HISTORY: Spanish Periods

Spanish

Combined Moorish and Renaissance details, Furniture are rectangular with heavy proportions, exposed nail heads

MUDEJAR

used to describe work of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance(from about 1200 to 1700) in whichMoorish and Christian traditions are intermixed.

PLATERESCO

used to identify work of the early Spanish Renaissance because, it is thought, of its relationship to the work of plateros —silver (or gold) smiths who developed a vocabulary of florid ornamentation.

DESORNAMENTADO

Period that started around 1500, characterized by a more reserved style. Had austere, simple, and stern interiors of lesser buildings of the time. Walls were usually of stoneor plaster, and were

El Greco

He painted austere religious subjects insipired by Jesuit fanaticism. Spain's principal mannerist. His work is characterized by elongated figures with grave expressions producing mythical and melancholic effects. Works: The Burial of Count Ogaz, The Vision of St. John Divine

Diego de Siloe

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Juan de Herrera

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University of Salamanca

Known for its plateresque facade

The Escorial

Historical residence of the King of Spain. Designed by Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera.

Granada Cathedral

One of the most impressive plateresque buildings by de Siloe.

sometimes hung with cloth or leather. There was a minimum of furniture,which was of generally Italianate character with little ornamentation, and which served practical functions, but with little concern for comfort.

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CHURRIGUERESCO

A reaction to Desornamentado that begun in 1650 and lasted until 1780. Paralleled Baroque and Rococo. Considered the Golden Age of Spanish Art.

Diego Velasquez

Leading Baroque artist in 17th century Spain and royal painter to Philip IV. Works: Las Meninas, Portrait of Innocent X

Francisco Goya

Spanish court painter. Painted poignant depictions of the brutality and corruption of the time. Works: Chronos Devouring One of His Children, The Executions of the Third of May, 1808

Santiado de Compostela

Cathedral with a Baroque facade, a golden mollusk shell adorns the altar.

Transparente

Toledo Cathedral by Churiguerra

Cordoba

Known for their fine leather

sillon frailero

Spanish: Monk's chair of medium height, square legs, stretchers and bracket feet. Fretted front splat below the seat to which leather was attached using large ornamental studs.

vargueno

Spanish: Writing cabinet composed of a chest on a stand; fall-front

papailera

Vargueno without a fall-front

sillon de cadera or hip joint chair

Spanish version of the Dante or Savonarola which has semi-circular legs connected by stretchers and curved armrests supporting shaped arms attached to a rectangular back.

monastery bench

Spanish: Made of two planks, the seat and the back. Had trestle legs and wrought iron bracing.

arca

Spanish: Storage chest

brazier

Spanish: Brass, iron, or copper pan on legs used to hold hot charcoal.

contador

Portuguese cabinet on stand