Goya is perhaps the most approachable of painters. His art, like his life, is an open book. He concealed nothing from his contemporaries, and offered his art to them with the same frankness. The entra

Goya is perhaps the most approachable of painters. His art, like his life, is an open book. He concealed nothing from his contemporaries, and offered his art to them with the same frankness. The entra

This is a study of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), the Spanish painter and graphic artist whose work ranges from elegant and opulent royal portraits to dark depictions of horror and evil. Goya's career was a great triumph in the history of Spanish art. The son of a peasant craftsman from rural Aragon had, by the age of 40 infiltrated the most exclusive aristocracy in Western Europe...(展开全部)

Unflinching eye: Goya, the vivid witness to beauty, grandeur, and war From court portraits for the Spanish royals to horrific scenes of conflict and suffering, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) made a mark as one of Spain’s most revered and controversial artists. A master of form and light, his influence reverberates down the centuries, inspiring and fascinating ar...(展开全部)

This is a study of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), the Spanish painter and graphic artist whose work ranges from elegant and opulent royal portraits to dark depictions of horror and evil. Goya's career was a great triumph in the history of Spanish art. The son of a peasant craftsman from rural Aragon had, by the age of 40 infiltrated the most exclusive aristocracy in Western Europe...(展开全部)

温迪·伯德（Wendy Bird）任教于开放大学。自从她在大学的时候首次接触戈雅的版画，她就把学习的重心转移到这个艺术家身上了。她迷恋西班牙的街道剧院，以及音乐和电影，她自己也是一名艺术家。 莎拉·梅考克（Sarah Maycock）毕业于英国金斯顿大学动画制作及插画专业，她被评为2011年全英蕞具设计潜力的毕业生之一，她的客户包括索尼唱片、《泰晤士报》、英国国际广播公司、维特罗斯连锁超市、《金融时报》、《卫报》、五角设计联盟、四方出版，以及康兰设计集团等。

At times regarded as the first modern artist, Goya was both a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a commentator on the tumultuous events of his time. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details - allowing the viewer to appreciate every aspect of the artist's technique and oeuvre.

This book, ranging from 1561 to 1828, cahllenges the idea of Spanish painting as parochial, and invites us to take a much broader view, bringing a style a nation and a glorious period of art dazzlingly into view.

This richly illustrated book covers 250 years of painting in Spain, opening with art created at the splendid16th-century court of Philip II, before turning to art and patronage in the cities of Toledo, Valencia and Seville. It then returns to Madrid to explore the work at the 17th-century Habsburg court, before introducing the transitions brought by the Bourbon monarchy. Janis...(展开全部)