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The Spanish Masters : Early Artists of Spain El Greco Velazquez Goya

The Spanish Masters : Early Artists of Spain El Greco Velazquez Goya. El Greco 1541-1614. Named for birthplace Studied under High Renaissance painter Titian Influenced also by Tintoretto and Michelangelo

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The Spanish Masters : Early Artists of Spain El Greco Velazquez Goya

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  1. The Spanish Masters : Early Artists of Spain El Greco Velazquez Goya

  2. 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.

  3. Subject of paintings • saints • religious scenes • portraits • one famous landscape

  4. 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

  5. Christ Driving the Traders from the TempleNational Gallery at London.

  6. Saint Jerome as Cardinaloil on canvassMetropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

  7. St. Louis: King of Franceapprox. 1586-94 Musée du Louvre, Paris

  8. Portrait of a Cardinal, oil on canvasThe Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

  9. 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

  10. Self Portrait1604Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

  11. Portrait of the Artist's SonJorge Manuelc. 1603Oil on canvasMuseo Provincial, Seville

  12. Portrait of a Lady1594-1601, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  13. The Virgin Mary, 1604

  14. Christ Carrying the Cross 1600-05Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

  15. The Trinity, 1577-79, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

  16. The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind, 1575 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

  17. The Disrobing Of Christ1583, canvassPinakothec at Munich

  18. Virgin and Child with St. Martina and St. Agnes1597-99National Gallery of Art, Washington

  19. The Holy Family1592

  20. Obras Maestras

  21. El entierro de Conte Orgaz • The 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 fromearthbound restrictions”

  22. The Baptism of Christ1614 • characterized by an “eerie light generated by the holy figures themselves” who are “enveloped by a steamy haze”

  23. The Repentant Peter1611

  24. Vista del ToledoView of Toledo1597, MET NYC

  25. 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”

  26. Subjects • members of the court • hunting portraits • dwarves • “common people” around the court some painted in combination with still-life objects • religious scenes

  27. 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

  28. Philip IV1624Museo Del Prado

  29. Infante Don Carlos1626Museo del Prado

  30. Doña Maria de AustriaQueen of Hungary 1630

  31. Portrait of Philip IV1652-53 Infante Philip Prosper1660 Philip IV in Brown and Silver1653 Philip IV1655-60

  32. Queen Doña Mariana of Austria 1652-53 Maria Teresa of Spain ("with two watches")1652-53 Venus at her Mirror (The Rokeby Venus)1649-51 Infanta Marguarite Theresec. 1654

  33. The Count-Duke of Olivares on Horseback, 1634Oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid Queen Isabel of Equestrian1634-1635Oil on canvas, 301 x 314 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

  34. Cardinale Infante Ferdinand ofAustria as Hunter1632-36, Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid Prince Baltasar Carlos as Hunter1635-36, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid

  35. Pablo de Valladolidc. 1635, oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid Juan Martinez Montáñezc. 1635Oil on canvas, 109 x 107 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

  36. The Dwarf Don Juan Calabazas, called Calabacillasc. 1639, Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

  37. The Dwarf Sebastian de Morrac. 1645, Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid Diego de Acedo (El Primo)1644, oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

  38. Prince Baltasar Carlos with a Dwarf1631Oil on canvasMuseum of Fine Arts Boston

  39. The Needlewomanc. 1640, Oil on canvasNational Gallery of Art, Washington

  40. Mars, God of War1640, Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

  41. Christ on the Cross1632Museo del PradoMadrid

  42. The Adoration of the Magi1619Museo del Prado, Madrid

  43. Obras Maestras

  44. The Surrender of Breda (Las Lanzas), before 1635Oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid

  45. Las Meninas1656-57Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado Madrid

  46. Francisco de Goya 1746-1828 • 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 • 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

  47. Subjects • royal portraits • everyday Spanish life • bullfighting • follies of humanity, “caprices” • witchcraft, mythology (“black paintings”) • some religious scenes (early works)

  48. 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

  49. The Marquesa de Pontejos. c. 1786. The Count of Floridablanca and Goya. 1783 Charles III in Hunting Costume. c. 1786-88. Oil on canvas

  50. The Milkmaid of Bordeaux. c. 1827 Portrait of the Bullfighter Pedro Romero Girl with a Jug Portrait of the Artist Julio Asensio Dona Isabel de Porcel

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