Expeditions to the Americas, and the often destructive colonization and evangelization that followed, helped the Spanish monarchs to amass a great fortune based on indigenous labor and natural resources.
1400–1600
Expeditions to the Americas, and the often destructive colonization and evangelization that followed, helped the Spanish monarchs to amass a great fortune based on indigenous labor and natural resources.
1400–1600
During the Renaissance, the Spanish empire extended throughout western Europe and beyond.
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A painted and gilded wooden ceiling made in renaissance Spain that was eventually acquired by William Randolf Hearst for Hearst Castle.
A theatre box in wood, the Sopetrán Lamentation is a stunning 15th-century sculpture from Spain.
Ceramics that shimmer like gold! Lusterware ceramics made in Manises, Spain in the 15th century were some of the most desirable objects of their time.
If we read Alejo Fernández's The Virgin of the Navigators closely, we can learn an enormous amount about Spain’s role in exploration, trade and commerce, conquest and colonization, and slavery.
Alonso Berruguete is the most famous sculptor that you have never heard of.
A Netherlandish artist, a Middle Eastern apostle, a Spanish queen, and a New York museum.
Throughout Europe women’s relegation to the domestic sphere was rooted in Christian tradition that placed blame for humanity’s fall from grace upon Eve, the first woman.
Despite obstacles, women became exceptional artists in the Renaissance
a Flemish painter in the court of a Spanish queen
Find out more about why patrons commissioned artworks during the renaissance.
The Spanish Michelangelo? Looking closely at a figure by Alonso Berruguete
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