A new and important series of volumes, dealing with Spain in its various
aspects, its history, its cities and monuments. Each volume will be
complete in itself in a uniform binding, and the number and excellence
of the reproductions from pictures will justify the claim that these
books comprise the most copiously illustrated series that has yet been
issued, some volumes having over 300 pages of reproductions of pictures,
etc.
Crown 8vo. Price 3/6 net
1 GOYA with 600 illustrations
2 TOLEDO ” 510 ”
3 MADRID ” 450 ”
4 SEVILLE ” 300 ”
5 MURILLO ” 165 ”
6 CORDOVA ” 160 ”
7 EL GRECO ” 140 ”
8 VELAZQUEZ ” 142 ”
9 THE PRADO ” 223 ”
10 THE ESCORIAL ” 278 ”
11 ROYAL PALACES OF SPAIN ” 200 ”
12 GRANADA AND ALHAMBRA ” 460 ”
13 SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR ” 386 ”
14 LEON, BURGOS AND SALAMANCA ” 462 ”
15 CATALONIA, VALENCIA, & MURCIA ” 288 ”
16 VALLADOLID, OVIEDO, SEGOVIA, } ” 390 ”
ZAMORA, AVILA AND ZARAGOZA }
* * * * *
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
MURILLO
A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 165 REPRODUCTIONS FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIS MOST CELEBRATED PICTURES
While the names of Murillo and Velazquez are inseparably linked in
the history of Art as Spain’s immortal contribution to the small
band of world-painters, the great Court-Painter to Philip IV. has
ever received the lion’s share of public attention. Many learned
and critical works have been written about Murillo, but whereas
Velazquez has been familiarised to the general reader by the aid of
small, popular biographies, the niche is still empty which it is
hoped that this book will fill.
In this volume the attempt has been made to show the painter’s art
in its relation to the religious feeling of the age in which he
lived, and his own feeling towards his art. Murillo was the product
of his religious era, and of his native province, Andalusia. To
Europe in his lifetime he signified little or nothing. He painted
to the order of the religious houses in his immediate vicinity; his
works were immured in local monasteries and cathedrals, and,
passing immediately out of circulation, were forgotten or never
known.
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE ROYAL ARMOURY AT MADRID.
ILLUSTRATED WITH 386 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. DEDICATED BY
SPECIAL PERMISSION TO H.M. QUEEN MARIA CRISTINA OF SPAIN
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