Una aproximación al plateresco extremeño, como particular derivación del Humanismo italiano: el retablo de la iglesia parroquial de Casas de Millán (Cáceres). Nuevas aportaciones documentales

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Since the 16th century, a series of artistic transformations had been taking place in Italy that had little or nothing to do with what was taking place in the rest of Europe. In Spain, the artists were completely imbued with the purest and most traditional Gothic style, which in some areas coexisted and intertwined with the then thriving Mudejar style. Both lines of action, as a consequence of coming into contact with the new influences that arrived from Italy during the 16th century, gave rise to a peculiar style, Hispanic by definition, that we know today as Plateresco. With this communication we intend to study the extensive development that this style had in the Extremadura region, analyzing the characteristics that can be seen in the altarpiece works, taking as an example the main altarpiece of the parish church of Las Casas de Millán (Cáceres). , which until now was believed to be the exclusive work of the Placentine carver Francisco García, and the painter, also Placentine, Diego Pérez de Cervera. Thanks to the testament granted by the father-in-law of the first, Francisco de Angulo, also a carver, we know that the work was initially contracted by him, and then transferred to his son-in-law due to the illness that afflicted him, declaring that the works were transferred to him. payments that were owed to him, which is why his name is silenced in the Factory Account Books of the aforementioned parish.