Juan de Herrera : Architect to Philip II of Spain / by Catherine Wilkinson-Zerner
1993, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404144
ISBN: 0300049919
Physical description; viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-211) and index. Contents; 1. The making of a royal architect -- 2. Architecture: between science and art -- 3. Measure and design -- 4. Drawings -- 5. Creating a royal style for Philip II's palaces and public buildings -- 6. The appropriation of the Escorial -- 7. The Cathedral of Valladolid and Herrera's legacy -- 8. Building the well-ordered state. Subjects; Herrera, Juan de approximately 1530-1597 Criticism and interpretation. Philip II, King of Spain 1527-1598 Art patronage. Classicism in architecture Spain.
Price: €30.00