Francisco GOYA y Lucientes 1746-1828: 0000 - Hardcover

Tomlinson, Janis A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714829129 ISBN 13: 9780714829128

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This volume offers an introduction to the work of Francisco Goya and covers all aspects of his work: oil, fresco, etching, lithography, chalk and pen. In his lifetime, Goya worked for some of the most prestigious Spanish patrons. For most of his career he was court painter, and yet he also produced some of the most compelling images of social unrest of the last century. The book opens with an introduction to the artistic milieu in Saragossa, where Goya received his earliest training. It moves on to explain the growth of his career in Madrid where he eventually became the most prominent painter at court before and after the French occupation of his country. Throughout the text, Goya's work is set in its political and social context. The work ends with a discussion of his influence on such artists as Manet, Ensor and Picasso. Enriqueta Harris is the author of "Velazquez".

About this title

Review:

"This is the best monograph on Goya yet written... The text is accessible, questioning and elegant."―Times Literary Supplement

"[Janis Tomlinson] provides one of the most balanced and readable introductions to any painter... This book is a pleasure to use and fundamental to all Goya studies."―Country Life

"Beyond being a clear-eyed, historically alert reading of Goya's art, Tomlinson's book is full and dazzling record of it."―San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author:

Janis Tomlinson is an associate professor in the department of art history at Columbia University, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0714829129
• ISBN 13: 9780714829128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320