The collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid is among the most prestigious in the world. Its riches include paintings that once decorated the palaces of kings and emperors and by the most renowned names in the history of Western art -- Botticelli, Bosch, Bruegel, Tintoretto, Titian, El Greco, Velazquez, Rubens, Goya, and scores of other artists. This handsome volume, prepared in cooperation with the Prado, presents more than 800 of the museum's magnificent paintings.Eminent art historians describe the works themselves and ...
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The collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid is among the most prestigious in the world. Its riches include paintings that once decorated the palaces of kings and emperors and by the most renowned names in the history of Western art -- Botticelli, Bosch, Bruegel, Tintoretto, Titian, El Greco, Velazquez, Rubens, Goya, and scores of other artists. This handsome volume, prepared in cooperation with the Prado, presents more than 800 of the museum's magnificent paintings.Eminent art historians describe the works themselves and their social, cultural, and political contexts, and discuss the collection as a whole, which reflects the changing tastes and styles of the past 500 years. The vivid colorplates, made from specially taken photographs, are fully integrated with the text.
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VG/VG (bump to upper spine edge w/ creasing; smaller bump to lower spine edge w/ creasing. light wear to cloth. dustjacket has light sunning to spine; bump & creasing to upper spine edge; creasing to spine edges; some creasing to edges) Copper cloth boards w/ blind stamped printing. 669 pages w/ primarily color illustrations. pictorial & copper dustjacket w/ white printing. Remains a nice, bright and sharp copy. This copy includes the original, pictorial slipcase. Slipcase is not presentation quality: full-length split to edge, though it remains intact; bumping and creasing to corners and edges; rubbed shelf-wear. Photo is of a previous copy. A beautiful, lavishly illustrated volume of The Prado Museum's collection. Approximately 13lbs for shipping.