Jose Gudiol

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Goya

Jose Gudiol

Synopsis:
In Goya, Spanish art historian José Gudiol explores Goya's complex character and the technique of his art, grounding his discussion in the common vicissitudes of his life--a childhood of poverty, humiliation in the face of the academic painters of Madrid, an illness that left him deaf and isolated from society at mid-life. This productive artist, creating some of art's greatest portraits, plunged privately into an abyss of despair, out of which he brought some of the most terrifying works of the 19th century. Forty colorplates with detailed analytical commentaries and a selection of Goya's prints are included.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2008, 1986, Hardcover - 1986, 1984, Hardcover - 1984, 1983, 1982, 1982, 1981, 1980