Andalusia (Art and Architecture) |  | Author: Brigitte Hintzen-Bohlen
Publisher: h. f. ullmann
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 536
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0841601461
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN: 9780841601468
ASIN: 0841601461
Publication Date: February 2008
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Product Description
Each volume of the ART & ARCHITECTURE series is opulently illustrated. The highly readable texts give you concentrated information on accessing well and lesser known sites in the world of art. An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original on site. Insets on cultural-historical topics and illustrated glossaries, summaries, and timelines supplement the body text - leaving a deeper, more lasting impression of the material that is covered. Convenient compact format makes these books particularly handy to take along as a guide while viewing the great works featured within.
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 More than a Travel Guide December 25, 2000
morris (Houston, Texas)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
When I visited my son for two weeks in Seville, Spain, this November (2000), I relied heavily on a popular guide for locating hostals, and for a quick historical background. But, I felt a little empty. While Rick Steves' guide book is essential for quick references to transportation information for each city, hotels, hostals, the four or five must-see attractions, and limited historical info, I always wanted more of the history of the places I was seeing. Toward the end of my visit, a Spanish tour guide, a friend of my son, who knew everything about the country, loaned me a book by this author. I am looking for it at Amazon.com this morning. I think this is it. After having already toured large parts of Andalucia, I was still amazed at not only the photographs but the history that was contained within its pages. It is small for a 500 page book and can be carried in your hand without a problem. As an example, the book gives a brief history of Colombus' remains and beautiful sepulcre in the great Cathedral of Seville - not mentioned in some other guidebooks - and which you could miss by just by visiting the church. The book contains a page and a half on the Inquisition, which had its beginnings in Seville, and even shows drawings and explanations of the main methods of torture and "legal" procedures. I found information about the point of departure by Colombus for the new world (Palos de la Frontera, across the bay from Huelga) and the location of the tombs of the Reyes Catolicos (Ferdinand and Isabela) that I could not get in a regular tour book. After reading only sections of the book, I found that I had a knew found respect for los Reyes Catolicos and particularly Isabela and her effort to found a uniform grammar for the country. In addition, it has a more complete listing of sites of each city. If you want to feel that you know Al Andaluz when you leave, get this. Though this book does not have as much hotel and transportation info as Steves, it is a great supplement if you like history.
 Photos and drawings together November 10, 2001
Erik G Olson (Greenfield, WI United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't think I will ever get to visit these places. I bought this book for the drawings of maps and building plans. The photos in this book are good for a budget armchair tour. These two aspects together satisfied my curiosity about the architecture better than most individual history or travel books. Of course many other arts are represented along with short narrative articles on people and places. Others in the series (Rome and Florence for example) fulfill these expectations as well. Consider them small regional encyclopedias, possibly very suitable for a home schooling shelf.
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