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Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket and mylar cover, xvi, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color). "The Decoration of the Royal Basilica of El Escorial examines one of the most important creative endeavors of late sixteenth-century Spain, and indeed, Europe as a whole. Conceived as a mausoleum for the Spanish Habsburgs, designed as both monastery and palace, the Escorial was closely supervised by King Philip II. The basilica itself was the spiritual center of this royal foundation and the king wished it to exemplify the spirit of the Counter-Reformation through observance of new decrees relating to Church ritual and religious imagery. The body of artworks commissioned by Philip II for it was unique in volume, scale, and coherence. On the basis of the extensive documentation related to this unusual structure, Rosemarie Mulcahy provides the first thorough reconstruction of the king's grand design for the basilica, whose altarpieces, murals, and sculptures form a seamless iconographic program. Among the painters who were commissioned to contribute works were such Italians as Titian, Tintoretto, Cambiaso, Federico Zuccaro, and Pelegrino Tibaldi, and Spaniards Navarrete "El Mudo, " Alonso Sanchez Coello, and Luis de Carvajal. The Milanese, Leone and Pompeo Leoni, struggled against formidable odds to create some of the most impressive bronze sculpture of the late Renaissance. Challenging some of the current views that argue for a definable Counter-Reformation style, The Decoration of the Royal Basilica of El Escorial also raises important questions regarding Philip II's patronage practices, particularly his requirements for religious art and the extent to which they were met by artists."-dust jacket. Contents include: 1. The Paintings for the Low Altars. pt. I. The Spanish Contribution: Juan Fernandez de Navarrete "el Mudo, " Alonso Sanchez Coello, Luis de Carvajal, and Diego de Urbina. pt. II. The Italian Contribution: Luca Cambiaso and Pellegrino Tibaldi--2. A Matter of Iconography: Philip II's Rejection of El Greco's Martyrdom of St. Maurice and the Theban Legion--3. The Choir Frescoes: Luca Cambiaso and Romulo Cincinato--4. The Reliquary Altars and Federico Zuccaro--5. The Sagrario Frescoes and Pellegrino Tibaldi--6. The High Altarpiece. pt. I. The Paintings and the Painters. pt. II. The Sculpture and the Leoni Workshop--7. The Entierros: The Funerary Monuments and Pompeo Leoni--Appendix I Note on the Use of the Term Basilica--Appendix II Key to the Location of Painting and Sculpture in the Basilica.
