Contribución del País Vasco a las artes pictóricas del Renacimiento: la pinceladura norteña

Abstract

In contrast with the exceptional development of stonecutting and altarpiece work over the XVI century in the Basque Country, local painting takes a discreet second place, as the paintings and triptichs imported from Flanders were better accomplished. This article deals with three different activities carried out in local workshops: a limited amount of trestle painting, the customary gilding and quilting of religious woodcarvings and, especially, mural colourpainting in the Basque Country and Navarre which, without doubt, was the Basque Country's most original contribution to the Rennaissance, with special mention for the painters from Alava.