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Description for Goya
Paperback. An introduction to the work of Francisco Goya. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. Dimension: 303 x 225 x 8. Weight in Grams: 516.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Colour Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714829753
SKU
V9780714829753
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Ref
99-15
About Enriqueta Harris
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).
Reviews for Goya
On the Colour Library Series "Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers."—Independent "Phaidon’s excellent Colour Library series: [...] a good introduction to nearly 50 key artists and movements in art history."—Antiques Trade Gazette "The Phaidon Colour Library Series provides an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history."—Art & Craft