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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Francisco de Zurbarán, Adoration of the Shepherds

Let's celebrate Christmas doing our best: talking art.

Zurbarán is not a quite popular artist: his dark paintings don't harmonize with nowadays' tastes. However, his works are very deep and worth knowing and understanding.

He was born in Extremadura, but is considered part of the Seville School for being mainly active in Sevilla. Other artists part of this movement were  VelázquezAlonso CanoMurilloValdés Leal... But Zurbarán is undoubtedly who best represented the Counter-Reformation's spirit.

Let's know a little more about this Spanish Baroque painting.

And of course, we wish you
A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Sources: Alcolea, S. Zurbarán. Barcelona, Ed. Polígrafa, 2008;
Hubala, Die Kunst des 17. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, PKG, 1990;
personal notes.
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