The Escorial - Art and Power in the Renaissance - Henry Kamen - Books - Yale University Press - 9780300162448 - May 7, 2010
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The Escorial - Art and Power in the Renaissance

Henry Kamen

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The Escorial - Art and Power in the Renaissance

Few buildings have played so central a role in Spain's history as the monastery-palace of San Lorenzo del Escorial. This book looks at the circumstances that brought the young Philip II to commission construction of the Escorial in 1563.


336 pages, 36 illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 7, 2010
ISBN13 9780300162448
Publishers Yale University Press
Pages 336
Dimensions 167 × 240 × 30 mm   ·   692 g
Language English  

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