyle Spanish Baroque
The Good Shepherd (Murillo) artisticStyle Spanish Baroque
subject linked to: The Good Shepherd
Juan de Villarroel artisticStyle Spanish Baroque
Pedro de Ribera associatedWith Madrid Baroque
linked to: Spanish Baroque
Gaspar Cayón de la Vega movement Spanish Baroque
Clotaldo literaryPeriod Spanish Baroque
Estrella literaryMovement Spanish Baroque
Spanish Neoclassicism follows Spanish Baroque
Clerecía de Salamanca historicalPeriod Spanish Baroque
Iglesia de San Andrés, Madrid hasArtisticStyle Spanish Baroque
La Sagrada Forma movement Spanish Baroque
Juan Carreño de Miranda artisticSchool Spanish Baroque school
linked to: Spanish Baroque