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GOYA
F Francisco goya, el greco, velázquez, picasso
j —this is the pantheon of Spanish painters. Each was a genius, immune to convention, who rewrote the rules of painting in his time. Here, the Spanish art historian José Gudiol explores Goya's complex character and technique, grounding his discussion in the common vicissitudes of the artist's life—a childhood of poverty, humiliation in the face of the academic painters of Madrid, an illness that left him deaf and isolated from society at mid-life. This prodigously productive artist, who finally attained the post of First Court Painter and created some of art's greatest portraits, plunged privately into an abyss of despair, out of which he brought some of the most terrifying works of the nineteenth century —paintings and prints evoking the disasters of war and the irrepressible voices of the subconscious.
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GOYA
F Francisco goya, el greco, velázquez, picasso
j —this is the pantheon of Spanish painters. Each was a genius, immune to convention, who rewrote the rules of painting in his time. Here, the Spanish art historian José Gudiol explores Goya's complex character and technique, grounding his discussion in the common vicissitudes of the artist's life—a childhood of poverty, humiliation in the face of the academic painters of Madrid, an illness that left him deaf and isolated from society at mid-life. This prodigously productive artist, who finally attained the post of First Court Painter and created some of art's greatest portraits, plunged privately into an abyss of despair, out of which he brought some of the most terrifying works of the nineteenth century —paintings and prints evoking the disasters of war and the irrepressible voices of the subconscious.
That the same artist could produce, toward the end of his long life, the haunting, awesome Witches' Sabbath and the radiantly pensive Milkmaids of Bordeaux is a paradox that defies unraveling. "It may be suspected," writes Professor Gudiol, "that, in reality, Goya was always weak—firm in his art, but insecure in his relationships with the outer world." With this startling and poignant observation, he sets out to describe the course of Goya's long career, and the growth of a great, uncompromising artist, renowned for his bold technique, scathing eye, and sardonic humor.
Professor Gudiol, a distinguished art historian and director of the Instituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico in Barcelona, divides Goya's long career into four periods. Forty colorplates with detailed analytical commentaries complete this comprehensive view of the life and work of one of Spain's finest painters.
91 illusiralions, including 40 plates in full color Vissza