El Greco, Ribera, Velázquez, Murillo--these are but a few of the great sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists of Spain’s golden age of painting. In this authoritative and handsome book, an enlarged, extended, and revised version of his Golden Age of Painting in Spain, eminent Spanish art scholar Jonathan Brown surveys the development of painting in Spain during this fascinating period. Focusing on the interaction between art and the socioeconomic and political conditions that prevailed in Spain’s golden age, this book offers information about religious beliefs, social attitudes, the activities of patrons and collectors, and how these were absorbed and interpreted by painters. The author sets the history of Spanish paintings within a European context and explores Spain’s contact with artistic centers in Italy and the Netherlands. He discusses not only Spanish artists but also such non-Spanish painters as Titian, Ruben, and Luca Giordano, who either worked in Spain or influenced other artists there. Brown also examines the collections of foreign paintings that Spanish noblemen and prelates assembled and how these collections affected the production of art and the social status of the Spanish artist. In this up-to-date and innovative analysis of two hundred years of Spanish painting, Brown describes a country that brilliantly transformed the artistic impulses it received from abroad to fit the needs of its own society.

Painting in Spain, 1500-1700 (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)

Arts & Photography

Jonathan Brown

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

The description for this book, Jusepe de Ribera: Prints and Drawings, will be forthcoming.

Jusepe de Ribera: Prints and Drawings

Reference

Princeton University Press

The Right to Learn: The WEA in the North of England 1910 - 2010

Workers' Educational Association

A Week of Simple Offices

Religion & Spirituality

Adam Wilson

Michael Boag

Paula Sonley

Nicolas Stebbing

Christian Books & Bibles

Mirfield Publications

This book, by the award-winning author of "Tristan und Isolde on Record", is the first in-depth study to bring the great historical Wagner conductors to life - through anecdote, their own views on Wagner¿s music, reports of their performances throughout the world, and their recordings. After a substantial introductory chapter on Wagner - what he was like as a conductor of his own works, and what he wanted of his conductors ¿ there are chapters on Hans von BÃ¼low, Hans Richter, Anton Seidl, Hermann Levi, Felix Mottl, Karl Muck, Artur Nikisch, Albert Coates, Gustav Mahler, Felix Weingartner, Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini, Artur Bodanzky, Wilhelm FurtwÃ¤ngler, Fritz Busch, Erich Kleiber, Hans Knappertsbusch, Clemens Krauss, Karl BÃ¶hm, Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, and Fritz Reiner. There are over 270 illustrations, many showing the conductors at work. Comprehensive discographies set out, for the first time in one book, what the conductors recorded. Rare recordings are documented: shellac and vinyl that have never made it to compact disc, "pirate" and commercial recordings, and inauthentic recordings. There is comment on or excerpts from reviews of all the major recordings, and on many of the more obscure. A section on timings of actual and recorded performances, from Wagner onwards, reveals how widely practice has varied. The book is the outcome of extensive research in England, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, France, the Netherlands, the United States, Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. It is an essential source-book for the serious Wagnerian, opera lover, record collector, and music historian.

Great Wagner Conductors: A Listener's Companion

Parrot Press

L ook out, Los Angeles! Lou Crasher is back, and this cocktail-swillin' rock-'n'-roll drummer is now a bona fide P.I.-and he means business. When Desiree Doppelganger walks into the offices of Mortimer-Crasher, her feather boa and flirtations with "Pretty Eyes" aren't the only things heating up the office. Partnered alongside identical British brutes Oliver and Xavier, Lou takes on the search for Desiree's prized Chihuahua, Boots. But what should be a walk in the doggie park quickly moves up the mercury as hard-boiled Crasher discovers he's not the only one seeking the spirited stud dog. What, if anything, do a metro male dancer, a spoiled socialite, and a dead policeman have to do with the case? Why are a hot dame and her pyromaniac sidekick following Lou in a hemi-loaded Dodge Charger? And will the donning of a floral-patterned shirt that violates Lou's tough-guy code actually save his life? Lou needs answers and he needs them yesterday, because now Boots isn't the only one in harm's way. Can Lou save the day-and the dog-and return to his charmed life of lovin', boozin', drummin', and world-class sandwiches?

Drumroll, Please

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Hard-boiled Publishing

Life and Football

Penguin eBooks

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