Three millennia of Spain's masterworks and major artistic personalities is illustrated in new colour photography for this survey. Fourteen original essays, each by a prominent specialist, cover the the following topics: prehistory and first contacts with Mediterranean antiquity; Roman art and architecture in Spain; from antiquity to the Middle Ages; Christianization and the Visigothic world; pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art; Gothic Spain; the presence of Islam and Arab art; the art of the Renaissance; the baroque; the art ...
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Three millennia of Spain's masterworks and major artistic personalities is illustrated in new colour photography for this survey. Fourteen original essays, each by a prominent specialist, cover the the following topics: prehistory and first contacts with Mediterranean antiquity; Roman art and architecture in Spain; from antiquity to the Middle Ages; Christianization and the Visigothic world; pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art; Gothic Spain; the presence of Islam and Arab art; the art of the Renaissance; the baroque; the art of colonial America; Francisco Goya; the 19th century; Spanish art from 1900 to 1939; Pablo Picasso and contemporary art; and architecture and design. Each chapter includes illustrated mini essays highlighting subjects of special interest: for example, recent discoveries of prehistoric art, a stunning Apocalypse made in the year 1078 and the 20th-century Catalan master architect Antoni Gaudi.
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Used-Very Good. Three millennia of Spain's masterworks and major artistic personalities are illustrated in crisp, new color photography for this extraordinary and unprecedented survey. Fourteen original essays, each by a prominent specialist, cover the following topics: Prehistory and First Contacts with Mediterranean Antiquity; Roman Art and Architecture in Spain; From Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Christianization, and the Visigothic World; Preromanesque and Romanesque Art; Gothic Spain; The Presence of Islam and Arab Art; The Art of the Renaissance; The Baroque; The Art of Colonial Spanish America; Francisco Goya; The Nineteenth Century; Spanish Art from 1900 to 1939; Pablo Picasso; and Contemporary Art, Architecture, and Design. Each chapter includes illustrated mini-essays highlighting subjects of special interest: for example, recent discoveries of prehistoric art; a stunning illuminated Apocalypse made in the year 1078; and the twentieth-century Catalan master architect Antoni Gaudi.
