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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Höhe: 211 mm
Breite: 170 mm
Dicke: 10 mm
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978-3-7913-9375-9 (9783791393759)
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JACQUELINE COCKBURN is an art historian and linguist. After a career in academic teaching at Birkbeck College, University of London and Westminster School London, she is now a freelance lecturer at the V & A, The Royal Academy and many other institutions. Jacqueline Cockburn is Managing Director of Art and Culture Travel running courses in Spain, Tangiers, Venice and Paris.
