This book explores the cultural exchange between Italy and Spain in the seventeenth century, examining Spanish collectors’ predilection for Italian painting and its influence on Spanish painters.
Focused on collecting and using a novel methodology, this volume studies how the painters of the Sevillian school, including Francisco Pacheco, Diego Velázquez, Alonso Cano and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, perceived and were influenced by Italian painting. Through many examples, it is shown how the presence in Andalusia of various works and copies of works by artists such as Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Guido Reni inspired famous compositions by these Spanish artists. In addition, the book delves into the historical, political and social context of this period.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Renaissance studies, and Italian and Spanish history.
By:
Rafael Japón
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780367755461
ISBN 10: 0367755467
Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 21 March 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Presentation 2. Genoese Nobility, Trade, Artistic Patronage and Cultural Influence in the Kingdom of Seville 3. Literature, Art and Trade Between Seville and Tuscany 4. Sevillian Presence in the Papal States: Rome and Bologna 5. Other Territories 6. Conclusions
Rafael Japón holds a PhD in History of Art from the Universities of Granada and Bologna.
