'Heaven's particular instrument': Isabel la Catolica's public projects, 1477-1504.(Essay)

From: Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Skoglund, Margaret | Copyright information

In 1992 much attention was paid to the Spanish monarchs, Fernando and Isabel because of their sponsorship of the first voyage of Columbus, an event celebrated in that quincentennial year. Countless studies focused on Columbus and his sponsors, adding richly to the literature of the period. (1) But when all the fanfare had faded, little more had been written or said about Fernando and Isabel beyond their involvement with Columbus. True, a number of new biographies were published on t...

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