Berenguela the Great and Her Times (1180-1246)

Berenguela the Great and Her Times (1180-1246)
Author: Salvador H. Martínez
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004502904

This biography presents a remarkable vision of Spanish society at the beginning of the 13th century by exploring the life of Berenguela of Castile (c. 1179-1246), a queen who dominated public life for over forty years.

Collections of Painting in Madrid, 1601–1755 (Parts 1 and 2)

Collections of Painting in Madrid, 1601–1755 (Parts 1 and 2)
Author: Marcus B. Burke
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 1810
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892364963

This two-part book on collections of paintings in Madrid is part of the series Documents for the History of Collecting, Spanish Inventories 1, which presents volumes of art historical information based on archival records. One hundred forty inventories of noble and middle-class collections of art in Madrid are accompanied by two essays describing the taste and cultural atmosphere of Madrid in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.