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Book Las joyas de las reinas de Espa  a

Download or read book Las joyas de las reinas de Espa a written by Fernando Rayón and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Las joyas de la reina Isabel II de Espa  a

Download or read book Las joyas de la reina Isabel II de Espa a written by Nuria Lázaro Milla and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El guardajoyas de la reina española Isabel II fue, cuando menos, magnífico. Su especial carácter y lo peculiar de su biografía aproximan al porqué del capital formidable que invirtió en él, aun siendo consciente del delicado estado financiero del país y el de su propia casa. No obstante, son escasas las joyas que actualmente pueden reconocerse y con toda seguridad atribuirse a su propiedad. Gran parte de la colección desapareció en ventas y préstamos a consecuencia de sus desmanes económicos, además de la inevitable dispersión de las restantes al ser repartidas entre los herederos tras su fallecimiento, acaecido en 1904. El presente trabajo analiza, en orden cronológico, las alhajas que ingresaron en el joyero de la reina por medio de adquisiciones, herencias o regalos, así como aquéllas que dejaron de pertenecerle por haber sido obsequiadas, deshechas, extraviadas o, como ya se ha comentado, vendidas. Destacada importancia cobraron las alhajas ejecutadas por los artífices más afamados, tanto españoles como extranjeros. Muchos compartieron la honra de disfrutar de cargo, en ocasiones sólo honorífico, en la Real Casa, o de tener permitido el uso de las armas reales en sus facturas; pero también la preocupación por los adeudos contraídos por la soberana, que hicieron peligrar sus negocios. Desde París, epicentro de la elegancia y la sofisticación, se difundieron las novedades que caracterizan a la joyería del siglo XIX, perfectamente reconocibles en las joyas de Isabel de Borbón, las cuales pueden resumirse en la predilección por los motivos inspirados en la naturaleza, la exaltación de lo sentimental, la utilización de novedosos materiales y técnicas a consecuencia del progreso industrial, la influencia a todos los niveles del colonialismo o la emulación de los modelos del pasado...

Book Los reyes de Espa  a

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  • Author : Frederic V. Grunfeld
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9788441310988
  • Pages : 45 pages

Download or read book Los reyes de Espa a written by Frederic V. Grunfeld and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ena and Bee

Download or read book Ena and Bee written by Ana de Sagrera and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2022-07-02 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • A close look at the intimate life of the Spanish royal family before, during and after the Civil War • Family letters show new light on the doomed affair between Bee and Grand Duke Michael of Russia, brother of Tsar Nicholas II • A revealing study of the relationship between Ena and King Alfonso XIII, which resulted in Bee being exiled to Switzerland • A dual biography of Queen Ena of Spain and her cousin, Infanta Beatrice (‘Bee’), by the late Ana de Sagrera with additional material from Doña Beatriz, granddaughter of the Infanta Princess Eugenia (Ena) of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice (Bee) of Saxe Coburg, granddaughters of Queen Victoria of England, married into the Spanish royal family. In 1906, Ena became the consort of King Alfonso XIII, who had been sovereign since his birth in 1886. Three years later, Bee married his cousin, Infante Don Alfonso. Ena’s marriage proved unhappy with the ill-health of her haemophiliac sons and her husband’s infidelities. The King abdicated in 1931 and they led separate lives in exile until he died in 1941. Bee and her husband Ali were more popular, although personal differences between them and the King resulted in their temporary exile for the first years of their marriage. They later returned to Spain, staying there for the rest of their lives. Bee died in 1966 and Ena three years later. This dual biography, written by Anna de Sagrera with additional material from Doña Beatriz, Bee’s granddaughter, looks in depth at the friendship of the mutually supportive cousins against the often-turbulent background of 20th century Spanish politics.

Book Queens of old Spain

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  • Author : Martin A. S. Hume
  • Publisher : Good Press
  • Release : 2021-11-05
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Queens of old Spain written by Martin A. S. Hume and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Queens of old Spain" by Martin A. S. Hume. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Book Arte y diplomacia de la monarqu  a hisp  nica en el siglo XVII

Download or read book Arte y diplomacia de la monarqu a hisp nica en el siglo XVII written by José Luis Colomer and published by CEEH. This book was released on 2003 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tradicionalmente propicia a la historia política, la diplomacia de la Monarquía ha suscitado en los últimos años un fecundo interés por parte de los historiadores del arte y de la sociedad de corte. Los agentes de la política exterior (gobernantes y virreyes, embajadores y cardenales) actuaron no sólo como intermediarios de los intereses artísticos de los reyes de España, sino también como protagonistas de un intenso coleccionismo personal que emulaba el modelo real. Los estudios sobre le arte y diplomacia vienen a demostrar que, junto a los creaodres de las obras, desempeñaron también un papel determinante los aficionados que las encargaron, coleccionaropn, vendieron e intercambiaron: desde su posición de riqueza y poder, se erigieron en directores del gusto y de las modas en el terreno artístico, y su intervención fue capital para la difusión o la cotización de determinadas escuelas y artistas

Book Filipe Segundo  Rey de Espa  a

Download or read book Filipe Segundo Rey de Espa a written by Luis Cabrera and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Enigma of Atlntida

