There are two key reasons for me choosing the following artists: El Greco and Velazquez. One, these are two artists I was not familiar with and wanted to study them more. Two, the minute I found out their styles were to paint Spanish artworks, I was thrilled! I love Spanish and European Renaissance art. It's elegance and poise truly shows how there was a huge enlightenment in that time era.
Velazquez, according to the video, was a very well educated artist who did things at his own leisure. It would take him years to complete one paining, and he much rather have painted reality than mythology. El Greco was highly popular in Spain for his paintings that were religious in nature. His works from this period are seen as precursors of both Expressionism and Cubism. Both artists, being from the renaissance era, were very interested in observing the natural world and painting it as accurate as possible. Their religious symbolism stemmed from the Byzantine style.
These videos were small but detailed examples of artists in this time period and what inspired them to paint their works. The imagery definitely gives you a feel of how all these artists blossomed from the enlightenment. Both artists bloomed during a time when King Phillip III was in power, and they depicted life in that point in time.
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