Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire

Explores the architectural and artistic projects of Philip II of Spain, placing them in the wider context of the peninsular, European, and transoceanic Iberian dominions.

About the author

Laura Fernández-González is Senior Lecturer in Architectural History at the University of Lincoln. She is the coeditor, with Marjorie Trusted, of the special issue of Renaissance Studies titled “Visual and Spatial Hybridity in the Early Modern Iberian World” and, with Fernando Checa Cremades, of the book Festival Culture in the World of the Spanish Habsburgs.

Summary

Explores the architectural and artistic projects of Philip II of Spain, placing them in the wider context of the peninsular, European, and transoceanic Iberian dominions.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Fernandez-Gonzalez, Laura (Senior Lecturer in Art and Art History Fernandez-Gonzalez, Laura Fernández-González
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2021
• EAN: 9780271087245
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08724-5
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1338 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Spain, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, HISTORY / Latin America / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / Renaissance, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, Social and cultural history, Empires & historical states, History of Architecture, c 1500 to c 1600, c 1492 to c 1690 (Spanish Golden Age or ‘Siglo de oro’), HISTORY / Europe / Spain, Spanish Empire, ART / History / European / Renaissance