Talk:Spanish art/Archive 1

Note
"Spanish Art is an important and influential type of art in Europe" is not a very useful introductory sentence. First, because "Spanish" is not exactly a "type". "Influential... in Europe" is a rather meaningless description. Since we are constructing a history of art here, piece by piece, we might do better to say, "Spanish art has an important role in the history of European art" or even better, "Though Spanish Art has been marginalized for centuries, Spanish art and artists plays an important role, though intermittant role in the history of European Art."

This whole page might more accurately be called "Spanish Painting", since it only treats painting. Perhaps the Spanish Art page could be reorganized as a more inclusive overview, and painting could have it's own page.

--Fixifex 21:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * change the intro if you want, I wasnt sure how to start it and had to put something there. reorganization sounds like a good idea --Astrokey 44 23:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Nothing about El Greco in this article?!--Yannismarou 11:44, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Planned Expansion
I hope to add quite a bit of additional material here; and may propose and carry out a fair bit of re-organising. I plan to start with with the 20th Century section - and am likely to remove a fair bit of the material currently in that section (to me it reads a little like a disconnected series of facts on Picasso and Dali). Please anyone else wanting to contribute; you're most welcome. --Mozzy66 (talk) 11:19, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Go ahead; I plan to add on periods up to the "Golden Age" at some point. Johnbod (talk) 11:31, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Finally did some Mozzy66 (talk) 13:19, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It still needs stuff on Romanesque and Gothic painting in Spain. Even stubby sections would be good for now. 216.8.143.174 (talk) 21:17, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Moorish influence
Citing Moorish influence first thing in the article is too strong since it is a minor, although significant, element in the grand scheme of spanish art and history. You do no have to omit it, but it should only be included alongside other statements; perhaps a paragraph broader in scope that encapsulates in brief and concise sentences the history of spanish visual art as a whole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.119.107.253 (talk) 04:37, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree absolutely. I've tried to do something about it. It might still be giving too much precedence to the Moorish factor. Mozzy66 (talk) 11:27, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Help with Golden Age and Baroque
So I've expanded the Golden Age section a fair bit. I think it is an improvement, but now I am overlapping with the Baroque section, specifically with Maino, Ribalta and Ribera. Shall I just rip them out of the Baroque section list? (It is so hard to cover the different aspects, but maintain reasonable chronological order...) Mozzy66 (talk) 07:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The Golden Age was itself Baroque, or mostly so, so I've called the later one Late Baroque, which I hope works. Also expanded earlier sections. Johnbod (talk) 17:39, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! I am really encouraged by how this page has improved. Mozzy66 (talk) 23:16, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm now thinking that sculpture & other stuff should be merged with painting in the sections from Romanesque onwards, giving a straight chronological account, which is the most usual in these articles. How does that sound? Johnbod (talk) 15:29, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Sound good, but I don't have any sources on sculpture, so won't be able to help much. Mozzy66 (talk) 21:22, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Mistake?
At the section of 19th Century, the image says "Frederico Pradilla, Doña Juana La Loca (Joan the Mad). Museo del Prado." but in the article says Francisco Pradilla Ortiz. So, Is a mistake?