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Alastair Boyd, Richard Oliver, Richard Oliver, Alastair Boyd - Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain

Av Alastair Boyd, Richard Oliver, Richard Oliver, Alastair Boyd

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The history and culture of Madrid, the cluster of historical cities at an easy distance (Segovia, Avila and Toledo) and the heartlands of Castile - the core of Spanish civilisation.This book performs with great thoroughness all the usual functions of a guidebook. But it is much more than a mere inventory of buildings, paintings, sculpture, routes and views, supplemented by appendices packed with practical information. The authors - from their long experience and deep knowledge of the country - are exceptionally well-equipped to draw together into a coherent whole all the threads of history, art, culture and recent developments. Theysteer you in most rewarding directions, enlivening the hallowed hush of museum or sacristy with an original interpretation of some great painter - El Greco, Goya, Picasso - or an observation which suddenly illuminates the seemingly unexceptional. Madrid, rather than just a political capital at the geographical centre of the country, is revealed as a true metropolis, genuinely representative of all the aspects and regional variations of Spanish life. Its art collections are justly renowned as superb. Add in the cluster of historical cities at an easy distance (including Segovia, Avila and Toledo), to say nothing of the lesser-known treasures and delights secreted in the heartlands of Castile, and you have, within a manageable compass, the core of Spanish civilisation.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2001-10-01
  • Mått: 108 x 181 x 26 mm
  • Vikt: 505 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Companion Guides
  • Antal sidor: 488
  • Upplaga: 1004
  • Förlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781900639378
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Richard Oliver was first stipendiary and then honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography at the University of Exeter from 1989 to 2024. He is co-author with Professor Roger Kain of studies of tithe and enclosure mapping of England & Wales, and has published extensively on the history of the Ordnance Survey, including Ordnance Survey Maps: a concise guide for historians (1993, fourth edition in progress), The Ordnance Survey in the nineteenth century (2014) and (with Dr Roger Hellyer) The first Ordnance Survey map (2015). Richard Oliver was first stipendiary and then honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography at the University of Exeter from 1989 to 2024. He is co-author with Professor Roger Kain of studies of tithe and enclosure mapping of England & Wales, and has published extensively on the history of the Ordnance Survey, including Ordnance Survey Maps: a concise guide for historians (1993, fourth edition in progress), The Ordnance Survey in the nineteenth century (2014) and (with Dr Roger Hellyer) The first Ordnance Survey map (2015).

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The book gives an appetizing account of the cities and monuments within easy reach of Madrid [combining] practical detail with interpretation and background knowledge.

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