Art treasures in Spain; monuments, masterpieces, commissions, and collections / Introd. by Juan Ainaud de Lasarte. [General editors: Bernard S. Myers and Trewin Copplestone].
175 pages : illustrations (part color) maps (on lining papers) ; 29 cm
Contents
Stone Age hunters, Iberians and Romans -- The Dark Ages and the rise of the Caliphate -- Islam versus Christianity -- The triumph of the North -- Hapsburg patronage and the influence of Italy -- Mysticism and the birth of Spanish realism -- Royal places, museums and academies -- Middle-class patrons and new directions in art -- Museums and monuments.
