In Spain during the 17th and 18th centuries Characteristics: -Dramatic and emotional -Action and movement -Between ligth and dark colours -Elaborat ornamentation Painters: Velázquez (portraits of the royal family), Zurbarán (religious paintings), Murillo (poor women and children and religious paintings) Architecture: Plaza Mayor of Madrid and Salamanca, the Cathedral of Murcia... Literature: Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca (theatre), Quevedo, Góngora (poetry), Cervantes (novel) *The printing press, invented in 1450, helped to distribute their works. |
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