The 'Cloister Life' of the Emperor Charles V: Art and Ideology at Yuste. (October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baker-Bates, Piers
• Is Part Of: Hispanic research journal. Volume 14:Number 5(2013)
• Page Start: 427
• Page End: 445
• Publication Date: 2013-10
• Subjects: Carlos V -- Yuste -- jerónimos -- Ticiano -- Miguel Coxcie -- Sebastiano del Piombo -- Cristo con la Cruz a cuestas -- Sir William Stirling Maxwell -- Richard Ford -- Eduardo Rosales; Charles V -- Yuste -- Hieronymites -- Titian -- Michel Coxcie -- Sebastiano del Piombo -- Christ Carrying the Cross -- Sir William Stirling Maxwell -- Richard Ford -- Eduardo Rosales; Language and culture -- Spanish-speaking countries -- Periodicals; Language and culture -- Portuguese-speaking countries -- Periodicals; Spanish philology -- Periodicals; Portuguese philology -- Periodicals; Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 909.097561
• DOI: 10.1179/1468273713Z.00000000059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1468-2737

Abstract

Abstract : In this article I consider the brief retirement of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in the Hieronymite monastery of Yuste, the paintings with which he surrounded himself, and how these have been understood by later scholars. While the Hieronymite Order was unique to Iberia, and Yuste was sited in a remote part of Spain, elements of Charles's living quarters may be connected to his childhood in Flanders. Focusing on the paintings of Titian and Michel Coxcie, especially in relation to Sebastiano del Piombo's works, I show how both Titian and Coxcie produced paintings that appealed to Charles's very particular religious sensibilities. I conclude by examining literary and painterly perspectives on Charles's retirement, particularly those from nineteenth-century Britain and Spain. En este artículo estudio el retiro de corta duración del emperador Carlos V al monasterio jerónimo de Yuste, los cuadros con que se rodeó allí, y cómo han sido entendidos por estudiosos posteriores. Mientras que la Orden Jerónima solo se encuentra en Iberia y Yuste se situaba en una parte remota de España, hay elementos de los aposentos de Carlos V que se pueden relacionar con su infancia en Flandes. Concentrándome en los cuadros de Ticiano y Michel Coxcie, en especial con relación a las obras de Sebastiano del Poimbo, muestro cómo ambos Ticiano y Coxcie pintaron cuadros que apelaron a las sensibilidades religiosas muy particulares del emperador. Termino examinando perspectivas literarias y pictoricistas del retiro de Carlos V, en particular las de Gran Bretaña y España en el siglo XIX.