TOREADOR WOUNDED DURING A BULL-FIGHT, BY LIZCANO.]
LAST MOMENTS OF A TOREADOR AFTER BEING ATTACKED IN THE ARENA, BY R. NOVAS.]
“Mr. A. CALVERT’S Spanish Series will be heartily welcomed by all students of Spanish art, for it is not too much to say that never before has an attempt been made to present to the public so vast a number of reproductions from quite acceptable photographs of Spanish works of art at so low a price.”--_The World._
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GOYA with 612 illustrations TOLEDO “ 510 “ MADRID “ 453 “ GALICIA --- SEVILLE “ 300 “ MURILLO “ 165 “ CORDOVA “ 160 “ EL GRECO “ 136 “ VELAZQUEZ “ 136 “ THE PRADO “ 220 “ THE ESCORIAL “ 278 “ SCULPTURE IN SPAIN “ 140 “ VALENCIA AND MURCIA “ 300 “ ROYAL PALACES OF SPAIN “ 164 “ VIZCAYA AND SANTANDER SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR “ 386 “ GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA “ 460 “ LEON, BURGOS AND SALAMANCA “ 462 “ CATALONIA AND BALEARIC ISLANDS “ 250 “ THE ROYAL TAPESTRIES AT MADRID “ 200 “ VALLADOLID, OVIEDO, SEGOVIA, } ZAMORA, AVILA AND ZARAGOZA } “ 413 “
A BIOGRAPHY & APPRECIATION. WITH 136 PLATES
In a Series such as this, which aims at presenting every aspect of Spain’s eminence in art and in her artists, the work of Domenico Theotocópuli must be alloted a volume to itself. “El Greco,” as he is called, who reflects the impulse, and has been said to constitute the supreme glory of the Venetian era, was a Greek by repute, a Venetian by training, and a Toledan by adoption. His pictures in the Prado are still catalogued among those of the Italian School, but foreigner as he was, in his heart he was more Spanish than the Spaniards.
El Greco is typically, passionately, extravagantly Spanish, and with his advent, Spanish painting laid aside every trace of Provincialism, and stepped forth to compel the interest of the world. Neglected for many centuries, and still often misjudged, his place in art is an assured one. It is impossible to present him as a colourist in a work of this nature, but the author has got together reproductions of no fewer than 140 of his pictures--a greater number than has ever before been published of El Greco’s works.