Образ испанского правителя в искусстве XVI–XVII веков
The Image of a Spanish King in the Art of the 16th-17th Centuries

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the image of a Spanish ruler in Western European art of the 16th–17th centuries. It mainly focuses on sculpture. The evolution of an image of a ruler is observed in connection with Spanish history. The relevance of the article is explained by lacunas, which exist in research of connections between national schools, influence of ancient heritage on art and Spanish sculpture of the Golden age. In the 16th century imitations of Greek art of the Classical period and Roman art of the Imperial period became very popular. In the 17th century masters used works of artists who belonged to various European schools of the Modern period and creatively changed them according to their artistic manner. Since the second half of the 17th century decorative and representative elements increased in sculpture. The same tendency is typical to Spanish painting of the same period.

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