Main entry:

Wilkinson-Zerner, Catherine.

Title & Author:

Juan de Herrera : architect to Philip II of Spain / Catherine Wilkinson-Zerner.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1993.

Description:

viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-211) and index.
1. The making of a royal architect -- 2. Architecture: between science and art -- 3. Measure and design -- 4. Drawings -- 5. Creating a royal style for Philip II's palaces and public buildings -- 6. The appropriation of the Escorial -- 7. The Cathedral of Valladolid and Herrera's legacy -- 8. Building the well-ordered state.

Summary:

A comprehensive treatment of Juan de Herrera, the principal architect of Philip II of Spain. The book aims to demonstrate how Herrera's style of abstraction - the "estilo desornamentado" - became indelibly associated with the ideology of Philip II's kingship and the values of Spanish Habsburg rule.

ISBN:

0300049919
9780300049916

Subject:

Herrera, Juan de, approximately 1530-1597 Criticism and interpretation.
Herrera, Juan de.
Herrera, Juan de, approximately 1530-1597
Herrera, Juan de, (1530-1597)
Classicism in architecture Spain.
Classicisme en architecture Espagne.
Classicism in architecture
El Escorial.
Architecture de la Renaissance Espagne.
Spain
Architecture Spain

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86601
Call No.: ID:93-B1924
Status: Available