Spanish Painting

From the Golden Age to Modernism

Norbert Wolf

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Prestel
01 November 2023

History of Art & Design Styles; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Painting & art manuals

Beautifully packaged, this lavish volume is certain to become the definitive study of one of the most significant periods in European art history.

Coinciding with the rise of the Habsburg dynasty and the expansion of the Spanish Empire, the Spanish Golden Age created a fertile environment for cultural and scientific discovery. Some of the country's greatest music, literature, and architecture was created in the period between the mid-sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-and painting was no exception.

Rich in illustrations and fascinating texts, this overview takes a thematic and chronological approach to the era and its later influences. Opening with Spain's emergence as a European power, it explores how developments such as the construction of El Escorial ushered in a new era for painting; how the cities of Madrid, Toledo, and Seville developed as centers of intellectual, political, and artistic activity; and how the Baroque period gave way to the Rococo after the collapse of the Habsburg empire.

Every major painter of the period is included here, with 250 gloriously reproduced works by El Greco, Ribera, Vela´zquez, Zurbara´n, Murillo, Ribalta, Goya, and dozens more. A final chapter reveals how Spanish painters of the twentieth century, such as Picasso and Dali´, were shaped by their Golden Age forebears.

AUTHOR: Norbert Wolf, an art historian based in Munich, Germany, has published several books with Prestel, including Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Impressionism, and The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting, as well as monographs on Albrecht Du¨rer and Titian.

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PERFECT FOR readers with an interest in Spanish art, culture, and history. .

A LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED OVERVIEW OF SPANISH PAINTING: This magnificent book describes the great period of Spanish painting from the Golden 15th century to the modern age. .

EXPERTLY NARRATED: Norbert Wolf's profound and lucid text vividly describes the transformations of one of art's greatest visual cultures. .

BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED: This hardcover with dust jacket in a slipcase features 250 exquisite colour illustrations.

227 colour illustrations

Edited by: Norbert Wolf
Imprint: Prestel
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 362mm, Width: 298mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9783791379463
ISBN 10: 3791379461
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

NORBERT WOLF, an art historian based in Munich, Germany, has published several books with Prestel, including Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Impressionism, and The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting, as well as monographs on Albrecht Du rer and Titian.

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Spanish Painting

From the Golden Age to Modernism

Norbert Wolf

$230

Hardback

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