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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 10 April 2008
- ISBN 9780195327977
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 147x211x27 mm
- Weight 462 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 10 halftones 0
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Short description:
In this vibrant cultural history, Eaude takes us on a revealing tour of Catalonia's breathtaking landscape, recounting the rich history of the region.
MoreLong description:
Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the Pyrenees falling sharply to the rugged Costa Brava, is tormented, too.
Michael Eaude traces this history and it monuments: roman Tarragona, celebrated by the poet Martial; Greek Empúries, lost for centuries beneath the sands; medieval Romanesque architecture in the Vall de Bo:i churches (a World Heritage Series) and Poblet and Santes Creus monasteries. He tells the stories of several of Catalonia's great figures: Abbot Olivia, who brought Moorish learning to Europe, the ruthless mercenary, Roger de Flor, and Verdaguer, handsome poet-priest.
Catalonia is famous today for its twentieth-century art. This book focuses on the revolutionary Art Nouveau buildings (including the Sagrada Família) of Antoni Gaudí. It also explores the region's artistic legacy: the young Picasso painting Barcelona's vibrant slums; Salvador Dalí, inspired by the twisted rocks of Cap de Creus to paint his landscapes of the human mind; and Joan Miró, discovering the colors of the red earth at Montroig.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part One: Birth and Rebirth of a Nation
The First Town in Spain. Portbou
Mediterranean: The Center of the Earth. Tarragona
Romanesque Catalonia. The Pyrenees
Glory and Rapine. Poblet and Athens
The Poet-Priest and the Indiano. Verdaguer
The Lancashire of Spain. Gaudí and G:uell
Part Two: Geniuses
Fleeing the Straight and Narrow. Gaudí and Reus
Modern Painting. Rusiñol at Sitges, Picasso
The Terminal Beach. Salvador Dalí
Feet rooted to the Red Earth. Joan Miró
Come from a Silence. Raimon
Part Three: Tourism and War
The Sweaty Groin. Barcelona's Raval
The Gothic Quarter. Barcelona
Mass Migration and Mass Tourism. Lloret
Plain and River. Lleida and the Ebro
The Anarchist Dream. George Orwell
The Landscape in the Pot
Cradle and Refuge. FC Barcelona
Glossary
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