Spain - A History in Art by Bradley Smith

By Bradley Smith

The colour and shadow, the marvelous gentle and ascetic darkness — the sol and the sombra — of Spanish existence and Spanish civilization, from prehistory to trendy instances, are captured as by no means ahead of during this outstanding ebook.

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Conquest by Romans. Destruction of Numantium (Numancia) 133 Gold b. c. bronze 6th- 3rd c. at Ampurias; statuettes. D. end of 1st c, start of2nd c. 1st c- start of 5th Christianity is preached in Spain. de Los Santos, which show Greek influence. Carthaginian sarcophagus at Rule by Romans. Cadiz; ceramics and 2nd c. First 409 Germanic 414 Visigoths conquer other tribes enter cc. Germanic Conversion of King Recared. 710 King Roderick sets stage for Roman coins. temples, amphitheaters, theaters, aqueducts, statues, mosaics, painted vases, gold objects of art.

Roman cultural impact art little They seemed content to live with in the they had inherited and the Byzantine influence they had borrowed. There is hardly any evidence of originality, except in the structure and design of the magnificent jeweled crowns 1 5* i-f, \ worn by their nobility. In religious matters, during the early years of their occupation they remained the Arian heresy. /: '^4*««X>-^ spilling after the rebellion over of belief of Prince Hermene- King Leovigild. The prince gathers wheat, one of gest crops, in this section Celtiberians Catholicism.

Was found after the but there was no trace of the king. Soon Tarik's advance, his chief, Musa, who was An after governor Mre. J . -,, \ After were herded off of Moslem him with a larger body of combined forces, one region of Africa, joined men. Before their 143 years earlier. d. 616, a century before the greatest expansion by Celtiberians and later by Roman garri- fight on during the quest, but Musa its early days of the Islamic con- defenders were overwhelmed. placed Iberia under the sovereignty of the It and is Iberia or he, new religion.

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