The Escorial By Henry Kamen

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Title	:	The Escorial
Author	:	Henry Kamen
ISBN	:	0300162448
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	336

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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 o 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 ...

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Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500 By Evelyn Welch

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Title	:	Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500
Author	:	Evelyn Welch
ISBN	:	019284203X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	352

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Evelyn Welch presents a fresh picture of Italian art between the Black Death in the mid fourteenth century and the French invasions at the end of the fifteenth In it, Florence is no longer the only important centre of artistic activity but takes its place alongside other equally interesting and varied cities of the Italian peninsula Oil paintings are examined alongside Evelyn Welch presents a fresh picture of Italian art between the Black Death in the mid fourteenth century and the French invasi...

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Caspar David Friedrich and the Subject of Landscape By Joseph Leo Koerner

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Title	:	Caspar David Friedrich and the Subject of Landscape
Author	:	Joseph Leo Koerner
ISBN	:	0300065477
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	256

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Caspar David Friedrich 1774Independent...

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The Blaue Reiter Almanac By Wassily Kandinsky

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Title	:	The Blaue Reiter Almanac
Author	:	Wassily Kandinsky
ISBN	:	0878467009
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	296

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The Blaue Reiter Blue Rider art movement was founded in 1911 by the young painters Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, and was active in Europe until 1914 Originally published in Munich in 1912 and edited by Kandinsky and Marc the movements s almanac presented their synthesis of international culture to the European avant garde at large In both the selection of essays The Blaue Reiter Blue Rider art movement was founded in 1911 by the young painters Wassily Kandinsky and Fr...

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Book Illumination in the Middle Ages By Otto Pächt

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Title	:	Book Illumination in the Middle Ages
Author	:	Otto Pächt
ISBN	:	1872501761
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	224

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This account examines the format and style of book illumination, explaining the basic vocabulary and concepts that are needed to understand this art form The author offers insights into the fundamental philosophy, theology, technology and cultural ambience underlying the production of book illumination throughout its history....

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