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The Baroque Vortex: Velazquez, Calderon, and Gracian Under Philip IV(23 Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures)

The Baroque Vortex: Velazquez, Calderon, and Gracian Under Philip IV(23 Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures)


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If we look at the plays of Pedro Calderon de la Barca and the paintings of Diego Velazquez, the years 1635 to 1680 arguably mark the creative apex of Spain's Golden Age. In subtle portraiture and court plays, classical imagery combined with Church orthodoxy connecting antiquity's glories to Spain's Habsburg rule. The works of Baltasar Gracian, his allegorical Criticon (1651) and his prescriptive Agudeza y arte de ingenio (1648), offered other examples, and, in the case of the latter, explained this imagery. In these works, Gracian shares many of the same iconographic resources with Calderon and Velazquez. Commonalties in their historical, mythological, and religious subjects reveal the united and vigorous facade that Spain attempted to project through her art. The Baroque Vortex compares some of the similarities and differences to be found in the works of these three contemporaries.

About the Author :
The Author: Thomas S. Acker received his doctorate from Temple University. He teaches Spanish language and literature at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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This most revealing study by Thomas S. Acker has uncovered some remarkable coincidences between the art of Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) and his literary contemporaries Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) and Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). These three major personalities represent the culmination of the literary and artistic achievements of the Baroque, converging in the same time and place, with the political decline of the Spanish Empire under King Philip IV. Enhanced by original insights, this comparative study unravels several illuminating connections and the complexities of paintings such as 'Las Hilanderas'. The interconnected vision of literature and art provides a unique and substantive perspective into one of the most crucial junctures of the Spanish Baroque, illustrating the common sources of the age. (Hernan Galilea, Academia Chilena de la Lengua, Temple University)


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  • ISBN-13: 9780820423678
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 23 Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures
  • Weight: 340 gr
  • ISBN-10: 082042367X
  • Publisher Date: 22 May 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Velazquez, Calderon, and Gracian Under Philip IV


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