2005, ISBN: 6d03778df2eee2a4596da3a010b32bfd

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1989. Demy folio, [31.25cm/12.5inches], full gilt-embossed orange cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. xi, 286, indexed. Illustrated with 2… Más…

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1989. Demy folio, [31.25cm/12.5inches], full gilt-embossed orange cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. xi, 286, indexed. Illustrated with 225 b-w halftones, colour plates &ct. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Met's blurb notes: "In 1865 Édouard Manet first saw the great collection of paintings by Velázquez in Madrid's Museo del Prado. Enraptured, he wrote to a friend, "He is the painter of painters ... He has astonished me, he has ravished me." Velázquez, the preeminent Spanish artist of the seventeenth century, continues to enthrall viewers. His sublime works express the very essence of the painter's art—they join an immense intelligence and extraordinary psychological acuity to a matchless technical facility. His images are deeply rooted in the physical world, yet their complex stillness transcends time, pointing toward a truth that exists beyond the ephemeral. Velázquez's intense concern with empirical experience and his distaste for idealization lend an exquisite tension to his ceremonial portraits of Philip IV, his wives and children, and the members of his court. A highly placed courtier as well as an artist, the painter confirmed the elevated birth and powerful station of his royal subjects, but his portraits move beyond iconography into the shadowy area where individual identity and public role meet. From his earliest works, such as The Waterseller of Seville, to his last portraits of the royal children, Velázquez demonstrates both truth to objective reality and poignant compassion.", Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989, 0, London: Museo Nacional del Prado, in association of Paul Holberton Publishing, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Brick-red cloth covers, blind-stamped titles to cover, spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Hundreds of illustrations in full, glorious color. According to the publisher, "This book accompanies the exhibition El Palacio del Rey Planeta: Felipe IV y el Buen Retiro at the Museo Nacional del Prado, 6 July - 27 November 2005." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Museo Nacional del Prado, in association of Paul Holberton Publishing, 2005, 5<

2005, ISBN: 6d03778df2eee2a4596da3a010b32bfd

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Museo Nacional Del Prado], PAINTINGS PLANET KING PHILIP IV BUEN RETIRO PALACE ART, Jacket, This book is in very good condition. There is an ownership m… Más…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Museo Nacional Del Prado], PAINTINGS PLANET KING PHILIP IV BUEN RETIRO PALACE ART, Jacket, This book is in very good condition. There is an ownership mark on the FEP. The jacket is in very good condition. There is a very small amount of smudging on the back Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall<

2005, ISBN: 6d03778df2eee2a4596da3a010b32bfd

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Museo Nacional Del Prado], CARRACCI; DE LOS COBOS, ANDREAS UBEDA,PAINTINGS FOR THE PLANET KING: PHILIP IV AND BUEN RETIRO PALACE, ART, Jacket, With man… Más…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Museo Nacional Del Prado], CARRACCI; DE LOS COBOS, ANDREAS UBEDA,PAINTINGS FOR THE PLANET KING: PHILIP IV AND BUEN RETIRO PALACE, ART, Jacket, With many b/w & colour pictures., Books<