Spain in the age of exploration, 1492-1819
By: edited by Chiyo Ishikawa.
Contributors: Ishikawa, Chiyo.; Seattle Art Museum.
Publisher: Seattle Art Museum; University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Seattle; Nebraska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Patrimonio Nacional -- Exhibitions; Art, Spanish -- Exhibitions; Art -- Spain -- Exhibitions; Spain -- Civilization -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Spain in the age of exploration, 1492-1819 presents arts and science from one of the most ambitious, magnificent, and complex enterprises in history. The book charts the evolution of Spanish attitudes toward knowledge, exploration, and faith during three centuries of Spain's golden age, when a fervor for scientific and geographical knowledge coexisted with the expansion of empire and promotion of Christianity." "Organized chronologically, the volume's essays follow the theme of empire and image from the time of Columbus's first voyage of 1492 to Spain's ceding of some of its North American claims in 1819."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.