Barcelona - Hardcover
Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear and a few marks to cover, but still a presentable copy. London, England, UK: Harvill, 1992. Hard Cover. Good Condition. 8vo - Over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. 2nd Prtg., Cream Cloth, Silver Lettering, Discusses The Growth Of Barcelona Versus Catalunya, Spain, Europe And America Over The Past 1500 Years, Dust Jacket Has Been Priced Clipped And Small Piece Of Glue On Cover, Otherwise A Good Copy Of A Hard To Get Book."
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By the author of "The Fatal Shore", this is an introduction to Barcelona, describing the growth of Catalan culture and institutions, the physical environment, crafts and industries, and political development. Its aim, according to the author, is to explain something of the Zeitgeist of the place.
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Under Franco's regime, it was declared as gospel truth that Madrid and Old Castile were the spiritual and cultural heartland of Spain, and peripheral cities and cultures of the Iberian peninsula must bow to that truth. Barcelona, however--la gran encisera, "the great enchantress"--always saw things rather differently. The earliest area of Spain to be colonised by the Romans, the capital of Catalonia is fiercely independent, somehow Spanish and not-Spanish, and most mysteriously of all, has been at the forefront of modernity, especially modern art and architecture, ahead of any other European city you could name with the possible exception of Paris. It is this Barcelona that fascinates Robert Hughes most, and he in turn fascinates us with his enthusiasm and knowledge of the place. He thrillingly evokes the cosmopolitanism and openness of Barcelona--qualities, he says, that derive inevitably from its status as a great Mediterranean port. And he is brilliant on perhaps the most exciting modern architect of all, Antoni Gaudi, the creator of the (still unfinished) Church of La Sagrada Familia, now as much an icon of the city as the Opera House in Sydney or the Statue of Liberty in New York. -- Christopher Hart
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0002720787
- ISBN 13 9780002720786
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages573
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