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Goya

Drawings from His Private Albums

Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Published: 1st Dec 2003
Dimensions: w 230mm h 284mm d 21mm
Weight: 1202g
ISBN-10: 0853318611
ISBN-13: 9780853318613
Barcode No: 9780853318613
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Synopsis
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) is the first truly modern artist, whose penetrating vision of humanity is as relevant today as it was revolutionary in his own time. His most innovative works were created after a near-fatal illness that left him stone-deaf at the age of forty-seven. Alongside a prodigious output in paintings and prints, he expressed his most private thoughts and feelings in eight remarkable albums of drawings. Made over a period of thirty years, the albums were split up after his death; their pages are now scattered in public and private collections throughout the world. The album drawings reveal Goya's astonishing powers of invention and observation. They include amazing flights of fantasy, nightmare and biting satire, and show the artist's imagination at work on a vast range of subjects - the pageant of carnival and Holy Week, the upheavals of war, images of childhood and old age, witches and charlatans - in a reflection, both violent and tender, of the world around him. In this book, Juliet Wilson-Bareau brings together 117 of the finest album drawings. They are shown here for the first time as full-page colour reproductions, all save the largest album as actual-size facsimiles. The drawings are accompanied by extensive commentaries, together with an introductory essay and texts on each of the albums.

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'The catalogue, with most of the drawings reproduced full-size (and in colour, allowing the blue-greys and grey-browns and rich blacks to shine) is indispensable.' The Guardian '...this book of drawings from Goya's private albums is unmissable.' Antiques Magazine 'Juliet Wilson-Bareau's impressive knowledge of Goya's drawings informs every page of this catalogue. The provenance and detailed description of each drawing will keep specialists happy for years.' Times Higher Educational Supplement 'The clarity and insights of the catalogue add greatly to our knowledge of this extraordinary artist and the imaginative observations of the introductory essays balance the meticulous record of information about each drawing. This publication is one that few enthusiasts for the art of drawing, as well as for Spanish art of this period can afford to miss.' The Art Book '...a must for those who love art, the work of Goya, and the act of drawing itself.' British Bulletin of Publications