Plate404PORCH OF THE CHURCH AND CONVENT OF SAN CLEMENTE
PORCH OF THE CHURCH AND CONVENT OF SAN CLEMENTE
Plate405DETAIL OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CONVENT OF SAN CLEMENTE
DETAIL OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CONVENT OF SAN CLEMENTE
Plate406PORTAL OF SANTA CRUZ
PORTAL OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate407PORTAL OF SANTA CRUZ
PORTAL OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate408PORCH OF SANTA CRUZTHE HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
PORCH OF SANTA CRUZ
THE HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate409COURT OF SANTA CRUZ
COURT OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate410COURTYARD OF THE HOSPITAL
COURTYARD OF THE HOSPITAL
Plate411COURT OF SANTA CRUZ
COURT OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate412COURT OF SANTA CRUZ
COURT OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate413DETAIL OF THE PORTAL OF THE HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
DETAIL OF THE PORTAL OF THE HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate414DETAILS OF SANTA CRUZ
DETAILS OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate415HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate416PORTALS IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE ANCIENT HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
PORTALS IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE ANCIENT HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate417HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ. PORTRAIT OF THE FOUNDER, CARDINAL MENDOZA
HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ. PORTRAIT OF THE FOUNDER, CARDINAL MENDOZA
Plate418HOSPITAL DE AFUERA. THE COURT
HOSPITAL DE AFUERA. THE COURT
Plate419HOSPITAL DE AFUERA
HOSPITAL DE AFUERA
Plate420HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST
HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST
Plate421HOSPITAL DE AFUERA. SEPULCHRE OF CARDINAL TAVERA. 1557. ALONZO BERRUGUETE
HOSPITAL DE AFUERA. SEPULCHRE OF CARDINAL TAVERA. 1557. ALONZO BERRUGUETE
Plate422THE UNIVERSITYTHE UNIVERSITY
THE UNIVERSITY
THE UNIVERSITY
Plate423DETAILS OF THE HOUSE OF MUNÁRRIZ
DETAILS OF THE HOUSE OF MUNÁRRIZ
Plate424GATE OF AL MARDÓMALTAR OF THE CHURCH OF SAN JUSTO
GATE OF AL MARDÓM
ALTAR OF THE CHURCH OF SAN JUSTO
Plate425PORTAL OF THE ARCHBISHOP’S PALACEIN THE TOWN HALL
PORTAL OF THE ARCHBISHOP’S PALACE
IN THE TOWN HALL
Plate426CLOISTERS OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYESVIEW OF ST. MARTIN’S BRIDGE, LOOKING DOWN THE RIVER
CLOISTERS OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES
VIEW OF ST. MARTIN’S BRIDGE, LOOKING DOWN THE RIVER
Plate427GALLERY OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYESA MOORISH WORKSHOP
GALLERY OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES
A MOORISH WORKSHOP
Plate428HOTEL CASTILLA
HOTEL CASTILLA
Plate429DETAIL OF THE COURTYARD OF THE HOTEL CASTILLA
DETAIL OF THE COURTYARD OF THE HOTEL CASTILLA
Plate430VISIGOTH CAPITALS IN THE CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIAN
VISIGOTH CAPITALS IN THE CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIAN
Plate431NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUMCAPITAL, FOURTH CENTURYAFTER THE HEGIRACAPITAL OF SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROSNEAR THE ALCAZAR.FOURTH CENTURY AFTER THE HEGIRA
NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM
CAPITAL, FOURTH CENTURYAFTER THE HEGIRA
CAPITAL OF SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROSNEAR THE ALCAZAR.FOURTH CENTURY AFTER THE HEGIRA
Plate432CAPITAL IN THE ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM
CAPITAL IN THE ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Plate433FRAGMENT OF DADO FOUND NEAR THE BASILICA OF SANTA LEOCADIAWINDOW OF SAN GINÉSNATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM
FRAGMENT OF DADO FOUND NEAR THE BASILICA OF SANTA LEOCADIA
WINDOW OF SAN GINÉS
NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Plate434NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. DECORATIVE TABLE IN WHITE MARBLE, BELONGING TO THE ALJAMA MOSQUE OF TOLEDONATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. DECORATIVE FRAGMENT FOUND AT THE “MIRADERO.” CARVED IN WHITE MARBLE
NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. DECORATIVE TABLE IN WHITE MARBLE, BELONGING TO THE ALJAMA MOSQUE OF TOLEDO
NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. DECORATIVE FRAGMENT FOUND AT THE “MIRADERO.” CARVED IN WHITE MARBLE