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  • Author : Andrs Ruiz Tarazona
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2009-12-19
  • ISBN : 0956153658
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book The Enigma of Atlntida written by Andrs Ruiz Tarazona and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-12-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enigma of Atlantida Andres Ruiz Tarazona English and Espanol With The Enigma of Atlantida, Spanish musicologist Andres Ruiz Tarazona, has written a book that envelops the reader in the captivating mystery of Atlantis. L'Atlantida, Jacint Verdaguer's poem, relates the mythological story of the submersion of Atlantis, which created the separation of Latin America from Spain by producing the Alantic Ocean. Subsequently, with the Spanish discovery of America, the two were again unified. Spanish composer Maneul De Falla was born in Cadiz in 1876. While living in Granada, he started work on a Cantata. Based on Verdaguer's text of the poem L'Atlantida, he set about creating a large scale orchestral piece, Atlantida. He considered it his most important work, continuing with it when he moved to Argentina. He had not finished the work when he died in 1946. Ernesto Halffter completed the orchestration after the composer's death.

Book Maria of Austria  Holy Roman Empress  1528 1603

Download or read book Maria of Austria Holy Roman Empress 1528 1603 written by Rubén González Cuerva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maria of Austria was one of the longest surviving Renaissance Empresses but until now has received little attention by biographers. This book explores her life, actions, and management of domestic affairs, which became a feared example of how an Empress could control alternative spheres of power. The volume traces the path of a Castilian orphan infanta, raised among her mother’s Portuguese ladies-in-waiting and who spent thirty years of marriage between the imperial courts of Prague and Vienna. Empress Maria encapsulates the complex dynastic functioning of the Habsburgs: devotedly married to her cousin Maximilian II, Maria had constant communication with her father Charles V and her brother Philip II while preserving her Spanish background. Her unique intertwining of roles and positions allows a fresh approach to female agency and the discussion of current issues: the rules of dynastic entente, the negotiation of discreet political roles for royal women, the reassessment of informal diplomacy, and the creation of dynastic networks parallel to the embassies. With chronological chapters discussing Empress Maria’s roles such as infanta, regent, Empress, and a widow, this volume is the perfect resource for scholars and students interested in the history of gender, court culture, and early modern Central Europe.

Book The Consolidated Treaty Series

Download or read book The Consolidated Treaty Series written by Clive Parry and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Making of Juana of Austria

Download or read book The Making of Juana of Austria written by Noelia García Pérez and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by art historian Noelia García Pérez, this first-ever collection of essays on Juana of Austria, the younger daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and sister to Philip II of Spain, offers an interdisciplinary study of the Habsburg princess that addresses her political, religious, and artistic dimensions. The volume’s contextual framework shows her sharing agency with other women of her dynastic family who governed in the sixteenth century and developed an outstanding reputation for promoting artists and works of art. The Making of Juana of Austria demonstrates how Juana’s role as a leading patron of the arts offered her a means of creating her own image, which she then promulgated through the objects she collected and her crowning architectural endeavor, the Monastery-Palace of the Descalzas Reales. Drawing on early modern literature, archival documents, and artworks, the essays in this volume delineate a new portrait of Juana of Austria. Contributors not only highlight her multiple facets—princess of Portugal, regent of Castile, and the only female Jesuit in history—but also show her as a discerning art patron and collector who pursued an active role of patronage, through which she constructed her own art collection and used it to articulate a visual statement of her lineage, power, and religious convictions. Her role as an art promoter culminated with the foundation of the Descalzas Reales and the works of art she collected and displayed within its walls. The Making of Juana of Austria offers a new perspective on female rule and patronage, exploring the achievements of a crucial figure in the history of art, court, and gender in early modern Europe.

Book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Isabella of Castile

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  • Author : Giles Tremlett
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2017-03-07
  • ISBN : 163286522X
  • Pages : 624 pages

Download or read book Isabella of Castile written by Giles Tremlett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major biography of the queen who transformed Spain into a principal global power, and sponsored the voyage that would open the New World. In 1474, when Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania (present day Spain and Portugal), a twenty-three-year-old woman named Isabella ascended the throne. At a time when successful queens regnant were few and far between, Isabella faced not only the considerable challenge of being a young, female ruler in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world, but also of reforming a major European kingdom riddled with crime, debt, corruption, and religious factionism. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon united two kingdoms, a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own. Their pivotal reign was long and transformative, uniting Spain and setting the stage for its golden era of global dominance. Acclaimed historian Giles Tremlett chronicles the life of Isabella of Castile as she led her country out of the murky Middle Ages and harnessed the newest ideas and tools of the early Renaissance to turn her ill-disciplined, quarrelsome nation into a sharper, truly modern state with a powerful, clear-minded, and ambitious monarch at its center. With authority and insight he relates the story of this legendary, if controversial, first initiate in a small club of great European queens that includes Elizabeth I of England, Russia's Catherine the Great, and Britain's Queen Victoria.

Book General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955

Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955 written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Art of Medieval Spain  A D  500 1200

Download or read book The Art of Medieval Spain A D 500 1200 written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1993 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hossfeld s new method for learning the Spanish language   With  Key

Download or read book Hossfeld s new method for learning the Spanish language With Key written by Tomás Enrique Gurrin and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: