The rape of Europa / Charles FitzRoy
London: Bloomsbury, 2015. 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: signed and inscribed by author. Item #340654
Physical description: x, 210 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. Contents: Introduction -- Titian -- Philip II as ruler and patron of the arts -- The myth of Europa -- The Spanish Habsburgs and the Alcázar in Madrid -- The Dukes of Orléans and the Palais-Royal in Paris -- The taste for Titian in nineteenth-century Britain -- Isabella Stewart Gardner, Bernard Berenson and the creation of her museum. Subjects: Titian approximately 1488-1576. Rape of Europa. Tiziano Vecellio approximately 1487-1576. Titian approximately 1488-1576 Criticism and interpretation.
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