International routes

Equestrian statues of Spanish kings

• The equestrian statues and the Spanish monarchy
• Philip III and the Plaza Mayor in Madrid
• Philip IV and the Plaza de Oriente in Madrid
• One exception: Charles II and a particular representation
• Philip V and a lost statue

The Genoese between Italy and Spain in the Baroque period

• A rich and powerful community
• The church of San Giorgio dei Genovesi in Palermo
• The church of San Giorgio dei Genovesi in Naples
• The Genoese in the port of Cadiz in the Seventeenth Century
• The chapel of the Genoese in the parish of Santa Cruz in Cadiz
• Sculptures of the Genoese school in the Catedral Nueva of Cadiz
• Palacio Riquelme and the Charterhouse of Jerez de la Frontera

The tradition of the “presepe” between Naples and Spain

• The origin of the Nativity scene and its spread
• Via San Gregorio Armeno and the Neapolitan Nativity scene
• Some famous examples of Neapolitan Nativity scenes in Southern Italy
• Charles III of Spain and his passion for the Neapolitan Nativity scene
• Neapolitan Nativity scenes of the  Spanish nobility (I)
• Neapolitan Nativity scenes of the Spanish nobility (II)
• The Neapolitan Nativity scene of the Museo Nacional de Escultura of Valladolid

Painters and works of art between Italy and Spain

• Collecting between Italy and Spain: Titian’s Bacchanalia
• At the origin of the painting of the Golden Age: Italian culture and early Spanish Naturalism. The Bartolomé and Vicente Carducho brothers
• Rubens between Mantua and Madrid
• Caravaggio and Ribera in the viceroyalty of Naples
• Juan Bautista Maíno, a Spanish “Caravaggista”
• Trips to Italy by Diego Velázquez
• Spanish and Italian design patterns: the experience of Diego Velázquez
• The portrait of Francesco I, Duke of Modena
• Francisco de Zurbarán and the Italian still life
• Italian artists in Spain: the case of Luca Giordano
• Giambattista Tiepolo’s years in Madrid

The Italian and Spanish influence on Andean Baroque

• European art and the evangelization of the New World
• Mannerism and the Italian influence in the Viceroyalty of Peru: Bernardo Bitti
• Mannerism and the Italian influence in the Viceroyalty of Peru: Matteo Pérez de Alessio
• Mannerism and the Italian influence in the Viceroyalty of Peru: Angelino Medoro
• The mestizo style of Andean Baroque
• Different versions of the Andean Baroque

Pilgrimages in the Baroque period: the Sacri Monti

• The origin of the Sacri Monti
• The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
• Varallo and Varese
• Ghiffa, Domodossola and Ossuccio
• The Sacri Monti in Italy and Europe