Goya /
"Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts reflecting excellent scholarship, this portable and attractively priced volume is the perfect introduction to the enigmatic and visionary Spanish painter. In a career that spanned the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Goya pr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Munich ; New York :
Prestel
[2025]
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| Series: | Masters of art (Prestel Verlag)
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| Summary: | "Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts reflecting excellent scholarship, this portable and attractively priced volume is the perfect introduction to the enigmatic and visionary Spanish painter. In a career that spanned the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Goya produced an wide-ranging body of work that reflected the tumultuous times in which he lived. An introductory essay sheds light on Goya's life and work within a historical context, while 35 of the artist's significant works are examined in luminous detail. From his insightful portraits to his haunting explorations of mortality and the subconscious - every facet of Goya's career is presented in a lively and accessible volume that brings his dramatic genius to life. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of Goya's enduring legacy as an artist whose work transcended its time to express universal truths about the human experience."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 110). |
| ISBN: | 9783791393759 3791393758 |