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Author: George Kubler Publisher: ISBN: 9780608076454 Category : Languages : en Pages : 298
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In this book, the author makes the famed sixteenth-century monument understandable in all its complexity. Divided in two parts, part one - The Human Fabric - considers traditional aspects of the building: its fame, patron, architects, builders & origins & antecedents of its design. Part two - The Tissue of Materials - deals with the structures usually considered, such as the basilica & facade articulations & basement drainpipes.
Author: George Kubler Publisher: ISBN: 9780608076454 Category : Languages : en Pages : 298
Book Description
In this book, the author makes the famed sixteenth-century monument understandable in all its complexity. Divided in two parts, part one - The Human Fabric - considers traditional aspects of the building: its fame, patron, architects, builders & origins & antecedents of its design. Part two - The Tissue of Materials - deals with the structures usually considered, such as the basilica & facade articulations & basement drainpipes.
Author: Henry Kamen Publisher: ISBN: 9780300253870 Category : Languages : en Pages : 336
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An acclaimed historian of Europe explores one of the world's most iconic buildings and the monarch who created it Few buildings have played so central a role in Spain's history as the monastery-palace of San Lorenzo del Escorial. Colossal in size and imposing--even forbidding--in appearance, the Escorial has invited and defied description for four centuries. Part palace, part monastery, part mausoleum, it has also served as a shrine, a school, a repository for thousands of relics, and one of the greatest libraries of its time. Constructed over the course of more than twenty years, the Escorial challenged and provoked, becoming for some a symbol of superstition and oppression, for others a "wonder of the world." Now a World Heritage Site, it is visited by thousands of travelers every year. In this intriguing study, Henry Kamen looks at the circumstances that brought the young Philip II to commission construction of the Escorial in 1563. He explores Philip's motivation, the influence of his travels, the meaning of the design, and its place in Spanish culture. It represents a highly engaging narrative of the high point of Spanish imperial dominance, in which contemporary preoccupations with art, religion, and power are analyzed in the context of this remarkable building.
Author: Henry Kamen Publisher: ISBN: 9780300162448 Category : Architecture and society Languages : en Pages : 0
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- PREFACE -- GENESIS -- THE BATTLE -- FOUNDATION -- THE MAGIC TEMPLE -- OF WISDOM -- THE PRISONER OF THE -- ESCORIAL -- A BRACE OF EAGLES -- THE HALL OF BATTLES -- POWERHOUSE OF FAITH -- INVENTING THE ESCORIAL.
Author: Laura Fernández-González Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271089962 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 571
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Philip II of Spain was a major patron of the arts, best known for his magnificent palace and royal mausoleum at the Monastery of San Lorenzo of El Escorial. However, neither the king’s monastery nor his collections fully convey the rich artistic landscape of early modern Iberia. In this book, Laura Fernández-González examines Philip’s architectural and artistic projects, placing them within the wider context of Europe and the transoceanic Iberian dominions. Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire investigates ideas of empire and globalization in the art and architecture of the Iberian world during the sixteenth century, a time when the Spanish Empire was one of the largest in the world. Fernández-González illuminates Philip’s use of building regulations to construct an imperial city in Madrid and highlights the importance of his transformation of the Simancas fortress into an archive. She analyzes the refashioning of his imperial image upon his ascension to the Portuguese throne and uses the Hall of Battles in El Escorial as a lens through which to understand visual culture, history writing, and Philip’s kingly image as it was reflected in the funeral commemorations mourning his death across the Iberian world. Positioning Philip’s art and architectural programs within the wider cultural context of politics, legislation, religion, and theoretical trends, Fernández-González shows how design and images traveled across the Iberian world and provides a nuanced assessment of Philip’s role in influencing them. Original and important, this panoramic work will have a lasting impact on Philip II’s artistic legacy. Art historians and scholars of Iberia and sixteenth-century history will especially value Fernández-González’s research.
Author: Jose Ramon Melida Publisher: ISBN: 9781332391639 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 72
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Excerpt from Escorial About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: David Thomson Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9780719039638 Category : Architects and patrons Languages : en Pages : 260
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The author uses a range of published and unpublished sources, and covers Italy, France, Britain, Spain, Germany and The Netherlands to explore the ethics, aesthetics and vanities of ambitious building.
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