This beautifully illustrated book, published in collaboration with the Hispanic Society of America, opens up the great age of Spanish and Portugese sculpture, painting, architecture and the decorative arts. It discusses arts from the Iberian Peninsula and Hispanic America from the time of the Reconquest of Granada to the decline of the Hapsburg dynasty in Spain. This indispensable survey includes paintings, sculpture, books and engravings, tapestries, furnishings, ceramics and architecture and features maps and timelines.