Spanish Baroque

16th- and 17th-century period of cultural and literary flourishing coinciding with the rise of the Spanish Empire

thumb|upright=1.4|A sarabande in binary form by Johann Kuhnau

thumb|John the Baptist (Caravaggio)|John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness), by [[Caravaggio, 1604, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City ]]

Culteranismo is a stylistic movement of the Baroque period of Spanish history that is also commonly referred to as Gongorismo (after Luis de Góngora). It began in the late 16th century with the writing of Luis de Góngora and lasted through the 17th century.

thumb|upright 1.3|A bodegón by an unknown Spanish painter, Kitchen Scene, depicting most of the commonly employed Motif (visual arts)|motifs Bodegóns are a type of painting from the 17th-century Spanish Baroque period, which are still lifes of food and household objects (mostly culinary) in nondescript or humble surroundings. They sometimes depicts commoners selling food, eating, or drinking. "Bodegón" is Spanish for "still life", yet the style is only one part of what are called "still lifes" in English.

Conceptismo (literally, conceptism) is a literary movement of the Baroque period in the Spanish literature. It began in the late 16th century and lasted through the 17th century, also the period of the Spanish Golden Age. thumb|Francisco de Quevedo|Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas, the most significant representative of Baroque conceptismo thumb|Baltasar Gracián Conceptismo is characterized by a rapid rhythm, directness, simple vocabulary, witty metaphors, and wordplay. In this style, multiple meanings are conveyed in a very concise manner, and conceptual intricacies are emphasised over elabora

Roman Catholic art movement from Cusco, Peru

literary movement

1646 novel

style of painting

architecture of the Baroque era in Spain

Baroque art in the Viceroyalty of New Spain

Latin American artistic tradition

painting series