Artistic style: Baroque

THE MIDDLE AGES

The fall of the Roman Empire (5th century)

The discovery of America (1492)

THE MODERN

AGE

The discovery of America (1492)

FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789)

16th century: Carlos I and Felipe II

17th century

18th century

Artistic style: Renaissance

Artistic style: Baroque

GOLDEN AGE

SIGLO DE ORO

RENAISSANCECultural movement that started in Italy (between XV and XVI centuries) before

spreading throughout Europe

Leonardo Da Vinci

Rafael

Miguel Ángel (Michelangelo)

ITALYEl Greco

Garcilaso de la Vega

SPAIN

RENAISSANCE: LEONARDO DA VINCI

La GIOCONDA (MONA LISA) EL HOMBRE DE VITRUVIO

RENAISSANCE: MIGUEL ÁNGEL

LA PIEDADEL DAVID

SIXTINE CHAPEL (CAPILLA SIXTINA)

RENAISSANCE: RAFAELTHE SCHOOL OF ATHENS (LA ESCUELA DE ATENAS)

RENAISSANCE-BAROQUERENAISSANCE BAROQUE

MONASTERIO DE SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL

RENAISSANCE-BAROQUERENAISSANCE BAROQUE

15th-16th centuries 17th -18th centuries

harmony

Balance, proportions, symmetry

Action and movement (curves)

Elaborat ornament (decoration)

Contrast between light and

dark coloursRest, frozen movement

SPAIN AT THE BEGINNING 17th CENTURY

1588: INVINCIBLE

ARMY (FELIPE II)1st huge failure

17th century

THE MODERN

AGE

FELIPE III (EL PIADOSO): (1598 – 1621)LOSS OF INFLUENCE AND POWER IN EUROPEVALIDO: DUQUE DE LERMA

FELIPE IV: (EL REY PASMADO O EL GRANDE): (1621-1665)

VALIDO: CONDE-DUQUE DE OLIVARES

Portugal Independent started in 1640 and finished in 1668.

CARLOS II (EL HECHIZADO): (1665-1700)He couldn´t have any children.Habsburg dinasty endend in 1700

SPAIN IN THE 18th centuryTHE WAR OF SUCCESSION

(1701 -1714)

BOURBONS (FRANCE)

HABSBURGS (AUSTRIA)

•FELIPE V (NEW SPANISH KING): BOURBON DYNASTY (FRANCE)

TREATY OF UTRECHT (PEACE)

•GREAT BRITAIN RECEIVED GIBRALTAR

•NETHERLANDS AND ITALIAN TERRITORIES WENT TO AUSTRIA

consequences

18th century

THE MODERN

AGE

FELIPE V:ABSOLUTE MONARCHY: unlimited power

CARLOS III: the best mayor of MadridCreated hospitals, museums, sewage systems, fountains…In Madrid: Botanic Gardens, Puerta de Alcalá…

CARLOS IVGoya Paintings

SPANISH GOLDEN AGE (siglo de oro)

The Golden Age was period of great achivement in Spanish art during the 16th and 17th centuries (Renaissance and Baroque)

Painting

Diego de Veláquez (painted Felipe IV’s family)

Murillo (women and children, as well as religious scenes)

Architecture

Plaza Mayor de Madrid

Plaza de Salamanca

Literature

Novels: Miguel de Cervantes (QUIJOTE)

Theatre: Lope de Vega (FUENTEOVEJUNA)

Poetry: Luis de Góngora (FÁBULA DE POLIFEMO Y GALATEA)

PAITINGSVELAZQUEZ: THE RICH MURILLO: THE POOR

THIRTY YEARS’ WAR: 17th century

Religious war in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648 lasting for thirty years. Initially a war between Protestant and Catholic states.

HABSBURG DYNASTY