Short answers, pulled from the story.
Three events in 1492 gave the Spanish Renaissance its major impulse: the taking of Granada and the end of Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula, the official discovery of the Americas, and the publication of Antonio de Nebrija's Gramatica, the first printed grammar of any vernacular European language.
Plateresque is the personal interpretation of the Renaissance that emerged in Spain by mixing Italian classical elements with Iberian styles including Nasrid art from Granada, Gothic Castilian traditions, and Flemish painting. It developed as Spanish artists absorbed Italian designs through engravings, architectural plans, and apprenticeships in Italian workshops.
Key painters include El Greco, Pedro Berruguete, Juan de Juanes, Paolo da San Leocadio, Luis de Morales, Alonso Sanchez Coello, Fernando Gallego, and Sofonisba Anguissola. El Greco's works include The Burial of the Count of Orgaz and The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest.
Major writers include Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of Don Quijote; Fernando de Rojas, author of La Celestina; Alonso de Ercilla, author of La Araucana; the mystic poets San Juan de la Cruz and Santa Teresa de Jesus; and the humanist Juan Latino, born Juan de Sessa. The anonymous authors of the Romancero ballads and Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes also belong to this period.
The Catholic Monarchs broke from feudal governance and allied with noble families, including the Mendoza, who adopted Renaissance style as a mark of their identity. Charles V was a direct patron who commissioned Titian and supported works that defined the Spanish Renaissance style, though Titian never agreed to relocate to Spain.
The arpa de dos ordenes was the Spanish cross-strung harp, one of the characteristic instruments of the Spanish Renaissance. It is listed alongside composers such as Antonio de Cabezon, Luis de Milan, Tomas Luis de Victoria, and Cristobal de Morales as part of the musical culture of the period.