Baroque Art and Spanish Mysticism : An Aspect of the Baroque

Abstract

Heretofore the Baroque art has been viewed from the angle of the style history, in comparison with the Renaissance and Gothic arts. The author of the present paper, however, tries to consider it as an expressionistic art and observes how it may be contributory to the essential elucidation of the religious feeling, especially mysticism, of the age. He also suggests the importance of the naturalistic technique in this case, by taking examples from the Spanish paintings and sculptures.