Zurbarán - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:46:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Zurbarán - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Saint Agnes, by Francisco de Zurbarán https://historylab.es/saint-agnes-by-francisco-de-zurbaran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saint-agnes-by-francisco-de-zurbaran Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/santa-agueda-de-francisco-de-zurbaran/ Portrait of Saint Ageda made by Francisco de Zurbarán within his series of Santa Clara de Carmona

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]]> Between 1598 and 1664 Francisco de Zurbarán produced a series of paintings of virgin saints and martyrs following his own pictorial model which, under an apparent simplicity and direct portrait intention, allows for numerous interpretations. While these depictions show the saints with the appearance of being immaculate, they are not enveloped in the symbolism typical of saints and martyrs, such as the ecstatic posture gazing towards heaven, nor are they set in a pure environment that would indicate the sacred environment to which they belong. Furthermore, as they are not completely static figures, they cannot be classified as religious icons either.
Another characteristic feature of the series to which Saint Agatha belongs (Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France) is that they are not narrative paintings, but only refer to the events of their protagonists through their attributes, such as in this case the fact that they hold their own severed breasts on a tray. Zurbarán distances the figures from their sacred representation by isolating them against a neutral background and shows them directly in front of the viewer.

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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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