Spanish Renaissance

E33375

artistic period cultural movement historical era

The Spanish Renaissance was a cultural and artistic flowering in Spain, roughly spanning the 15th to early 17th centuries, marked by the fusion of Italian Renaissance humanism with distinct Iberian religious and imperial themes in art, literature, and architecture.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic period ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ historical era ⓘ
associatedWith	Catholic Monarchs ⓘ Counter-Reformation ⓘ Habsburg Spain ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
endTime	early 17th century ⓘ
field	architecture ⓘ art ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ
follows	Gothic period in Spain ⓘ Iberian kingdoms ⓘ surface form: Spanish Middle Ages
hasCharacteristic	Catholic Counter-Reformation influence ⓘ courtly and imperial patronage ⓘ fusion of Italian humanism with Iberian religious themes ⓘ imperial themes in art and literature ⓘ strong religious mysticism ⓘ
hasGenre	mystical prose ⓘ pastoral poetry ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ religious polyphony ⓘ
hasInfluence	Venetian Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance Renaissance humanism ⓘ
hasTheme	Catholic piety ⓘ chivalry and its critique ⓘ honor and social status ⓘ imperial destiny of Spain ⓘ mystical experience ⓘ
influenced	Baroque art in Spain ⓘ Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
notableArchitect	Alonso de Covarrubias ⓘ Diego de Siloé ⓘ Juan de Herrera ⓘ
notableArtist	Diego Velázquez ⓘ El Greco ⓘ Luis de Morales ⓘ
notableAuthor	Fernando de Rojas ⓘ Luis de León ⓘ surface form: Fray Luis de León Garcilaso de la Vega ⓘ Lope de Vega ⓘ Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ San Juan de la Cruz ⓘ Teresa of Ávila ⓘ surface form: Santa Teresa de Jesús
notableComposer	Cristóbal de Morales ⓘ Francisco Guerrero ⓘ Tomás Luis de Victoria ⓘ
notableWork	Don Quixote ⓘ El Escorial ⓘ El Greco's View of Toledo ⓘ La Celestina ⓘ La vida es sueño ⓘ Lazarillo de Tormes ⓘ
partOf	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: European Renaissance
peakPeriod	late 16th century ⓘ
startTime	15th century ⓘ
style	Herrerian architecture ⓘ Mannerism in Spain ⓘ Plateresque ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of San Diego → architecturalStyle → Spanish Renaissance ⓘ

Renaissance → hasSubPeriod → Spanish Renaissance ⓘ

El Greco → movement → Spanish Renaissance ⓘ