La obra de Felipe de Arizmendi en la Basílica de Santa María de San Sebastián y los inicios de la escultura neoclásica en Gipuzkoa

Abstract

The work of Felipe de Arizmendi in the basilica of Santa María de San Sebastian is clear exponent of the variations that the coming of the period we know as the Neo-classical period was to have on polychrome sculpture. Just in the same manner as with the rest of the masters active in the province, the adopted expression formulas still maintain certain connections with the Rococo imagery, although a series of variations are clearly visible. Such variations will become more and more widespread. It will therefore be that first generation of sculptors that was to set the bases for subsequent development of the provincial neo-classical sculpture, which was necessarily linked to tradition.