The Hospital of Cardinal Tavera in Toledo
New York: Garland Publishing, 1977.
Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #9916
ISBN: 0824027396
Library stamps/marks/labels, front free endpaper REMOVED, clear laminate on covers and paste-downs, otherwise light wear.; 135 illustrations. "This study focuses upon the sixteenth century architecture and particularly upon the original design of 1542. The later additions to the building will not be discussed in detail. Although construction dragged on into the seventeenth century, the momentum of the design was spent by the 1570's when its innovations were gathered into the more comprehensive style of Juan de Herrera and the Escorial. The degree to which the hospital participated in the development of late sixteenth century Spanish style, as a transition from the Plateresque and as a forerunner of the severe, monumental style, is the single most important problem raised by the building." - Introduction. Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Program: 1. Precedent and Formation: A General Hospital; 2. The Patron and the Program of 1540; Part II: The History of Construction: 3. The First Plan by Alonso de Covarrubias; 4. The Plan of 1542 by ALonso de Covarrubias and Bartolomé de Bustamante; 5. The Later Construction; 6. The Commemorative Church; Part III: Tradition and Innovation in the Style of the Hospital: 7. Style and Decoration; 8. Style and Spatial Organization; 9. The Influence of the Hospital of San Juan Bautista; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix of Document; Bibliography; Illustrations. ; Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts; xx, 467, 135 pages.
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