El Siglo De Oro

The Renaissance in Spain

AfirmaciÓn

I

f “el Siglo de Oro” had not

occurred you would not speak

Spanish today.

¿Por qué?

L

asted through 16th century (1500s)• Inspired by antiquity (Greece and Rome) as well as Italian

Renaissance • Led to advancement in Art, Literature, and Exploration

B

egan in 1492• Spain was officially united under Christianity• Western discovery of the Americas• Publication of Grámatica of the vernacular (common) Spanish

language

Fechas importantes

I

sabella of Castile and

Ferdinand of Aragon • Married in 1469• Catholic• Ordered the

Reconquista (reuniting of territory now Spain)

• Financial supporters of exploration and the arts

Uniting España

L

ocated in region of Granada

M

uslims from Morocco

F

lourishing Islamic culture• Alhambra

N

eeded to remove them to unite

Spain under Christianity

Los Moros

Reconquista

La Alhambra

T

ool to remove foreigners and

heretics (including Conversos (Jews

converted to Christianity), Moriscos

(Muslims converted to Christianity),

some Protestants)

C

hurch and Government lead

K

nown for torture?• Garrucha: Victim suspended

from ceiling by wrists• Toca: waterboarding• Potro: the rack

Inquisición Española

F

unded by Isabella and Ferdinand, Carlos I

M

ain explorers for Spain:• Cristobal Colombo (Hispañola)• Francisco Pizarro (Inca)• Hernán Cortez (Aztec)• Francisco Coronado (southwest US)• Ponce de Leon (Florida)

M

otives: • Wealth- gold and spices• Power• Trade• Catholicism• Territory

C

olombian exchange:• People, crops, animals, ideas goods

S

pain became leading power in world

Exploración

Cortes and Montezuma- Mexico

Spanish territory during Renaissance

S

trongly patronized by Monarchy and

Church• Intellectual• somewhat realistic• religious

E

l Greco

D

iego Velázquez

F

rancisco de Zurbarán

Arte

I

nfluenced by classical

Greece/Rome

R

eplaced Gothic structures

E

dificios importantes• El Escorial- palacio de Felipe

I• La Plaza Mayor- central de

Madrid

Arquitectura

El Escorial

La Plaza Mayor

L

a Gramática- Antonio de Nebrija• Created common grammar

D

rama:• Lope de Vega-developed

guidelines, wrote about common people

M

iguel de Cervantes• Don Quijote de la Mancha

• First modern novel• Most famous book in Spanish

literature

Literatura

El Fin

Spain’s influence declines:• Excessive spending by Felipe II• Inflation- influx of silver• Territorial Wars

Emphasis shifted from Renaissance ideals to

Baroque (new, eccentric, explosive characteristics)

but culture had changed forever

AFirmación

I

f “el Siglo de Oro” had not occurred you would not speak Spanish today.

¿Estás de acuerdo?

¿Por qué?

T

area: Escribe ½ pág o más (en inglés) defending your opinion on the above

statement. Use examples based on what you know about the Renaissance in Italy

and what you learned about the Golden Age in Spain during this presentation.