Greco was a Greek painter whose dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century. Velázquez's work became a model for 19th century realist and impressionist painters. Cervantes and de la Barca were both writers; Don Quixote de la Mancha, by Cervantes, is one of the most famous works of the period and probably the best-known piece of Spanish literature of all time. It is a parody of the romantic, chivalric aspects of knighthood and a criticism of contemporary social structures and societal norms. Juana Inés de la Cruz, the last great writer of this golden age, died in New Spain in 1695. This period also saw a flourishing in intellectual activity, now known as the School of Salamanca, producing thinkers that were studied throughout Europe. See also Habsburg monarchy History of Spain List of largest empires Ottoman-Habsburg wars Notes References Bibliography Armstrong, Edward (1902). The Emperor Charles V. New York: The Macmillan Company Black, Jeremy (1996). The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: Renaissance to Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Braudel, Fernand (1972). The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, trans. Siân Reynolds. New York: Harper & Row. Brown, J. and Elliott, J. H. (1980). A palace for a king. The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV. New Haven: Yale University Press Brown, Jonathan (1998). Painting in Spain: 1500–1700. New Haven: Yale University Press. Dominguez Ortiz, Antonio (1971). The golden age of Spain, 1516–1659. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Edwards, John (2000). The Spain of the Catholic Monarchs, 1474–1520. New York: Blackwell. Harman, Alec (1969). Late Renaissance and Baroque music. New York: Schocken Books. Kamen, Henry (1998). Philip of Spain. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Kamen, Henry (2003). Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492–1763. New York: HarperCollins. Kamen, Henry (2005). Spain 1469–1714. A Society of Conflict (3rd ed.) London and New York: Pearson Longman. Parker, Geoffrey (1997). The Thirty Years' War (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. Parker, Geoffrey (1972). The Army of Flanders and the Spanish road, 1567–1659; the logistics of Spanish victory and defeat in the Low Countries' Wars.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Parker, Geoffrey (1977). The Dutch revolt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Parker, Geoffrey (1978). Philip II. Boston: Little, Brown. Parker, Geoffrey (1997). The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century. New York: Routledge. Stradling, R. A. (1988). Philip IV