representatives to acquire works for the monarch's collection. One of Philip IV's major contributions to art in Spain was to entail his collection, preventing their sale or other dispersal. Under the Spanish Bourbon monarch, Charles IV, the notion of bringing together major works from other repositories in Spain took shape, probably not for the public to view but for artists to study. The Prado Museum in Madrid became the main repository for that art. The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Francisco, founded in 1744, now functions also as a museum in Madrid. The Museum of the Americas in Madrid has a collection of casta paintings and other art brought back to Spain from the Americas, as well as sculpture and archeological artifacts. Other artistic disciplines Architecture Cinematography Music References Further reading Alcolea Blanch, Santiago. The Prado. Translated from the Spanish by Richard-Lewis Rees and Angela Patricia Hall. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers 1991. Berg Sobré, Judith. Behind the Altar Table: The Development of the Painted Retablo in Spain, 1350-1500. Columbia, Miss. 1989. Brown, Jonathan, Painting in Spain, 1500-1700 (Pelican History of Art), Yale University Press, 1998, Dodds, Jerrilynn D. (ed.) Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain. New York 1992. Gardner's: Art Through The Ages - International Edition, Brace Harcourt Jovanovich, 9th Edn. 1991 Gudiol, José, The Arts of Spain, 1964, Thames and Hudson Jiménez Blanco, María Dolores, ed. The Prado Guide, Madrid: Museo National del Prado, English 2nd Revised Edition, 2009 Moffitt, John F. The Arts in Spain. London: Thames & Hudson 1999. O'Neill, John P. (ed.), The Art of Medieval Spain, AD 500-1200. New York 1993. Palol, Pedro and Max Hirmer. Early Medieval Art in Spain. New York 1966. (full text resource that contains information on Ribera as well as a number of other Spanish artists) Tomlinson, Janis, From El Greco to Goya: Painting in Spain 1561–1828, Abrams Art History, 1997 Williams, John. Early Spanish Manuscript Illumination. New York 1977. Young, Eric. Bartolomé Bermejo: The Great Hispano-Flemish Master. London 1975. External links Art by country