Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy
Author: Antonio Domínguez Ortiz
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 0870996215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Antonio Domínguez Ortiz
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 0870996215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Van der Kiste
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-09-16
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 0752470833
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There is little available on the dramatic and colourful history of the Spanish monarchy. Experienced author and historian John Van der Kiste provides a readable and anecdotal look at one of the key European dynasties from the nineteenth century to the present. He begins with the wayward, ill-educated Isabella II, who was forced to marry her nephew. During much of her reign power was in the hands of her generals and her exile and abdication saw the crown of Spain hawked round Europe for two years. It was briefly accepted then refused by Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - thus starting the Franco-Prussian War - and, after a short, unsuccessful stint as a republic, the monarchy was restored when Isabella's son Alfonso XIII was chosen as King. John Van der Kiste leads us through his popular reign, the reign of his son - who married one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters - and the socialist movement in Spain after the Great War which led to the dictatorship of Primo de Rovera. Finishing with the Spanish Civil War, the 'reign' of General Franco and the return of the monarchy with the present King, Juan Carlos, this is a fascinating look at the Spanish Bourbons.
Author: W. Kristjan Arnold
Publisher:
Published: 2018-02-26
Total Pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9781521423271
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Spain is a country rich in culture and tradition, though often misunderstood beyond its borders. Examined herein is Spain's turbulent 20th century, a period of political upheaval marked by a gruesome civil war and multiple regime changes. Throughout all the turmoil, one constant on the nation's political landscape has been the Spanish Monarchy. This book offers compelling insights on how the Bourbon Dynasty survived Republics, Franco's Dictatorship, assassinations, coups, and a myriad of other adverse obstacles. It is a saga of how the Monarchy fell in the 1930's, how Royalists plotted and schemed to get the throne back, and how that goal was achieved more than 40 years later. Moreover, it is an intriguing tale of power and perseverance, and the ultimate triumph over tyranny. Enjoy this fascinating story of a Royal family's struggle to deliver democracy to a nation starved for freedom and human rights.
Author: Francisco A. Eissa-Barroso
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016-10-05
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9004308792
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In The Spanish Monarchy and the Creation of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717-1739), Francisco A. Eissa-Barroso analyzes the politics behind the most salient Bourbon reform introduced in Spanish America during the early eighteenth century.
Author: A.J. Kingston
Publisher: A.J. Kingston
Published: 101-01-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1839385030
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Author: José Eloy Hortal Muñoz
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-27
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9782503591599
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Institutions under royal control included not only the king's royal residences and the royal chapels attached to them, but also magnificent convent-palaces and individual monasteries belonging to specific religious orders with close affiliations to the Spanish Crown. These Spanish Royal Sites, a diverse global network that helped to shape the Spanish Monarchy politically and socially in the seventeenth century, extended across the different kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula and beyond to other territories in Europe, America and Asia under Spanish rule. The religious practices that occurred there were an essential aspect of studying the justification of power, the pre-eminence of (ecclesiastical and temporal) institutions and, in the case of the Spanish Monarchy, its relations with the Holy See. This volume brings together scholars from various humanities disciplines, opening up novel avenues of research for studying the organization of royal institutions in the different kingdoms of the Habsburg Spanish Monarchy, especially in questions related to religion and royal piety. Particular attention is paid to the under-researched area of Royal Sites in Catalonia, Valencia, Portugal, Sardinia and the Viceroyalty of Peru.
Author: Larry Silver
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 135155039X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study provides a new analysis of the pictorial ensemble of the Torre de la Parada, the hunting lodge of King Philip IV of Spain. Created in the late 1630s by a group of artists led by Peter Paul Rubens, this cycle of mythological imagery and hunting scenes was completed by Diego Vel?uez. Despite the lack of a written program, surviving works provide eloquent testimony of several basic themes that embody Neostoic ideals of self-restraint and prudent governance. While Rubens set the moral tone through his serio-comic Ovidian narratives, Vel?uez added an important grace note with his portraits of ancient philosophers, and royals and fools of the court. This study is the first to consider in depth their joint artistic contributions and shared ambition. Through analysis of individual works, the authors situate these pictorial inventions within broader intellectual currents in both Spanish Flanders and Spain, especially in the advice literature and drama presented to the Spanish king. Moreover, they point to the lasting resonance of Torre de la Parada for Vel?uez, especially within his late masterworks, Las Meninas and Las Hilanderas. Ultimately, this study illuminates the dialogical nature of this ensemble in which Rubens and Vel?uez offer a set of complementary views on subjects ranging from the nature of classical gods to the role of art as a mirror of the prince.
Author: Marina Belozerskaya
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2005-10-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0892367857
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
Author: Laura Fernández-González
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2021-05-10
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 0271089989
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Philip II of Spain was a major patron of the arts, best known for his magnificent palace and royal mausoleum at the Monastery of San Lorenzo of El Escorial. However, neither the king’s monastery nor his collections fully convey the rich artistic landscape of early modern Iberia. In this book, Laura Fernández-González examines Philip’s architectural and artistic projects, placing them within the wider context of Europe and the transoceanic Iberian dominions. Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire investigates ideas of empire and globalization in the art and architecture of the Iberian world during the sixteenth century, a time when the Spanish Empire was one of the largest in the world. Fernández-González illuminates Philip’s use of building regulations to construct an imperial city in Madrid and highlights the importance of his transformation of the Simancas fortress into an archive. She analyzes the refashioning of his imperial image upon his ascension to the Portuguese throne and uses the Hall of Battles in El Escorial as a lens through which to understand visual culture, history writing, and Philip’s kingly image as it was reflected in the funeral commemorations mourning his death across the Iberian world. Positioning Philip’s art and architectural programs within the wider cultural context of politics, legislation, religion, and theoretical trends, Fernández-González shows how design and images traveled across the Iberian world and provides a nuanced assessment of Philip’s role in influencing them. Original and important, this panoramic work will have a lasting impact on Philip II’s artistic legacy. Art historians and scholars of Iberia and sixteenth-century history will especially value Fernández-González’s research.