The Buen Retiro, a royal retreat and pleasure palace, was built for Philip IV on the outskirts of Madrid in the 1630s. With its superb display of paintings by Vel zquez and other contemporary artists, the palace became a showcase for the art and culture of Spain's Golden Age. A Palace for a King, first published in 1980, provides a pioneering total history of the construction, decoration, and uses of a major royal palace, emphasising the relationship of art and politics at a critical moment in European history. produced on ...
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The Buen Retiro, a royal retreat and pleasure palace, was built for Philip IV on the outskirts of Madrid in the 1630s. With its superb display of paintings by Vel zquez and other contemporary artists, the palace became a showcase for the art and culture of Spain's Golden Age. A Palace for a King, first published in 1980, provides a pioneering total history of the construction, decoration, and uses of a major royal palace, emphasising the relationship of art and politics at a critical moment in European history. produced on different aspects of the history of the palace and its decoration since the 1970s. A number of new, unpublished illustrations have been added, and many of the plates are now reproduced in colour. The publication of this edition gains added importance from the fact that plans for the expansion of the Prado Museum include the restoration of the Hall of Realms to approximate its original appearance, as reconstructed in this volume.
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Add this copy of A Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of to cart. $32.73, very good condition, Sold by Upstanding Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ithaca, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Yale University Press.
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Very good in good dust jacket. Not ex-library, no markings, no remainder mark, not price-clipped. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 316 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket is slightly marked, but text is in excellent condition. Photos available on request.
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Good. Dust jacket has light scratches/marks and outer edges have minor scuffs/nicks. Book content is in very good condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 316 p. Contains: Illustrations.
Add this copy of A Palace for a King: the Buen Retro and the Court of to cart. $50.00, like new condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Yale.
