Spanish school of painting: form, method, style

Spanish art is characterized by a complex interaction between the traditions of East and West. The basis of the formation of the national school is a special type of culture related to the images of dreams and sleep, which is reflected in the literature and visual arts of the region. The value of the formal incarnation and the «aesthetics of excess» have a special meaning in the period of addition of genre structures in the 16 century. Ambivalence gives rise to a complex set of characteristics of the Spanish artistic practice - the flatness and the rejection of spatial constructions, geometrically precise logic of composition, decorativeness and richness of flavor. The perception of European influences is indirectly national identity suppresses the influence of other schools. Spain in the European and Russian tradition acquires an aura of unfathomable and self-willed country, where feelings and emotions dominate, proud and independent people live. National art practice is viewed through the prism of creativity of original masters - El Greco, Velázquez, Goya and Salvador Dali. Interlaces of Spanish and the Russian culture are reflected in the poetry of A. Pushkin and M. Lermontov, letters of V. Botkin, Glinka’s music, ballet productions by M. Petipa, painting of M. Vrubel and A. Mylnikov.