Rubens, Velázquez, and the King of Spain

Rubens, Velázquez, and the King of Spain / by Aneta Georgievska-Shine and Larry Silver.

Author/creator	Georgievska-Shine, Aneta author.
Other author/creator	Silver, Larry, 1947- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2014.
Description	xiii, 297 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640--Criticism and interpretation. Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660--Criticism and interpretation. Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses--Illustrations. Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665--Art patronage. Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660--Criticism and interpretation. Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640--Criticism and interpretation. Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses--Illustrations. Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665--Art patronage. Torre de la Parada (El Pardo, Spain) Torre de la Parada (El Pardo, Spain)

Contents	Introduction -- Through the veils of pleasant fictions -- Civilization and its malcontents -- In the empire of Eros -- Heroes' quests and conquests -- The powers and limits of art -- Fateful figures -- Enter Velázquez - the philosophical quartet -- The contemplative mars -- Servants and masters -- Hunts and the closing of the circle -- Conclusion: forms of visual rhetoric.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013016002
ISBN	9781409462330 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1409462331 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	ND673 .R9 G434 2014	✔ Available	Place Hold