From Goya to Goya (Classical and Modern Art Series)

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In the past, the Spanish Golden Age, which once attracted the keen interest of many readers, was regarded as a gray era dominated by the Catholic Church and declining nobility. Spanish painting was also subjected to the same neglect, seen as a direct reflection of the era's piety, solemnity, and restraint. However, the meaning of Spanish painting is far from that simplicity. During the Renaissance, Philip II's glorious court became the richest due to the monopolistic trade profits of the New World. As a result, the Spanish Kingdom he ruled became a dreamland for many of Europe's top artists, especially those from Italy and the Netherlands. Over the next 250 years, the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties in Madrid, as well as cities like Seville, Valencia, and Toledo, achieved brilliant accomplishments in painting: solemn and dignified, emotionally rich, and exquisite and elegant. From the penetrating power of El Greco and Velázquez's portraiture to the poetic and somber religiosity of Zurbarán's religious paintings, from feudal's portraits to court entertainment, the artists working in Spain, after absorbing the internationalist styles of formalism, Baroque, and Rococo, created an almost unattainable height of art.
Jenny Tomlinson guides us in exploring the mysteries of generations of artists and strives to clarify the existence of multiple influencing elements. The article concludes with the great and unique artistic achievements of Francisco Goya, the last classical master and the pioneer of modernism: both a climax and an end. Jenny Tomlinson has taught at Columbia University and Williams College and has written numerous works on Goya, Murillo, and Meléndez, among others.
Cover: El Greco, The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice, 1579–1582. Oil painting (detail), El Escorial.