The Making of Hispano-Flemish Style: Art, Commerce, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Castile

This book examines the phenomenon of Hispano-Flemish style in fifteenth-century Castile, providing an account of its most important monuments and describing the ways in which it is embedded in specific social and cultural settings. Trade, diplomacy, and immigration account for the widespread presence of art and artists from northern Europe in Castile during the period and these mechanisms of international contact and exchange are the starting point for this inquiry. Chapter one details commercia…