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Author Symmons, Sarah.
Title Goya / Sarah Symmons.
Publication Info London : Phaidon, 1998.


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Descript 351 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (some col.), map, col. ports. ; 23 cm.
Contents An unpromising start - student years in Aragon, Madrid and Rome; court life and court art - Bourbon patronage and tapestry cartoons; "a vain and difficult man" - the inspiration of Velazquez and the restriction of religious art; the sublime portraitist - private patrons and the challenge of portraiture; illness, madness and witchcraft - the "caprichos" and their precursors; the beleaguered monarchy - political uncertainties and artistic triumphs; disasters of war - war and the artist as witness; aftermath - victory and artistic retreat; geriatric genius - Goya triumphant; the tribute of posterity - Goya's legacy and the Spanish tradition.
ISBN 9780714837512 (pbk.)
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Author Symmons, Sarah.
Series Art & ideas
Subject Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Painting, Spanish.
Painting, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- Spain.
Descript 351 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (some col.), map, col. ports. ; 23 cm.
Contents An unpromising start - student years in Aragon, Madrid and Rome; court life and court art - Bourbon patronage and tapestry cartoons; "a vain and difficult man" - the inspiration of Velazquez and the restriction of religious art; the sublime portraitist - private patrons and the challenge of portraiture; illness, madness and witchcraft - the "caprichos" and their precursors; the beleaguered monarchy - political uncertainties and artistic triumphs; disasters of war - war and the artist as witness; aftermath - victory and artistic retreat; geriatric genius - Goya triumphant; the tribute of posterity - Goya's legacy and the Spanish tradition.
ISBN 9780714837512 (pbk.)
Author Symmons, Sarah.
Series Art & ideas
Subject Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Painting, Spanish.
Painting, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- Spain.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  ND 610 G72 S9  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  ND 610 G72 S9  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Painting, Spanish.
Painting, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- Spain.
Descript 351 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (some col.), map, col. ports. ; 23 cm.
Contents An unpromising start - student years in Aragon, Madrid and Rome; court life and court art - Bourbon patronage and tapestry cartoons; "a vain and difficult man" - the inspiration of Velazquez and the restriction of religious art; the sublime portraitist - private patrons and the challenge of portraiture; illness, madness and witchcraft - the "caprichos" and their precursors; the beleaguered monarchy - political uncertainties and artistic triumphs; disasters of war - war and the artist as witness; aftermath - victory and artistic retreat; geriatric genius - Goya triumphant; the tribute of posterity - Goya's legacy and the Spanish tradition.
ISBN 9780714837512 (pbk.)
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