Velazquez: The Technique of Genius - Softcover

Brown, Jonathan; Garrido, Carmen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300101244 ISBN 13: 9780300101249

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Great painters are invariably great technicians. In creating the techniques he needed to express his ideas, Velazquez became one of the most original practitioners of the art of painting ever known. In this richly illustrated book, two widely recognised specialists on Velazquez - one an art historian, the other a conservation scientist - combine their expertise to show exactly how Spain's most famous painter realised his artistic vision.
More than two hundred photographs of details of Velazquez's paintings vividly demonstrate how the artist realised his vision of man and nature through a highly allusive, economical manner of painting.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Vel‡zquez: The Technique of Genius is an illuminating introduction to what can be learnt from the surface of the pictures. . . . It is built round illustrations of details, nearly all from paintings in the Prado."-Peter Campbell, London Review of Books; "A ravishingly beautiful, highly informative book. Brown and Garrido work well together, interweaving the artistic/historical background with the messy forensic facts effortlessly; the detail is stunning."-George Crisp, Art Review

About the Author:

Jonathan Brown is Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Fine Arts at New York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0300101244
• ISBN 13: 9780300101249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216