Plate435CAPITAL IN THE SOUTH-WEST ANGLE, BELONGING TO THE OLD MOSQUE, NOW THE HERMITAGE OF SANTO CRISTO DE LA LUZTHE FIFTH OF THE VISIGOTH CAPITALS OF THE HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
CAPITAL IN THE SOUTH-WEST ANGLE, BELONGING TO THE OLD MOSQUE, NOW THE HERMITAGE OF SANTO CRISTO DE LA LUZ
THE FIFTH OF THE VISIGOTH CAPITALS OF THE HOSPITAL OF SANTA CRUZ
Plate436NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. SKY-LIGHT OR ORNAMENT FOUND AT TOLEDOVISIGOTH CAPITAL IN THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. SKY-LIGHT OR ORNAMENT FOUND AT TOLEDO
VISIGOTH CAPITAL IN THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate437ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF SAN ROMÁN
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF SAN ROMÁN
Plate438ARCHITECTURAL PIECES OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD EXISTING IN THE CITY
ARCHITECTURAL PIECES OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD EXISTING IN THE CITY
Plate439ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD
Plate440CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH-EAST ANGLE BELONGING TO THE ANCIENT MOSQUE, NOW THE HERMITAGE OF SANTO CRISTO DE LA LUZVISIGOTH CAPITAL OF THE OLD PARISH CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIAN
CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH-EAST ANGLE BELONGING TO THE ANCIENT MOSQUE, NOW THE HERMITAGE OF SANTO CRISTO DE LA LUZ
VISIGOTH CAPITAL OF THE OLD PARISH CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIAN
Plate441NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. VISIGOTH CAPITALS OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA EULALIA. FRAGMENT OF THE DADO OF THE BASILICA OF SANTO LEOCADIA
NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. VISIGOTH CAPITALS OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA EULALIA. FRAGMENT OF THE DADO OF THE BASILICA OF SANTO LEOCADIA
Plate442CAPITALS IN THE ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM
CAPITALS IN THE ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Plate443PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. CAPITAL OF THE FOURTH CENTURY AFTER THE HEGIRANATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. ARAB ASTROLABE MADE AT TOLEDO IN THE YEAR 459 AFTER THE HEGIRA (A.D.1067)
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. CAPITAL OF THE FOURTH CENTURY AFTER THE HEGIRA
NATIONAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL MUSEUM. ARAB ASTROLABE MADE AT TOLEDO IN THE YEAR 459 AFTER THE HEGIRA (A.D.1067)
Plate444ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS OF THE VISIGOTH PERIOD
Plate445ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS ANTERIOR TO THE MAHOMETAN IRRUPTION, No. 1
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS ANTERIOR TO THE MAHOMETAN IRRUPTION, No. 1
Plate446ARCHITECTURAL PARTS AND DECORATIVE REMAINS ANTERIOR TO THE MAHOMETAN IRRUPTION, No. 2
ARCHITECTURAL PARTS AND DECORATIVE REMAINS ANTERIOR TO THE MAHOMETAN IRRUPTION, No. 2
Plate447ARCHITECTURAL PARTS AND DECORATIVE FRAGMENTS ANTERIOR TO THE MAHOMETAN IRRUPTION, No. 3
ARCHITECTURAL PARTS AND DECORATIVE FRAGMENTS ANTERIOR TO THE MAHOMETAN IRRUPTION, No. 3
Plate448ARCHES OF VARIOUS CHURCHES OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
ARCHES OF VARIOUS CHURCHES OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
Plate449DENUDATION OF OUR LORD BEFORE THE CRUCIFIXIONEL GRECOSACRISTY OF THE CATHEDRAL
DENUDATION OF OUR LORD BEFORE THE CRUCIFIXION
EL GRECO
SACRISTY OF THE CATHEDRAL
Plate450THE VIRGIN, ST. ANNE, THE CHILD JESUS AND ST. JOHNEL GRECOCHAPEL OF ST. ANNE
THE VIRGIN, ST. ANNE, THE CHILD JESUS AND ST. JOHN
EL GRECO
CHAPEL OF ST. ANNE
Plate451OUR LADY OF SORROWSEL GRECOSACRISTY OF THE NEW KINGS, IN THE CATHEDRAL
OUR LADY OF SORROWS
EL GRECO
SACRISTY OF THE NEW KINGS, IN THE CATHEDRAL
Plate452PENTECOSTEL GRECOCHURCH OF THE TRINITY
PENTECOST
EL GRECO
CHURCH OF THE TRINITY
Plate453JESUS AND ST. JOHNEL GRECOCHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
JESUS AND ST. JOHN
EL GRECO
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Plate454THE ASSUMPTIONEL GRECOCHAPEL OF SAN JOSÉ
THE ASSUMPTION
EL GRECO
CHAPEL OF SAN JOSÉ
Plate455ST. MARTINEL GRECOCHAPEL OE SAN JOSÉ
ST. MARTIN
EL GRECO
CHAPEL OE SAN JOSÉ
Plate456THE HOLY EUCHARIST. BY EL GRECO CHURCH OF SAN JOSÉ
THE HOLY EUCHARIST. BY EL GRECO CHURCH OF SAN JOSÉ
Plate457SAN JOSÉ AND THE CHILD JESUSEL GRECOPARISH CHURCH OF THE MAGDALENE
SAN JOSÉ AND THE CHILD JESUS
EL GRECO
PARISH CHURCH OF THE MAGDALENE
Plate458THE INTERMENT OF COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECOCHURCH OF SANTO TOMÉ
THE INTERMENT OF COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
