Spain: The Best of Spanish Interiors, Gardens, Architecture and Landscapes ebook

by Amparo Garrido,Angus Mitchell

Amparo Garrido Angus Mitchell Architecture English

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Dramatic coastlines, rolling hills, and verdant olive groves: Spain is a land of contrasts, its varied architecture and gardens a result of many influences through the centuries

Dramatic coastlines, rolling hills, and verdant olive groves: Spain is a land of contrasts, its varied architecture and gardens a result of many influences through the centuries. Over 400 color photographs reveal the diversity and magnificence of Spain's heritage. A patio garden with trickling fountains combines Islamic traditions and Roman design.

Angus Mitchell was born in Africa and educated in England. From 1987 to 1992 he lived in Spain where he wrote extensively on Spanish culture, food and cinema and published the widely-acclaimed Spain: Interiors, Gardens, Architecture, Landscape. From 1992-98 he lived in Brazil where he worked as a film and television correspondent and helped to develop the award-winning historical drama, Carlota Jo Angus Mitchell was born in Africa and educated in England.

Author:Angus Mitchell. Spain: Interiors, Gardens, Architecture, Landscape. Additional Product Features. Angus Mitchell, Tom BELL, Amparo Garrido. Place of Publication. World of Books Australia was founded in 2005. See all 2 pre-owned listings.

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Personal Name: Mitchell, Angus. Personal Name: Garrido, Amparo. Personal Name: Bell, Tom, 1962-. Uncontrolled Related/Analytical Title: Images of Spain. Rubrics: Design Spain Themes, motives. Download PDF book format. Download DOC book format.

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Describes how the unique landscape and cultural history of Spain have led to the development of a distinctive style in the decorative arts

Anarahuginn

I agree with the other reviewer, this book has concentrated on the areas exactly as he stated, however I still think this is a very nice book, and the pictures / places in it are very good. Spain is a beautiful place and this book is a bit one-sided, although to be honest I didn't even notice that until I read the other review.

If you are interested in the things it does concentrate on, it is a very nice book. If you are looking for the things it has stayed away from, or you are looking for an overview of Spain, well it might not be the book you are looking for.

Please note I have travelled all over Spain.

Rasmus

I have found this book of very little help for those who want to get an idea of how Spain looks like. It seems it was written in the 19th century instead of in the 21st. The authors present (represent) Spain the same way it was pictured in many European and North American books of the 1800's and early 1900's: focusing mostly in the moorish buildings (which are not the majority in Spain)and the drafty rural houses. It seems that mostly shows, except for some pictures of Galicia, the misleading stereotype of Spain as a land of matadors, flamenco and moorish influence.

I can't believe there aren't any pictures of Madrid, the capital of the country and with an enormous cultural heritage, Salamanca, with one of the oldest Universities in Europe, all the incredible cathedrals in Castile, the Renaissance buildings in Andalusia, the Cathedral of Santiago the Compostela and the Pilgrim's Path in Northern Spain (with a tremendous importance in Europe's Middle Age cristianity).

The book omits the legacy of the Roman Empire, the palaces built during the Habsbourgs and the Bourbons, resulting in a very partial way to show the reader a general idea of Spain. It also surprises me that, in a book titled "Spain: Architecture,Interiors, Landscape, Gardens" there are the authors' political references to Spanish history, like when they say "...the infame Pizarro", refering to the conqueror of Peru, Francisco Pizarro.

The conclusion is that most Spaniards will be offended reading this book, the foreign readers that have already visited Spain will think they visited a different country and, if they haven't been here yet, when they first visit, they will most likely have the feeling they arrived to a very different place .

I planned this book to be a present for my girlfriend's family in the US, but I decided to return it because it would have not met my expectations: to show them an objective perspective of Spain's Architecture, Interiors, Landscape and Gardens.