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Goya
Stoichita, Victor; Coderch, Anna Maria
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Paperback. This text provides a new reading of Goya, concentrating on the closing years of the 18th century as a neglected milestone in his life. Goya waited until 1799 to publish his celebrated series of drawings, the "Caprichos", which offered a personal vision of the "world turned upside down". Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 colour, 144 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 815.
This text provides a new reading of Goya, concentrating on the closing years of the 18th century as a neglected milestone in his life. Goya waited until 1799 to publish his celebrated series of drawings, the "Caprichos", which offered a personal vision of the "world turned upside down". Victor Stoichita and Anna Coderch consider how themes of "Revolution" and "Carnival" (both seen as inversions of the established order) were obsessions in Spanish culture in this period, and make provocative connections between the close of the 1700s and the approaching of the Millennium. The authors deal with almost unknown or neglected ... Read more
This text provides a new reading of Goya, concentrating on the closing years of the 18th century as a neglected milestone in his life. Goya waited until 1799 to publish his celebrated series of drawings, the "Caprichos", which offered a personal vision of the "world turned upside down". Victor Stoichita and Anna Coderch consider how themes of "Revolution" and "Carnival" (both seen as inversions of the established order) were obsessions in Spanish culture in this period, and make provocative connections between the close of the 1700s and the approaching of the Millennium. The authors deal with almost unknown or neglected ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Essays in Art & Culture
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861890450
SKU
V9781861890450
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99-15
About Stoichita, Victor; Coderch, Anna Maria
Victor I. Stoichita is Professor of the History of Art at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is author of Visionary Experience in the Golden Age of Spanish Art (Reaktion, 1995) and A Short History of the Shadow (Reaktion, 1997). Anna Maria Coderch is an art historian.
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