CHURCH OF SANTO TOMÉ
Plate459DETAIL OF THE INTERMENT OF COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECO
DETAIL OF THE INTERMENT OF COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
Plate460FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECO
FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
Plate461FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECO
FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
Plate462FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECO
FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
Plate463FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECO
FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
Plate464FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
Plate465FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECO
FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
Plate466FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZEL GRECO
FRAGMENT OF THE INTERMENT OF THE COUNT DE ORGAZ
EL GRECO
Plate467THE ANNUNCIATIONEL GRECOPARISH CHURCH OF SAN NICHOLÁS
THE ANNUNCIATION
EL GRECO
PARISH CHURCH OF SAN NICHOLÁS
Plate468THE CRUCIFIXIONEL GRECOSAN NICHOLÁS
THE CRUCIFIXION
EL GRECO
SAN NICHOLÁS
Plate469SAN PEDRO NOLASCOEL GRECOPARISH CHURCH OF SAN NICHOLÁS
SAN PEDRO NOLASCO
EL GRECO
PARISH CHURCH OF SAN NICHOLÁS
Plate470THE ASSUMPTIONEL GRECOPARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
THE ASSUMPTION
EL GRECO
PARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
Plate471SAN EUGENIOEL GRECOPARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
SAN EUGENIO
EL GRECO
PARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
Plate472ST. PETEREL GRECOPARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
ST. PETER
EL GRECO
PARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
Plate473JESUS AND THE VIRGINEL GRECOPARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
JESUS AND THE VIRGIN
EL GRECO
PARISH CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE
Plate474THE ASCENSIONEL GRECOSANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
THE ASCENSION
EL GRECO
SANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
Plate475A SAINT (? SANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA)EL GRECO
A SAINT (? SANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA)
EL GRECO
Plate476THE BIRTH OF JESUSEL GRECOSANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
EL GRECO
SANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
Plate477SANTA VERONICA WITH THE SUDARIUMEL GRECOSANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
SANTA VERONICA WITH THE SUDARIUM
EL GRECO
SANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
Plate478ST. JOHN BAPTISTEL GRECOSANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
ST. JOHN BAPTIST
EL GRECO
SANTO DOMINGO EL ANTIGUA
Plate479ST. JOHN THE EVANGELISTEL GRECOCHURCH OF SANTO DOMINGO
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
EL GRECO
CHURCH OF SANTO DOMINGO
Plate480ALTAR-PIECE OF THE CONVENT OF SANTO DOMINGOEL GRECO
ALTAR-PIECE OF THE CONVENT OF SANTO DOMINGO
EL GRECO
Plate481ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISIEL GRECOCOLLEGE OF NOBLE LADIES
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
EL GRECO
COLLEGE OF NOBLE LADIES
Plate482THE BAPTISM OF JESUSEL GRECOHOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST
THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
EL GRECO
HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST
Plate483PORTRAIT OF CARDINAL TAVERAEL GRECOHOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST
PORTRAIT OF CARDINAL TAVERA
EL GRECO
HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST
Plate484VIEW OF THE HIGH ALTAR OF THE TAVERA HOSPITALEL GRECO
VIEW OF THE HIGH ALTAR OF THE TAVERA HOSPITAL
EL GRECO
Plate485GENERAL VIEW OF TOLEDO (LEFT HALF)EL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
GENERAL VIEW OF TOLEDO (LEFT HALF)
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate486GENERAL VIEW OF TOLEDO (RIGHT HALF)EL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
GENERAL VIEW OF TOLEDO (RIGHT HALF)
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate487VIEW OF TOLEDOEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
VIEW OF TOLEDO
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate488PORTRAIT OF ANTONIO COVARRUBIASEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
PORTRAIT OF ANTONIO COVARRUBIAS
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate489PORTRAIT OF THE SON OF COVARRUBIASEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
PORTRAIT OF THE SON OF COVARRUBIAS
