EL ARTE Y LA LITERATURA

El Renacimiento
LITERATURE: Libros de caballerias, The Prince, Lazarillo de Tormes (1
st
picaresque novel, 1554); carpe
diem, amor corts.
ART: perspective, humanism, use of mythological themes and figures used in a positive way; control,
equilibrium, order, clear light.










palace of Charles I/V














by El Geco
self portrait Pedro Berruguete

Juan de Flandes 1460 by 1519

El Barroco
LITERATURE: return to works with spiritual warnings; 2
nd
stage picaresque (La
vida Buscn, La vida es sueo, Don Quijote); mysticism, mythological works
sometimes used to show negative;
ART: shadows vs. light, movement, doubt, multiple interpretations, deception,
require audience to be participant; blur lines between reality and art; very
elaborate facades, almost frenzied ornamentation.
http://www.arteguias.com/barroco.htm
http://www.arteespana.com/arquitecturabarroca.htm
VELASQUEZ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez
VELASQUEZ : https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/art-history-1600-1700-the-
baroque/spain/v/vel-zquez--las-meninas--c--1656









The Portrait of Pope Innocent X is an oil on canvas portrait by the Spanish painter Diego Velzquez,
finished during a trip to Italy around 1650. Many artists and art critics consider it the finest portrait ever
created.
Artist: Diego Velzquez
Location: Doria Pamphili Gallery
Created: 1650
Media: Oil paint
Subject: Pope Innocent X








Titian
Titian, Exchange of the Proncesses

The centerpiece is The Ecstasy of S. Teresa di Avila, a large statue [height 3.5m] designed to
be illuminated by reflected light from a hidden window. The statue depicts a remarkable
mystic experience related by S. Teresa herself:
Beside me on the left appeared an angel in bodily form . . . He was not tall but short, and
very beautiful; and his face was so aflame that he appeared to be one of the highest ranks
of angels, who seem to be all on fire . . . In his hands I saw a great golden spear, and at the
iron tip there appeared to be a point of fire. This he plunged into my heart several times so
that it penetrated my entrails. When he pulled it out I felt that he took them with it, and
left me utterly consumed by the great love of God. The pain was so severe that it made me
utter several moans. The sweetness caused by this intense pain is so extreme that one can
not possibly wish it to cease, nor is one's soul content with anything but God. This is not a
physical but a spiritual pain, though the body has some share in it -- even a considerable
share.