Philip II and the Escorial: Technology and the Representation of Architecture focuses on the union of science, technology, and art in the representation of architecture. The keystone of the exhibition is a set of twelve engravings published in 1589 by Juan de Herrera entitled Estampas de la Fábrica de San Lorenzo el Real de Escorial. Alongside Herrera's Estampas are rare illustrated books, manuscripts, prints, and drawings on loan from major collections in the United States and Canada.

Curated by Catherine W. Zerner, Christine Patricia Mary Brown, Stephen John Eskilson, Susan J. Garret, Evelyn Staudinger Lane, Anne Campbell Leinster, and Lisa A. Oliver
image: Battista Agnese, Oval World Map, from Manuscript Portolan Atlas of the World, 1543-1545