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate490THE CRUCIFIXIONEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
THE CRUCIFIXION
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate491ALLEGORY OF THE VIRGINEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ALLEGORY OF THE VIRGIN
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate492PORTRAIT OF JUAN DE AVILAEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
PORTRAIT OF JUAN DE AVILA
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate493OUR SAVIOUREL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
OUR SAVIOUR
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate494ST. JOHN THE EVANGELISTEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate495ST. PETEREL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. PETER
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate496ST. MATTHIASEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. MATTHIAS
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate497ST. PHILIPEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. PHILIP
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate498ST. ANDREWEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. ANDREW
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate499ST. THOMASEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. THOMAS
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate500ST. SIMONEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. SIMON
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate501ST. MATTHEWEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. MATTHEW
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate502ST. JUDE TADEOEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
ST. JUDE TADEO
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate503AN APOSTLEEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
AN APOSTLE
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate504AN APOSTLEEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
AN APOSTLE
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate505AN APOSTLEEL GRECOPROVINCIAL MUSEUM
AN APOSTLE
EL GRECO
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Plate506THE ANNUNCIATIONEL GRECO
THE ANNUNCIATION
EL GRECO
Plate507THE DREAM OF PHILIP II.EL GRECOCHAPTER HALL OF THE ESCORIAL
THE DREAM OF PHILIP II.
EL GRECO
CHAPTER HALL OF THE ESCORIAL
Plate508ST. MAURICE AND THE THEBAN LEGIONEL GRECOCHAPTER HALL OF THE ESCORIAL
ST. MAURICE AND THE THEBAN LEGION
EL GRECO
CHAPTER HALL OF THE ESCORIAL
Plate509PORTRAIT OF EL GRECO BY HIMSELFSEÑOR A. DE BERUETE, MADRID
PORTRAIT OF EL GRECO BY HIMSELF
SEÑOR A. DE BERUETE, MADRID
Plate510CHRIST DRIVING THE MONEY-CHANGERS FROM THE TEMPLEEL GRECOSEÑOR DE BERUETE, MADRID
CHRIST DRIVING THE MONEY-CHANGERS FROM THE TEMPLE
EL GRECO
SEÑOR DE BERUETE, MADRID
Plate511PORTRAIT OF A STUDENT (EL GRECO?)EL GRECODON PABLO BOSCH, MADRID
PORTRAIT OF A STUDENT (EL GRECO?)
EL GRECO
DON PABLO BOSCH, MADRID
THESPANISH SERIES
Edited by ALBERT F. CALVERT
A newand important series of volumes, dealing with Spain in its various aspects, its history, its cities and monuments. Each volume will be complete in itself in a uniform binding, and the number and excellence of the reproductions from pictures will justify the claim that these books comprise the most copiously illustrated series that has yet been issued, some volumes having over 300 pages of reproductions of pictures, etc.
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MURILLO
A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 165 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIS MOST CELEBRATED PICTURES
While the names of Murillo and Velazquez are inseparably linked in the history of Art as Spain’s immortal contribution to the small band of world-painters, the great Court-Painter to Philip IV. has ever received the lion’s share of public attention. Many learned and critical works have been written about Murillo, but whereas Velazquez has been familiarised to the general reader by the aid of small, popular biographies, the niche is still empty which it is hoped that this book will fill.
In this volume the attempt has been made to show the painter’s art in its relation to the religious feeling of the age in which he lived, and his own feeling towards his art. Murillo was the product of his religious era, and of his native province, Andalusia. To Europe in his lifetime he signified little or nothing. He painted to the order of the religious houses in his immediate vicinity; his works were immured in local monasteries and cathedrals, and, passing immediately out of circulation, were forgotten or never known.
