ART 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Baroque Architecture, Churrigueresque, Cultural Capital
Lecture 19
3/24/17
Painting: Las meninas
Artist: Velazquez
Year: 1656
Format: Oil on Canvas
Baroque:
- very dramatic
- freeze action
- dark background
Spain:
- great power in Europe in 16th century (1500s)
- very powerful wealthy people
- paid no taxes
- a lot of poor people
- paid taxes
- many art commissions
- the court, nobility, and church
- protector of catholic church
- baroque architecture develops in Spain
- Churrigueresque- style of architecture
- allows baroque architecture to spread around the world
- baroque- 1st global style (Mexico, Southern USA, Philippines)
Velazquez:
- from Seville
- cultural capital of Spain
- moves to Madrid
- petitions King Philip 4 about talent (sends portraits)
- acted as business card
- becomes roya painter in 1623
- holds post for life
- very high income
- exposure to art in court and in Italy
- Spain used to own Italy
- job allows him to travel a lot
- gets to buy art for King
- Curator of Royal collection
- painted portraits of Royal family
- extended family
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