Barroco - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:23:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Barroco - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Still life of hunt, vegetables and fruits https://historylab.es/still-life-of-hunt-vegetables-and-fruits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=still-life-of-hunt-vegetables-and-fruits Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/bodegon-de-caza-hortaliza-y-frutas/ Cultural history

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]]> Sánchez Cotán was a Carthusian monk from Toledo. He is famous for his highly realistic still lifes, which represent one of the summits of this pictorial genre, at a time when other Spanish artists also cultivated it (Zurbarán, Labrador, Yepes…)

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]]> Embrace of St. Francis of Assisi to the Crucified One https://historylab.es/embrace-of-st-francis-of-assisi-to-the-crucified-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embrace-of-st-francis-of-assisi-to-the-crucified-one Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/abrazo-de-san-francisco-de-asis-al-crucificado/ History of mentalities

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]]> Francisco Ribalta was one of the masters of the early Spanish Baroque. He was active in Valencia and was noted for his religious paintings of great mystical importance. This work is an altar painting from a disentailed Capuchin convent in Valencia. And how the exclaustrations led to the dispersion of works of art in public museums and private collections, shaped by the inheritance of the rich conventual legacy

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]]> The Virgin and Child with the Infant Jesus and Saint John the Baptist Child, Zurbarán https://historylab.es/the-virgin-and-child-with-the-infant-jesus-and-saint-john-the-baptist-child-zurbaran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-virgin-and-child-with-the-infant-jesus-and-saint-john-the-baptist-child-zurbaran Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-virgen-con-el-nino-jesus-y-san-juan-bautista-nino-zurbaran/ History of mentalities

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]]> Zurbarán was one of the great painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He specialised in religious themes and monastic cycles. In this work he shows Mary and Jesus with Saint John in a domestic setting. His mastery in the use of colour and the folds of the drapery is outstanding

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]]> Guevara Palace https://historylab.es/guevara-palace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guevara-palace Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/palacio-de-guevara/ Power elites, Cultural history

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]]> Palace of the Guevara family, located in Lorca (Murcia). It was completed at the end of the 17th century and is an example of civil Baroque architecture. The most striking feature is its altarpiece façade (of anonymous authorship), with Solomonic columns and a heraldic display (Guevara, Marín, García de Alcaraz and Ponce de León). The owner of the house, Don Juan de Guevara, was a knight of the Order of Santiago. The building is also notable for its courtyard, staircase and various works of art (especially paintings by Camacho Felices)

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]]> Inocencio X https://historylab.es/inocencio-x/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inocencio-x Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/inocencio-x/ Political history, Cultural history

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]]> Velázquez’s masterpiece, executed during his second trip to Rome. His fame led to his being commissioned to paint this portrait of the Pope, which, being so realistic, displeased the pontiff. It is interesting for understanding the artistic influences between Italy, Spain and Flanders, as well as the diplomacy and exchanges between the main European courts. Portraits such as this one have also left a lasting impression on artists of the 19th and 20th centuries (Impressionists, Picasso, Bacon)

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]]> The gypsy https://historylab.es/the-gypsy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-gypsy Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-gitana/ Social history

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]]> Portrait by the Dutchman Frans Hals, who spent his career in Haarlem. She looks more like a courtesan than a gypsy. It reflects the Dutch taste for depicting popular types and domestic scenes

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]]> The lousy https://historylab.es/the-lousy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lousy Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-piojoso/ Social history

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]]> Portrait by Murillo, who, in addition to his great religious compositions, was famous for his popular figures from the streets of Seville. This miserable face of the Golden Age, treated with dramatic light and shade, fascinated 19th-century French Impressionist painters. It is a source, in turn, of the poverty of the cities and the roguish youngsters so often portrayed in literature.

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]]> Young woman playing the virginal https://historylab.es/young-woman-playing-the-virginal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-woman-playing-the-virginal Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mujer-joven-tocando-el-virginal/ Cultural history

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]]> Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter of little known production. His works are generally small in size and intimate in atmosphere. He stands out for his mastery in the use of light and the realism in the details of these interiors (characters, furniture, clothing)

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]]> The concert (The theft of the amulet) https://historylab.es/the-concert-the-theft-of-the-amulet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-concert-the-theft-of-the-amulet Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-concierto-el-robo-del-amuleto/ Cultural history

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]]> A work by Gherardo delle Notti (Gerrit van Honthorst), a Dutch Caravaggesque painter who specialised in nocturnal scenes. It is a scene of vanity, due to the fleetingness of time that is the pleasure of music. But it has a second reading, the theft of the singer’s amulet by the other three characters.

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]]> Endymion Porter and Anton van Dyck https://historylab.es/endymion-porter-and-anton-van-dyck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=endymion-porter-and-anton-van-dyck Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/endymion-porter-y-anton-van-dyck/ Power elites, social groups

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]]> Self-portrait of the Flemish painter Anton van Dyck with the English aristocrat Endymion Porter, his friend and patron. It shows the social relevance of the court painter of Charles I of England, who portrayed himself on the same level and in the same work as his powerful friend.

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