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SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE ROYAL ARMOURY AT MADRID. ILLUSTRATED WITH 386 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. DEDICATED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO H.M. QUEEN MARIA CRISTINA OF SPAIN
Although several valuable and voluminous catalogues of the Spanish Royal Armoury have, from time to time, been compiled, this “finest collection of armour in the world” has been subjected so often to the disturbing influences of fire, removal, and re-arrangement, that no hand catalogue of the Museum is available, and this book has been designed to serve both as a historical souvenir of the institution and a record of its treasures.
The various exhibits with which the writer illustrates his narrative are reproduced to the number of nearly 400 on art paper, and the selection of weapons and armour has been made with a view not only to render the series interesting to the general reader, but to present a useful text book for the guidance of artists, sculptors, antiquaries, costumiers, and all who are engaged in the reproduction or representation of European armoury.
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THE ESCORIAL
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH ROYAL PALACE, MONASTERY AND MAUSOLEUM. ILLUSTRATED WITH PLANS AND 278 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PICTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS
The Royal Palace, Monastery, and Mausoleum of El Escorial, which rears its gaunt, grey walls in one of the bleakest but most imposing districts in the whole of Spain, was erected to commemorate a victory over the French in 1557. It was occupied and pillaged by the French two and a-half centuries later, and twice it has been greatly diminished by fire; but it remains to-day, not only the incarnate expression of the fanatic religious character and political genius of Philip II., but the greatest mass of wrought granite which exists on earth, the leviathan of architecture, the eighth wonder of the world.
In the text of this book the author has endeavoured to reconstitute the glories and tragedies of the living past of the Escorial, and to represent the wonders of the stupendous edifice by reproductions of over two hundred and seventy of the finest photographs and pictures obtainable. Both as a review and a pictorial record it is hoped that the work will make a wide appeal among all who are interested in the history, the architecture, and the art of Spain.
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TOLEDO
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE “CITY OF GENERATIONS,” WITH 510 ILLUSTRATIONS
The origin of Imperial Toledo, “the crown of Spain, the light of the world, free from the time of the mighty Goths,” is lost in the impenetrable mists of antiquity. Mighty, unchangeable, invincible, the city has been described by Wörmann as “a gigantic open-air museum of the architectural history of early Spain, arranged upon a lofty and conspicuous table of rock.”
But while some writers have declared that Toledo is a theatre with the actors gone and only the scenery left, the author does not share the opinion. He believes that the power and virility upon which Spain built up her greatness is reasserting itself. The machinery of the theatre of Toledo is rusty, the pulleys are jammed from long disuse, but the curtain is rising steadily if slowly, and already can be heard the tuning-up of fiddles in its ancient orchestra.
In this belief the author of this volume has not only set forth the story of Toledo’s former greatness, but has endeavoured to place before his readers a panorama of the city as it appears to-day, and to show cause for his faith in the greatness of the Toledo of the future.
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SEVILLE
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT, WITH 300 ILLUSTRATIONS
Seville, which has its place in mythology as the creation of Hercules, and was more probably founded by the Phœnicians, which became magnificent under the Roman rule, was made the capital of the Goths, became the centre of Moslem power and splendour, and fell before the military prowess of St. Ferdinand, is still the Queen of Andalusia, the foster-mother of Velazquez and Murillo, the city of poets and pageantry and love.
Seville is always gay, and responsive and fascinating to the receptive visitor, and all sorts of people go there with all sorts of motives. The artist repairs to the Andalusian city to fill his portfolio; the lover of art makes the pilgrimage to study Murillo in all his glory. The seasons of the Church attract thousands from reasons of devotion or curiosity. And of all these myriad visitors, who go with their minds full of preconceived notions, not one has yet confessed to being disappointed in Seville.
The author has here attempted to convey in the illustrations an impression of this laughing city where all is gaiety and mirth and ever-blossoming roses, where the people pursue pleasure as the serious business of life in an atmosphere of exhilarating enjoyment.
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THE PRADO
A GUIDE AND HANDBOOK TO THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY OF MADRID. ILLUSTRATED WITH 221 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OF OLD MASTERS. DEDICATED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO H.R.H. PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG
This volume is an attempt to supplement the accurate but formal notes contained in the official catalogue of a picture gallery which is considered the finest in the world. It has been said that the day one enters the Prado for the first time is an important event like marriage, the birth of a child, or the coming into an inheritance; an experience of which one feels the effects to the day of one’s death.
