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11 paź 2024 · For 600 years the bullfighting spectacle consisted of a mounted aristocrat armed with a lance. During the reign of Philip IV (1621–65), the lance was discarded in favour of the rejoncillo (short spear), and leg armour was introduced to protect the mounted bullfighters.
Matador, in bullfighting, the principal performer who works the capes and usually dispatches the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades. Though most bullfighters have been men, women bullfighters have participated in the spectacle for centuries.
Enrique Simonet 's La suerte de varas (1899) depicts Spanish-style bullfighting in a bullring in Madrid, Spain. The painting illustrates the first-stage of this type of bullfighting. In the 16th century Pope Pius V banned bullfighting for its ties to paganism and for the danger it posed to the participants. [9]
Experts consider that modern bull fighting in Spain started in 1726 when Francisco Romero, a significant matador from Ronda, introduced the use of the sword (estoque) and the famous red cape (muleta) into the bullfight. After this exploit, humble people started to practice it on foot.
One of the earliest matadors was Juan Belmonte (1892–1962), whose technique in the ring fundamentally changed bullfighting and remains an established standard by which bullfighters are judged by aficionados. The style of the matador was regarded as being equally important, whether he kills the bull or not.
Modern Spanish bullfighting can be traced back to 1726 when Francisco Romero of Ronda introduced the use of the sword and cape into the bullfight.
3 cze 1999 · From the political use of bullfighting in royal and imperial pageants to the nationalistic "great patriotic bullfights" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this is both a fascinating portrait of bullfighting and a vivid recreation of two centuries of Spanish history.
