The Escorial: Art and Power in the Renaissance

by Henry Kamen

Book Overview

An acclaimed historian of Europe explores one of the world's most iconic buildings and the monarch who created it

Few buildings have played so central a role in Spain's history as the monastery-palace of San Lorenzo del Escorial. Colossal in size and imposing--even forbidding--in appearance, the Escorial has invited and defied description for four centuries. Part palace, part monastery, part mausoleum, it has also served as a shrine,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300162448
• ISBN13: 9780300162448
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"