The excellence of the Madrid gallery is the excellence of exclusion; it is a collection of magnificent gems. Here one becomes conscious of a fresh power in Murillo, and is amazed anew by the astonishing apparition of Velazquez; here is, in truth, a rivalry of miracles of art.
The task of selecting pictures for reproduction from what is perhaps the most splendid gallery of old masters in existence, was one of no little difficulty, but it is believed that the collection is representative, and that the letterpress will form a serviceable companion to the visitor to The Prado.
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GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MOSLEM RULE IN SPAIN, TOGETHER WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE ARCHITECTURE, AND THE DECORATION OF THE MOORISH PALACE, WITH 460 ILLUSTRATIONS. DEDICATED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE
This volume is the third and abridged edition of a work which the author was inspired to undertake by the surpassing loveliness of the Alhambra, and by his disappointment in the discovery that no such thing as an even moderately adequate illustrated souvenir of “this glorious sanctuary of Spain” was obtainable. Keenly conscious of the want himself, he essayed to supply it, and the result is a volume that has been acclaimed with enthusiasm alike by critics, artists, architects, and archæologists.
In his preface to the first edition, Mr. Calvert wrote: “The Alhambra may be likened to an exquisite opera which can only be appreciated to the full when one is under the spell of its magic influence. But as the witchery of an inspired score can be recalled by the sound of an air whistled in the street, so—it is my hope—the pale ghost of the Moorish fairy-land may live again in the memories of travellers through the medium of this pictorial epitome.”
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EL GRECO
A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED BY REPRODUCTIONS OF OVER 140 OF HIS PICTURES
In a Series such as this, which aims at presenting every aspect of Spain’s eminence in art and in her artists, the work of Domenico Theotocópuli must be allotted a volume to itself. “El Greco,” as he is called, who reflects the impulse, and has been said to constitute the supreme glory of the Venetian era, was a Greek by repute, a Venetian by training, and a Toledan by adoption. His pictures in the Prado are still catalogued among those of the Italian School, but foreigner as he was, in his heart he was more Spanish than the Spaniards.
El Greco is typically, passionately, extravagantly Spanish, and with his advent, Spanish painting laid aside every trace of Provincialism, and stepped forth to compel the interest of the world. Neglected for many centuries, and still often misjudged, his place in art is an assured one. It is impossible to present him as a colourist in a work of this nature, but the author has got together reproductions of no fewer than 140 of his pictures—a greater number than has ever before been published of El Greco’s works.
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VELAZQUEZ
A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED WITH 142 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIS MOST CELEBRATED PICTURES
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez—“our Velazquez,” as Palomino proudly styles him—has been made the subject of innumerable books in every European language, yet the Editor of this Spanish Series feels that it would not be complete without the inclusion of yet another contribution to the broad gallery of Velazquez literature.
The great Velazquez, the eagle in art—subtle, simple, incomparable—the supreme painter, is still a guiding influence of the art of to-day. This greatest of Spanish artists, a master not only in portrait painting, but in character and animal studies, in landscapes and historical subjects, impressed the grandeur of his superb personality upon all his work. Spain, it has been said, the country whose art was largely borrowed, produced Velazquez, and through him Spanish art became the light of a new artistic life.
The author cannot boast that he has new data to offer, but he has put forward his conclusions with modesty; he has reproduced a great deal that is most representative of the artist’s work; and he has endeavoured to keep always in view his object to present a concise, accurate, and readable life of Velazquez.
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ROYAL PALACES OF SPAIN
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL PALACES OF THE SPANISH KINGS. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
Spain is beyond question the richest country in the world in the number of its Royal Residences, and while few are without artistic importance, all are rich in historical memories. Thus, from the Alcazar at Seville, which is principally associated with Pedro the Cruel, to the Retiro, built to divert the attention of Philip IV. from his country’s decay; from the Escorial, in which the gloomy mind of Philip II. is perpetuated in stone, to La Granja, which speaks of the anguish and humiliation of Christina before Sergeant Garcia and his rude soldiery; from Aranjuéz to Rio Frio, and from El Pardo, darkened by the agony of a good king, to Miramar, to which a widowed Queen retired to mourn: all the history of Spain, from the splendid days of Charles V. to the present time, is crystallised in the Palaces that constitute the patrimony of the Crown.
The Royal Palaces of Spain are open to visitors at stated times, and it is hoped that this volume, with its wealth of illustrations, will serve the visitor both as a guide and a souvenir.
