ISBN: 9780691039756 - building the escorial (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. George Kubler's Building the Escorial (1982) is a landmark study of the design and construction of Philip II's monumental monastery-palace outside Madrid. Divided into two parts, it first explores the "human fabric" behind the project—patronage, architects like Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, and the political and religious imperatives of the Counter-Reformation—before turning to the "tissue of materials," a close examination of the stones, metals, techniques, and structural solutions that shaped the building. Kubler highlights El Escorial as both an ideological symbol of Spain's Catholic monarchy and a practical feat of Renaissance engineering, blending archival research with on-site analysis to reveal how vision, devotion, and material realities converged in one of Europe's most enduring architectural achievements.…