GOYA. Translated By Priscilla Muller. 127 Reproductions With 48 In Large Full Color.
Language: English
Published by NY. January 1965. Harry N. Abrams / Library of Great Painters series, 1965
Series: Book 6 of 27 - Masters of Art
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large grey & gilt decorative full cloth hardcover ~ 2º (folio ~ 10"x13"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not torn, not price clipped (no price listed). publisher's postcard laid in. nice clean vintage copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap). glossy full color tipped~in frontis. 2 color title pg. 168p. 48 glossy tipped~in full color plates, one of which is foldout, all of which are present and accounted for. 79 b&w drawings and photographs. biographic outline. selected bibliography. biography. art history. art books. history of spain. ~ Francisco Goya, whose illustrious name in the history of Spanish painting ranks with those of El Greco and Velazquez, was a man of whom it might also be said that his life was secondary to his art. "It may be suspected," writes Professor Gudiol, the eminent authority on Goya who is author of this volume, "that, in reality, Goya was always weak ~ firm in his art, but insecure in his relationships with the outer world." Here the strength of Goya's art is revealed. An excellent selection of Goya's pictures includes 48 colorplates, each with a commentary, and numerous examples of his drawings, his lithographs, and his renowned etchings. The authoritative text probes the fascinating complexity of the artist's dual character. This duality, on the one hand, catapulted Goya to the publicly acclaimed rank of Spain's First Court Painter and, on the other, plunged the artist into a private abyss of despair~a hideous despair that confronts us powerfully when we consider his "black paintings." That the same artist could produce the haunting, awesome Witches' Sabbath and the radiantly pensive Milkmaid of Bordeaux is a paradox that defies unraveling. Indeed, Goya was no stranger to the common vicissitudes of life. He was never able to forget his youthful failures, notably the early humiliation at the hands of the Madrid Academy, though they steeled his resolve; nor was he able, even amid the affluence of the Madrid Court, to forget the dire poverty and severe deprivation of his youth. A renegade in art, one inspired but never overwhelmed by tradition, Goya in mid~life fell victim to a grave illness that left him deaf. Even the gods seemed to affirm his isolation from his fellow man. Nothing was more abhorrent to this artist whom neighbors called "Frank, the Deaf Man" ~ as much out of affection as ridicule~ than the role of imitator, whether in life or in art. The bold technique, the scathing eye, the sardonic humor that have long been associated with Goya are part and parcel of his intense integrity and fierce individualism. Professor Gudiol; a distinguished art historian and director of Spain's Instituto Amatller de Arte Hispanico in Barcelona, in this book has carefully distinguished four periods in Goya's long career. He traces the developments in artistic style against the brooding inner development of Goya's personality as man and artist, the sum of which is brilliantly presented in Goya's extensive oeuvre, so well represented in these pages.…
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- Title
- GOYA. Translated By Priscilla Muller. 127 Reproductions With 48 In Large Full Color.
- Author
- Gudiol, Jose' (text by)
- Publisher
- NY. January 1965. Harry N. Abrams / Library of Great Painters series
- Publication year
- 1965
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0810901498
- ISBN 13
- 9780810901490
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Series
- Book 6 of 27: Masters of Art
- Seller catalogs
- art books, art history, biography
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"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
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