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VALLADOLID, OVIEDO, SEGOVIA, ZAMORA, AVILA AND ZARAGOZA
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT, WITH 390 ILLUSTRATIONS
The glory of Valladolid has departed, but the skeleton remains, and attached to its ancient stones are the memories that Philip II. was born here, that here Cervantes lived, and Christopher Columbus died. In this one-time capital of Spain, in the Plaza Mayor, the fires of the Great Inquisition were first lighted, and here Charles V. laid the foundation of the Royal Armoury, which was afterwards transferred to Madrid.
More than seven hundred years have passed since Oviedo was the proud capital of the Kingdoms of Las Asturias, Leon, and Castile. Segovia, though no longer great, has still all the appurtenances of greatness, and with her granite massiveness and austerity, she remains an aristocrat even among the aristocracy of Spanish cities. Zamora, which has a history dating from time almost without date, was the key of Leon and the centre of the endless wars between the Moors and the Christians, which raged round it from the eighth to the eleventh centuries.
In this volume the author has striven to re-create the ancient greatness of these six cities, and has preserved their memories in a wealth of excellent and interesting illustrations.
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LEON, BURGOS AND SALAMANCA
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT, WITH 462 ILLUSTRATIONS
In Leon, once the capital of the second kingdom in Spain; in Burgos, which boasts one of the most magnificent cathedrals in Spain, and the custodianship of the bones of the Cid; and in Salamanca, with its university, which is one of the oldest in Europe, the author has selected three of the most interesting relics of ancient grandeur in this country of departed greatness.
Leon to-day is nothing but a large agricultural village, torpid, silent, dilapidated; Burgos, which still retains traces of the Gotho-Castilian character, is a gloomy and depleting capital: and Salamanca is a city of magnificent buildings, a broken hulk, spent by the storms that from time to time have devastated her.
Yet apart from the historical interest possessed by these cities, they still make an irresistible appeal to the artist and the antiquary. They are content with their stories of old-time greatness and their cathedrals, and these ancient architectural splendours, undisturbed by the touch of a modernising and renovating spirit, continue to attract the visitor.
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MADRID
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH CAPITAL, WITH 450 ILLUSTRATIONS
Madrid is at once one of the most interesting and most maligned cities in Europe. It stands at an elevation of 2,500 feet above the sea level, in the centre of an arid, treeless, waterless, and wind-blown plain; but whatever may be thought of the wisdom of selecting a capital in such a situation, one cannot but admire the uniqueness of its position, and the magnificence of its buildings, and one is forced to admit that, having fairly entered the path of progress, Madrid bids fair to become one of the handsomest and most prosperous of European cities.
The splendid promenades, the handsome buildings, and the spacious theatres combine to make Madrid one of the first cities of the world, and the author has endeavoured with the aid of the camera, to place every feature and aspect of the Spanish metropolis before the reader. Some of the illustrations reproduced here have been made familiar to the English public by reason of the interesting and stirring events connected with the Spanish Royal Marriage, but the greater number were either taken by the author, or are the work of photographers specially employed to obtain new views for the purpose of this volume.
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GOYA
A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED BY REPRODUCTIONS OF 600 OF HIS PICTURES
The last of the old masters and the first of the moderns, as he has been called, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes is not so familiarised to English readers as his genius deserves. He was born at a time when the tradition of Velazquez was fading, and the condition of Spanish painting was debased almost beyond hope of salvation; he broke through the academic tradition of imitation; “he, next to Velazquez, is to be accounted as the man whom the Impressionists of our time have to thank for their most definite stimulus, their most immediate inspiration.”
The genius of Goya was a robust, imperious, and fulminating genius; his iron temperament was passionate, dramatic, and revolutionary; he painted a picture as he would have fought a battle. He was an athletic, warlike, and indefatigable painter; a naturalist like Velazquez; fantastic like Hogarth; eccentric like Rembrandt; the last flame-coloured flash of Spanish genius.
It is impossible to reproduce his colouring; but in the reproductions of his works the author has endeavoured to convey to the reader some idea of Goya’s boldness of style, his mastery of frightful shadows and mysterious lights, and his genius for expressing all terrible emotions.
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CORDOVA
A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT CITY WHICH THE CARTHAGINIANS STYLED THE “GEM OF THE SOUTH,” WITH 160 ILLUSTRATIONS
Gay-looking, vivacious in its beauty, silent, ill-provided, depopulated, Cordova was once the pearl of the West, the city of cities, Cordova of the thirty suburbs and three thousand mosques; to-day she is no more than an overgrown village, but she still remains the most Oriental town in Spain.
