the spanish masters : early artists of spain el greco velazquez goya
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The Spanish Masters : Early Artists of Spain
El GrecoVelazquez
Goya
El Greco 1541-1614• Named for birthplace
• Studied under High Renaissance painter Titian
• Influenced also by Tintoretto and Michelangelo
• His patrons were religious . Most commissions were from the church.
Subject of paintings• saints • religious scenes• portraits• one famous landscape
Characteristics:
• Elongated faces and figures “elongated into flame-like forms”
• bearded figures • with eyes looking up to the sky• often painted in contrasting colors –
lights and darks• used cold, eerie, bluish colors to
express intense religious feeling
Christ Driving the Traders from the TempleNational Gallery at London.
Saint Jerome as Cardinaloil on canvass
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York
St. Louis: King of France
approx. 1586-94 Musée du Louvre,
Paris
Portrait of a Cardinal, oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Lady with a FurIt is supposed that this is a portrait
of Jerónima de las Cuevas, his common-law-wife and the mother
of his son.1580
Self Portrait1604
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Portrait of the Artist's Son Jorge Manuelc. 1603
Oil on canvasMuseo Provincial, Seville
Portrait of a Lady1594-1601,
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Virgin Mary, 1604
Christ Carrying the Cross
1600-05Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Trinity, 1577-79, oil on canvas, Museo del
Prado, Madrid.
The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind, 1575
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The Disrobing Of Christ1583, canvass
Pinakothec at Munich
Virgin and Child with St. Martina and St. Agnes
1597-99National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Holy Family1592
Obras Maestras
El entierro de Conte OrgazThe burial of Count Orgaz(1586 Church of Santo Tome, Toledo, Spain)• The lower part portrays a
nobleman laid in his grave by Saints Stephen and Augustine. Above that the soul rises to heaven where there are many angels. This part is painted with bright bluish colors, and elongated figures representing their holiness.
• This work conveys “the awesomeness of great spiritual events with a sense of mystic rapture” as Greco seems to “free his subjects from earthbound restrictions”
The Baptism of Christ1614
• characterized by an “eerie light generated by the holy figures themselves” who are “enveloped by a steamy haze”
The Repentant
Peter1611
Vista del Toledo
View of Toledo
1597, MET NYC
Diego Velazquez 1599-1660• born in Seville to
parents of minor nobility
• influenced by Flemish and Italian realism
• apprenticed to Pacheco who introduced him to the court
• King Phillip IV became his main patron
• granted knighthood in the “Orden de Santiago” and received “la Cruz Roja”
Subjects• members of the court• hunting portraits• dwarves • “common people” around the court
some painted in combination with still-life objects
• religious scenes
Characteristics• known as baroque artist• style: realism• paintings capture the moment • seem as if they were a photo• did not exaggerate to make
subjects look better • treated all subjects with dignity
regardless of social standing• skillful use of light and shadow
Philip IV1624
Museo Del Prado
Infante Don Carlos1626
Museo del Prado
Doña Maria de AustriaQueen of Hungary
1630
Philip IV in Brown and Silver
1653
Portrait of Philip IV1652-53
Philip IV1655-60
Infante Philip Prosper1660
Venus at her Mirror (The Rokeby Venus)1649-51
Queen Doña Mariana of Austria 1652-53
Maria Teresa of Spain ("with two
watches")1652-53
Infanta Marguarite Theresec. 1654
The Count-Duke of Olivares on Horseback, 1634
Oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Queen Isabel of Equestrian1634-1635Oil on canvas, 301 x 314 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid
Cardinale Infante Ferdinand of Austria as Hunter
1632-36, Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid
Prince Baltasar Carlos as Hunter1635-36, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Pablo de Valladolidc. 1635, oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Juan Martinez Montáñezc. 1635Oil on canvas, 109 x 107 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid
The Dwarf Don Juan Calabazas, called Calabacillasc. 1639, Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Dwarf Sebastian de Morra
c. 1645, Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid
Diego de Acedo (El Primo)1644, oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid
Prince Baltasar Carlos with a Dwarf1631
Oil on canvasMuseum of Fine Arts
Boston
The Needlewomanc. 1640, Oil on canvasNational Gallery of Art,
Washington
Mars, God of War1640, Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Christ on the Cross1632
Museo del PradoMadrid
The Adoration of the Magi1619
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Obras Maestras
The Surrender of Breda (Las Lanzas), before 1635Oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Las Meninas1656-57
Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado
Madrid
Francisco de Goya1746-1828
• named royal painter in 1786• became deaf in 1792 which
affected his mood and his art• fell out of favor with the court and
church
• born in Zaragoza, Spain• both painter and etcher• influenced by artist friends
Francisco y Ramon Bayeau• first commission was
for caricatures for tapestries for El Escorial
Subjects• royal portraits• everyday Spanish life • bullfighting• follies of humanity, “caprices”• witchcraft, mythology (“black
paintings”)• some religious scenes (early
works)
Characteristics• Basically realistic ; however,
satirical at times and in “dark paintings” there is a surrealistic quality
• Style included thick bold strokes of dark color
• punctuated by brilliant yellow and red highlights
• painted frescoes, oil paintings, tapestries, etchings
The Count of Floridablanca and Goya. 1783
The Marquesa de Pontejos. c. 1786.
Charles III in Hunting Costume. c. 1786-88. Oil on canvas
Girl with a Jug
Portrait of the Bullfighter Pedro Romero
Dona Isabel de Porcel
Portrait
of the
Artist
Julio Asensio
The Milkmaid of Bordeaux. c. 1827
Le motin de Esquilache (The Esquilache Riots).
c. 1766-1767. Oil on canvas
The Sacrifice to Vesta. 1771. Oil on canvas
The Holy Family. c. 1775-1780. Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
The Miracle of St. Anthony1798. Fresco.
Detail of the decoration of the cupola of the Church of San Antonio de la Florida
Madrid, Spain
Death of the Picador. 1794, Tin-plate
Fight at the Cock Inn. 1777. Oil on canvas
La cometa (The Kite) 1778 Tapestry
A Village Bullfight. c. 1812-14. Oil on panel Royal Academy of San Fernando Madrid, Spain.
Scene of Bullfight. c. 1824-1825 Oil on canvas
Summer. 1786. Oil on canvas
The Snowstorm. 1786-87. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
A Prison Scene. c. 1810-14
La fragna (The Smithy) c. 1812-1816
A Procession of Flagellants. c. 1812-14. Oil Royal Academy of San Fernando Madrid, Spain.
Allegory: War or Evil(?). 1824-1828
Procession of Monks
The Old Woman with a Mirror.
1824-1828
Two Dancing Old Friends. 1824-1828
El famoso Americano,
Mariano Ceballos
1825
Obras Maestras
The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid, 1814
The Second of May, 1808 at the Puerta del Sol. 1814
The Colossus. c. 1810-12. Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado Madrid, Spain.
Saturn Devouring One of His Chidren. c. 1820-23.