Goya

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An introduction to the work of Francisco Goya.

Enriqueta Harris

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Price: USD$11.95

120 points

Overview

One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art
This volume on Goya contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour plates, and is accompanied by extensive notes and comparative illustrations
Provides incomparable value
Highly regarded for its insight and authority

Specifications

Paperback
English
305 x 225 mm, 12 x 8 7/8 in
128 pp
50 colour illustrations, 36 black and white illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780714829753
ISBN-10: 0714829757

About the book

Goya (1746-1828) is one of Spain’s most famous artists and is widely acknowledged as an outstanding painter in the European tradition, often called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns. He is appreciated as a portrait painter; a creator of menacing and melancholy images in oils; a master of enigmatic, satirical and revolutionary drawing and etching; the champion of Spanish people in their struggle against oppression and the recorder of their life and sufferings in war. This book brings out many of Goya’s moods, from the gaiety and tenderness of the tapestry cartoons to the mysterious ferocity of the Black Paintings made in his old age.

In The Press

'Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers.' (Independent)

About the author(s)

Enriqueta Harris, former Curator of the Photographic Collection of the Warburg Institute, University of London, is a world-renowned expert on Spanish art. She has curated numerous exhibitions and is the author of Velazquez (Phaidon, 1982).