The Escorial Art and Power in the Renaissance - Henry Kamen
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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 greates...
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 greates...
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2010 Uitgever: Yale University Press 291 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0300162448 ISBN-13: 9780300162448Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, (full page) illustrations mostly in colour, 8vo. [Auteur: Kamen, Henry] [Pagina's: 291] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New Haven : Yale University Press] [Jaar: 2010] [Titel: The Escorial: Art and Power in th...