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Jardines en tiempos de los Austrias This book takes a fascinating look at the historic gardens that Spanish nobles built for their own pleasure and where they displayed immensely valuable botanical and antiquarian collections. It also…
El arquitecto ilustrado
Del oficio a la profesión Given the huge number of books on the history of architecture, it is surprising that comparatively little attention has been paid to that of masters and clerks of works and…
Romantic Spain: David Roberts and Genaro Pérez Villaamil David Roberts (1796–1864) and Genaro Pérez Villaamil (1807–1854) were two of the most important landscape painters of European Romanticism. Their views of Spanish monuments, cities and landscapes, often coloured with…
Manet and Astruc
Friendship and Inspiration In 1908, the Kunsthalle Bremen became one of the first museums in Germany to acquire a major painting by Édourad Manet (1832–1883): the Portrait of Zacharie Astruch of 1866. The…
La España romántica: David Roberts y Genaro Pérez Villaamil David Roberts (1796–1864) and Genaro Pérez Villaamil (1807–1854) were two of the most important landscape painters of European Romanticism. Their views of Spanish monuments, cities and landscapes, often coloured with…
Francisco de los Cobos y las artes en la corte de Carlos V Francisco de los Cobos y Molina (c. 1485/87−1547), advisor to Emperor Charles V, was a remarkable figure on account of his wealth and influential political position. In a period marked…
Luces del norte
Manuscritos iluminados franceses y flamencos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España The Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) houses a collection of 156 French and Flemish illuminated manuscripts from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries which are of huge historical and artistic…
What’s Mine Is Yours. Private Collectors and Public Patronage in the United States
Essays in Honor of Inge Reist This publication is devoted to private collectors and their relationships with and gifts to public institutions in the United States. Thirteen authors bring to life the long tradition of private…
Pintura barroca en Valencia (1600-1737) Pintura barroca en Valencia (1600−1737) sheds light on a very little-known area of Spanish art history. Developing in parallel to the main artistic centres of Madrid (capital of the Spanish…