The Prado Museum
Santiago Alcolea Blanch2008
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Renowned as the largest art gallery in the world, the Prado houses sculptures, drawings, coins and other works of art. This illustrated volume contains reproductions of nearly 300 works with a particular emphasis on work by the Spanish masters,
Main title:
The Prado Museum / by Santiago Alcolea Blanch
Author:
Imprint:
Barcelona Ediciones Poligrafa 2008
Collation:
406 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
The royal collections -- The antecedents to the painting museum -- The royal collections open -- The educational ideals of the enlightenment -- The first project for a royal museum in Madrid -- The Joesphine Museum -- The Ferdinandine Museum and the academy of fine arts -- The Prado Museum:Conception (1816-1818) -- The building -- Preliminary preparations (1818-1819) -- Ferdinand VII, inauguration and early days of the royal painting museum (1819-1833) -- Isabella II (1833-1868) -- The liberal period (1868-1873) -- The first republic (1873-1874) -- Monarchy restored (1875-1931) -- The second republic (1931-1936) -- The civil war (1936-1939) -- Dictatorship (1939-1975) -- Democracy (1976-present) -- Painting collections: The Spanish school -- The Italian school -- The Flemish school -- The German school -- The Dutch school -- The French school -- The British school
ISBN:
9788434311763 (hbk)
Dewey class:
759.6 PRA
Local class:
759.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
120701
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