Cordova, once the centre of European civilisation, under the Moors the Athens of the West, the successful rival of Baghdad and Damascus, the seat of learning and the repository of the arts, has shrunk to the proportions of a third-rate provincial town; but the artist, the antiquary and the lover of the beautiful, will still find in its streets and squares and patios a mysterious spell that cannot be resisted.
BY ALBERT F. CALVERT
LIFE OF CERVANTES
A NEW LIFE OF THE GREAT SPANISH AUTHOR TO COMMEMORATE THE TERCENTENARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF “DON QUIXOTE,” WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS AND REPRODUCTIONS FROM EARLY EDITIONS OF “DON QUIXOTE”
Size Crown 8 vo. 150 pp. Price 3/6 net
PRESS NOTICES
“A popular and accessible account of the career of Cervantes.”—Daily Chronicle.
“A very readable and pleasant account of one of the great writers of all time.”—Morning Leader.
“Mr.Calvertis entitled to the gratitude of book-lovers for his industrious devotion at one of our greatest literary shrines.”—Birmingham Post.
“It is made trebly interesting by the very complete set of Cervantes’ portraits it contains, and by the inclusion of a valuable bibliography.”—Black and White.
“We recommend the book to all those to whom Cervantes is more than a mere name.”—Westminster Gazette.
“A most interesting résumé of all facts up to the present time known.”—El Nervion de Bilbao, Spain.
“The most notable work dedicated to the immortal author ofDon Quixotethat has been published in England.”—El Graduador, Spain.
“Although the book is written in English no Spaniard could have written it with more conscientiousness and enthusiasm.”—El Defensor de Granada, Spain.
BY ALBERT F. CALVERT
THE ALHAMBRA
OF GRANADA, BEING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MOSLEM RULE IN SPAIN FROM THE REIGN OF MOHAMMED THE FIRST TO THE FINAL EXPULSION OF THE MOORS, TOGETHER WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATION OF THE MOORISH PALACE, WITH 80 COLOURED PLATES AND NEARLY 300 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS (NEW EDITION). DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H.M. KING ALFONSO XIII.
Size 10 x 7½. Price £2 2s. net
PRESS NOTICES
“It is hardly too much to say that this is one of the most magnificent books ever issued from the English Press.”—Building World.
“One is really puzzled where to begin and when to stop in praising the illustrations.”—Bookseller.
“The most complete record of this wonder of architecture which has ever been contemplated, much less attempted.”—British Architect.
“A treasure to the student of decorative art.”—Morning Advertiser.
“Mr.Calverthas given us a Book Beautiful.”—Western Daily Press.
“It is the last word on the subject, no praise is too high.”—Nottingham Express.
“May be counted among the more important art books which have been published during recent years.”—The Globe.
“Has a pride of place that is all its own among the books of the month.”—Review of Reviews.
“Has in many respects surpassed any books on the Alhambra which up to the present have appeared in our own country or abroad.”—El Graduador, Spain.
“It is one of the most beautiful books of modern times.”—Ely Gazette.
“One of the most artistic productions of the year.”—Publishers’ Circular.
“The most beautiful book on the Alhambra issued in England.”—Sphere.
“The standard work on a splendid subject.”—Daily Telegraph.
“A remarkable masterpiece of book production.”—Eastern Daily Press.
“A perfect treasure of beauty and delight.”—Keighley News.
“A magnificent work.”—Melbourne Age, Australia.
“Immense collection of fine plates.”—The Times.
“A standard work, the compilation of which would credit a life’s labour.”—Hull Daily Mail.
BY ALBERT F. CALVERT
MOORISH REMAINS IN SPAIN
BEING A BRIEF RECORD OF THE ARABIAN CONQUEST AND OCCUPATION OF THE PENINSULA, WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MOHAMMEDAN ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION IN THE CITIES OF CORDOVA, SEVILLE AND TOLEDO, WITH MANY COLOURED PLATES, AND OVER 400 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, DIAGRAMS, ETC., DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H.M. KING ALFONSO XIII.
Crown 4to. (7½ × 10 ins.) Price £2 2s. net
PRESS NOTICES
“The making of this book must surely have been a veritable labour of love; and love’s labour has certainly not been lost.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“The best age of Moorish architecture in Spain is shown with remarkable vividness and vitality.”—The Scotsman.