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Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and details; realistic and picturesque.
Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light.
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| Image | 1905-1908Madrid-05-132 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
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| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | ... le murasen y tapiasen el aposento de los libros,.... |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 7 |
| Subject |
7.2 Walling/disappearance of library |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I LAMINAS |
| Page Number | CAP. VII. - 7. |
| Image Dimension | 219 x 153 |
| Page Dimension | 312 x 238 |
| Commentary | "... to wall up and plaster the room where the books were,...".
Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light. |
| Notes | 1 - The original drawing (Chinese ink and gouache white) was finished in 1900 in Sevilla and presented at the Universal Exposition of Paris (1900). |