Art and Architecture of Spain [Hardcover]

Javier Arce (Author), Xavier Barral i Altet (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0821224565 | ISBN-13: 978-0821224564 | Publication Date: October 1, 1998 | Edition: Hardcover

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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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About the Author

Xavier Barral I Altet , professor of art history edited this volume. Contributors include Javier Arce, Director , Escuela Espanola de Historia I Arqueologia, Rome, Fernando Checa, Director , Prado Musuem, Madrid and Germain Viatte, Director, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris

Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch; Hardcover edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821224565
• ISBN-13: 978-0821224564
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 10.6 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,604,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of fascinating and wonderful pictures, June 12, 2000

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Christopher Pohlad-Thomas (Roanoke, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Art and Architecture of Spain (Hardcover)

This book truly gives a reader the full experience of what makes Spain so beautiful, its art and architecture. Many of these beautiful places in Spain, the traveler is not able to take pictures, so this book captures the beauty of these places in a way that no amateur photographer can imagine being able to. If you want to see Spain in all of its glory, buy this book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great photography, June 12, 2000

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Christopher Pohlad-Thomas (Roanoke, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Art and Architecture of Spain (Hardcover)

This book is great because not only are the pictures wonderful, but they were able to get pictures of those things that tourists are not allowed.. A definite must for your coffee table.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Art and Architecture of Spain, Preparation for Visit to Spai, October 28, 2003

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John Desmond (Florida, U S A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Art and Architecture of Spain (Hardcover)

Illustrations are well chosen and well sized. Text is readable and authentic. Text is well referenced. Chronological/political/ cultural chart in appendix is excellent.

Drawback is the impossibility of actually seeing or visiting in one trip everything that has whet your appetite by reading A & A of Spain one trip. I leave for Seville next Thursday knowing that at least two more trips will have to be taken. The cost as part of the trips makes the book a real investment.