The Golden Age of painting in Spain

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 330 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index. Contents: Introduction: The frontiers of Spanish art -- The arrival of the Renaissance 1480-1560 -- The revolution of Philip II -- El Greco -- Crosscurrents in Castile 1598-1621 -- Nascent naturalism, Seville 1575-1625 -- The dawn of a new Golden Age, Madrid 1620-1640 -- The art of immediacy, Seville 1625-1640 -- Jusepe de Ribera, a Spaniard in Italy -- Collectors and collections -- Painting in transition, Madrid 1640-1665 -- Seville a mid-century 1640-1660 -- The new era in Andalusia 1660-1700 -- A grand finale -- Epilogue: Masters of servants? Spanish painters of the Golden Age. Subjects: Painting, Spanish; Painting, Modern Spain; Art Spain; Golden Age; History; 16th Century; 17th Century; Painting, Modern 17th-18th centuries Spain; Painting Spain Renaissance (c.1520-1600).