The aim of this course is to offer an introduction to Spanish Art from The Golden Age to the early Nineteenth Century, with special emphasis on El Greco, Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Goya. Given its position as a primary depository for Spanish art, the collection of El Museo del Prado will be a major focus of the course, with regular class visits to the museum and related institutions. The artistic relationship artists of the Spanish School maintained with foreign artists (Bosch, Titian, and Rubens) will be considered in depth. Contemporary readings in art history are incorporated as relevant to the subject. The intention of the course is to teach students how to approach the formal analysis of paintings within a rich context-based interpretative framework, including the social and historical conditions surrounding artistic production.