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A Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV
A Palace for a King The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV
Author: Jonathan Brown
The Buen Retiro, a royal retreat and pleasure palace, was built for Philip IV on the outskirts of Madrid in the 1630s. With its superb display of paintings by Vel‡zquez and other contemporary artists, the palace became a showcase for the art and culture of Spain's Golden Age. A Palace for a King, first published to wide acclaim in 1980, provided...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300025071
ISBN-10: 0300025076
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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