Contributions

  • Loughman, Thomas J., editor - Contributor
  • Morris, Kathleen M., 1959- editor - Contributor
  • Yeager-Crasselt, Lara, editor - Contributor
  • Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - Contributor

Publication

2016 - Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

51,750 words, Guess

Page Count

207 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL27217152M
  • ISBN-101935998269
  • ISBN-100300218745
  • ISBN-139781935998266
  • ISBN-139780300218749
and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016010386
  • OCLC Control Number930798167
  • Better World Books9780300218749
  • Better World Books9781935998266

Classifications

  • DDC700/.4561
  • LCCND1290.5 .M87 2016
  • LCCND1290.5.M87 2016

Description

"Handsomely designed and produced, this stunning book highlights sensual paintings from the Spanish royal collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Many of the featured artists were court painters under sovereigns whose tastes influenced the art world of the 16th and 17th centuries. The superb selection of twenty-eight paintings includes works by Jan Breughel, Guercino, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, and Diego Velázquez. Included is Titian's Reclining Venus with Cupid and a Musician, probably painted by the artist for Charles V, and several works by Rubens, who painted a considerable number of works for the Spanish court. Informative catalogue entries accompany an essay by Javier Portús on the Spanish royal taste in collecting and the role of painting within European politics of the day and a contemporary response to understanding the nude in Renaissance and Baroque painting by Jill Burke."--

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