Las artes figurativas en el Neoclasicismo vasco. Estado de la cuestión

Abstract

The main objective in this motion is to offer a general view of the development of figurative arts in the Basque Country during the Neo-classical period. On the one hand, the origin and evolution of Neo-classical altarpieces are studied in their different phases and, additionally, attention is paid to sculpture in the same period, which, as a rule, is the type of sculpture that is accepted in the afore-mentioned lineal structures. Finally, an attention is also paid to those responsible for the polichromy of altarpieces and images, among which, we occasionally find several painters who also devote their efforts to canvas painting. The work by some of these painters, together with the coming of first-class works and masters increase, to a certain extent, the tremendously low level attained in this artistic facet in our territory.