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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Author: The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Author: Patrimonio Nacional (España)Publisher:
ISBN: 9788495241511
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The Royal Monastery of El Escorial
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Languages : en
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Vista de época desde la Lonja del Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
The Escorial
Author: Albert Frederick CalvertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Author: Guide to the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real, Also Called El Escorial
Author: Juan Martínez CuestaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788471201553
Category : Art, Spanish
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Decoration of the Royal Basilica of El Escorial
Author: Rosemarie MulcahyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780521413442
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book reconstructs King Philip II's grand design for the royal basilica of El Escorial.
El Escorial
Author: Matilde López SerranoPublisher:
ISBN: 9788471200464
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Royal Monastery of El Escorial
Author: María Teresa Ruiz AlcónPublisher:
ISBN: 9788437812236
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire
Author: Laura Fernández-GonzálezPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271089962
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
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.