Spain: Interiors, Gardens, Architecture, Landscape

by Angus Mitchell, Tom Bell, Amparo Garrido (Photographer)

Dramatic coastlines, rolling hills, and verdant olive 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. Monumental city walls date back as far as the eleventh century, and whitewashed buildings dot the remote countryside of the central tablelands. Everywhere, the image of the bull--a national symbol--appears, in exquisitely crafted bronze fountainheads and fine iron rings decorating doors. In Catalonia, houses with colorful facades line the waterfront, home to one of the most perfectly restored Jewish quarters in Europe; while lofty arcades rise in Gothic churches. Here, Islamic minarets adorn Christian cathedrals, and Moorish fortresses loom. From silverwork and ornate interiors to large, lush it's an unforgettable tour through a unique country. 256 pages, 400 color illus., 10 1/8 x 10.

253 pages, Paperback

Published December 31, 1999

About the author

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 Joaquina: Princess of Brazil (1995). Since 1998, he has lived in Ireland. For over two decades, he has studied the life and legacy of Roger Casement and a group of associated radicals, pacifists, feminists, cosmopolitan nationalists, internationalists and other critics of empire. He sits on the editorial board of History Ireland and is a regular contributor to the on-line Dublin Review of

Reviews

[Michael Heath-Caldwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good photographic book on Spain.