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Pacheco, Francisco
Pacheco, Francisco (bapt. Sanlúcar de Barrameda, nr. Cadiz, 3 Nov. 1564; d Seville, 1644). Spanish painter and writer, active in Seville. He was a highly cultured man, a poet and scholar as well as a painter, and his house was the focus of Seville's artistic life (Palomino describes it as a meeting place for ‘the greatest minds’ in the city). As a painter he was undistinguished, working in a stiff academic style (though his portraits are fresher than his religious works). He was an outstanding teacher, however, for (in spite of his own limitations) he was sympathetic to the more naturalistic style that was then developing. Moreover, he was generous enough in spirit to acknowledge openly that his greatest pupil, Velázquez (who became his son-in-law in 1618), was a much better painter than himself: ‘I consider it no disgrace for the pupil to surpass the master.’ Alonso Cano was his other outstanding pupil, and Pacheco often collaborated with the great sculptor Montañés, painting his wooden figures. In 1649 his book Arte de la pintura (Art of Painting) was posthumously published; part theoretical, part biographical, this is a major source of information for the period (it includes accounts of his meeting with El Greco in Toledo in 1611 and of Velázquez's early career). Pacheco was an official overseer of religious images for the Inquisition and the highly detailed iconographical prescriptions in his book were often strictly adhered to by contemporary artists; he believed that the main aim of painting was to inspire people ‘to adore and love God and to cultivate piety’.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Pacheco, Francisco." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Pacheco, Francisco." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-PachecoFrancisco.html IAN CHILVERS. "Pacheco, Francisco." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-PachecoFrancisco.html |
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Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Sanlúcar de Barrameda , city (1990 pop. 56,375), Cádiz prov., S Spain, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River, in Andalusia. It is a port shipping sherry from nearby Jerez. It is the site of a popular resort. Sanlúcar flourished after the discovery of America when all ships passed it to reach Seville. Columbus sailed from Sanlúcar in 1498, and Magellan in 1519. A medieval castle, the palace of the dukes of Medina Sidonia, and a 14th-century church are of interest. |
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"Sanlúcar de Barrameda." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sanlúcar de Barrameda." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sanlucar.html "Sanlúcar de Barrameda." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sanlucar.html |
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Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalusia/Spain The first word of the name represents Sant Lugar ‘Holy Place’ in Old Spanish, a reference to a pagan temple nearby. Barrameda comes from an Arabic word which gives the sense of a ‘Sandy Gateway’ from barr ‘land’, a reference to the sandbank that impeded navigation up the Guadalquivir River, on the estuary of which the port city lies.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Sanlúcar de Barrameda." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Sanlúcar de Barrameda." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-SanlcardeBarrameda.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Sanlúcar de Barrameda." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-SanlcardeBarrameda.html |
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