Spanish Golden Age

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cultural period historical era

The Spanish Golden Age was a flourishing period of cultural, artistic, and literary achievement in Spain, spanning roughly the 16th and 17th centuries.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural period → historical era →
alsoKnownAs	Siglo de Oro →
associatedWithDynasty	Habsburg Spain →
country	Spain →
endTime	17th century →
field	architecture → literature → music → painting → sculpture → theatre →
genreDeveloped	Spanish comedia → picaresque novel →
hasCause	political power of the Spanish Empire → wealth from New World colonies →
hasPart	Spanish Golden Age literature → Spanish Golden Age painting → Spanish Golden Age theatre →
influenced	Baroque literature → Baroque painting → Hispanic American literature → later Spanish literature →
influencedBy	Catholic Church → Italian Renaissance →
languageOfCulturalProduction	Spanish →
notableAuthor	Miguel de Cervantes →
notablePainter	Bartolomé Esteban Murillo → Diego Velázquez → El Greco → Francisco de Zurbarán →
notablePlaywright	Lope de Vega → Pedro Calderón de la Barca →
notablePoet	Francisco de Quevedo → Luis de Góngora →
notableWork	Don Quixote →
partOf	Spanish Empire →
peakPeriod	reign of Philip II of Spain → reign of Philip III of Spain → reign of Philip IV of Spain →
religiousContext	Counter-Reformation →
startTime	16th century →
style	Baroque → Mannerism →
theme	chivalry → honor → religion → social hierarchy →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Casa de Contratación → Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma → Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada → Governorate of New Toledo → Philip III of Spain → Philip IV of Spain → Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira →	era
Bernal Díaz del Castillo → Sancho Panza ("Spanish Golden Age literature") →	literaryMovement
Don Quixote → The True History of the Conquest of New Spain →	literaryPeriod
Diego Velázquez → Miguel de Cervantes →	movement
Spanish Golden Age ("Siglo de Oro") →	alsoKnownAs
Philip IV of Spain →	associatedWith
Old Masters →	associatedWithPeriod
Habsburg Spain →	culturalPeriod
Meadows Museum ("Spanish Golden Age painting") →	hasCollectionStrength
Duke of Escalona →	hasCulturalAssociation
Spanish Golden Age ("Spanish Golden Age theatre") →	hasPart
Governorate of New Castile →	historicalEra
Spanish Renaissance →	influenced
Viceroy of New Spain →	locatedInTimePeriod
Diego Velázquez →	partOf
Philip IV of Spain ("Spanish Golden Age arts") →	patronOf
Medellín, Crown of Castile ("Early modern period of Spain") →	timePeriod