The Baroque style flourished in the Hispanic Monarchy during the 17th century. Architecture was characterized by decorative exuberance both inside and out, with churches and squares being the main works. Sculpture focused on religious themes and depicted realistic, often dramatic, images of pain and suffering. Painting was at its Golden Age, with renowned artists like Ribera, Murillo, Zurbarán, and Velázquez producing oil paintings on religious and royal commissions that used techniques like chiaroscuro and complex compositions. Velázquez in particular was a genius known for his portraits, still lifes, and scenes of everyday life.

1. BAROQUE IN THEBAROQUE IN THE
HISPANIC MONARCHYHISPANIC MONARCHY

2. ARCHITECTURE
-Decorative exuberance
in both the interior and exterior
of the buildings
-Main works of art: churches
and squares
ALTARPIECE OF SAN ESTEBAN CONVENT,
JOSÉ DE CHURRIGUERA
SALAMANCA
The overelaborated style created by
José de Churriguera was called
“churrigueresque”

3. OLD HOSPICE OF MADRID,
PEDRO DE RIBERA
SALAMANCA´S MAIN SQUARE
ALBERTO CHURRIGUERA

4. MURCIAMURCIA CATHEDRAL
OBRADOIRO FACADE,
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA CATHEDRAL
ANTONIO CASAS NOVOA

5. ROYAL PALACE OF MADRID

6. SCULPTURE
Religious themes for altarpieces or processional floats
made with polychrome wood.
Realistic and dramatic images (wounds, blood, expressions
of pain and suffering…)
SAINT HIERONYMUS PENITENT
JUAN MARTÍNEZ MONTAÑÉS
PENITENT MAGDALEN
PEDRO DE MENA

7. PIETÀ
LYING CHRIST,
GREGORIO FERNÁNDEZ
,, GREGORIO FERNÁNDEZ

8. PAINTING
- Exceptional painters in the 17th
century: Golden age of painting.
- Realism and religiosity
- Main commissioners: kings and the Church
- Oil on canvas, contrasts of light and shadow, foreshortened figures, complex
compositions
MAIN PAINTERS
- JOSÉ DE RIBERA
- JOSÉ RIBALTA
- BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
- FRANCISCO ZURBARÁN
- JUAN CARREÑO MIRANDA
- CLAUDIO COELLO
- DIEGO DE SILVA Y VELÁZQUEZ

9. MARTYRDOM OF SAINT PHILIP
JOSÉ DE RIBERA

10. CLUBFOOTED BOY ARCHIMEDES

11. CHRIST EMBRACING SAINT
BERNARD
FRANCISCO RIBALTA
SAINT SERAPION

12. FRANCISCO ZURBARÁN
SAINT HUGO OF GRENOBLE IN THE CARTHUSIAN REFECTORY

13. STILL-LIFE WITH LEMONS, ORANGES AND ROSE
STILL LIFE WITH POTTERY JARS

14. BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
THE HOLY FAMILY WITH A BIRD
BOYS EATING GRAPES AND MELON

15. JUAN CARREÑO DE MIRANDA
CHARLES II
CHARLES AS GRANDMASTER OF THE
GOLDEN FLEECE

16. FERNANDO DE VALENZUELA,
CHARLES II´S FAVOURITE
CLAUDIO COELLO
ADORATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST

17. VELÁZQUEZ
SELF PORTRAITSELF PORTRAIT
A real genius, he learned to
paint in Seville. Later he
moved to Madrid, where he
worked as a court painter
for Philip III and Philip IV.

18. CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF MARY AND MARTHA

19. THE WATERSELLER OF SEVILLE

20. OLD WOMAN COOKING EGGS

21. LUIS DE GÓNGORALUIS DE GÓNGORA

22. THE COUNT DUKE OF OLIVARES PHILIP IV

23. THE TRIUMPH OF BACCHUS OR THE DRUNKS

24. APOLLO IN THE FORGE OF VULCAN

25. JOSEPH´S TUNIC

26. VILLA MEDICI

27. CHRIST ON THE CROSS

28. EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF THE COUNT-DUKE OF OLIVARES
(1634)

29. JESTERS

30. THE SURRENDER OF BREDA (1634-35)

31. PHILIP IV AS HUNTER (1638)

32. EQUESTRIAN PORTRAITS OF PHILIP III AND MARGARET OF
AUSTRIA(1629-1635)

33. PRINCE BALTASAR CARLOS ON HORSEBACK (1635)

34. VENUS AT HER MIRROR OR THE TOILET OF VENUS(1650)

35. POPE INNOCENT X (1650)

36. PHILIP IV´S FAMILY OR THE MENINAS (1656)

37. THE FABLE OF ARACHNE OR THE SPINNERS (1657)

38. PORTRAITS OF INFANTA MARGARITA
IN A BLUE DRESSIN A BLUE DRESS IN A PINK DRESSIN A PINK DRESS