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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1995-05-30  |  31.3 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  12 minutes, 24 seconds
Transcription: 🎶 The Baroque, the age and its art. The Baroque in Spain. The Spanish kings saw themselves as defenders of the new church, militant and triumphant over the reformers. King Philip II had floated the mightiest of fleets, the Armada, hoping to conquer the Protestant protectress, Elizabeth I of England. The Palace of the Kings, the Escorial, was their home. But it was also a church and monastery. And a symbol of the power and glory of Spain. The life of the Spanish court is revealed to us by its official painter, Diego Velasquez. In The Maids of Honor, Velasquez manipulates light and shadow, reve ...