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An account of the life and work of the landmark painter.

Trade Review

"This is the best monograph on Goya yet written... The text is accessible, questioning and elegant."—Times Literary Supplement

"[Janis Tomlinson] provides one of the most balanced and readable introductions to any painter... This book is a pleasure to use and fundamental to all Goya studies."—Country Life

"Beyond being a clear-eyed, historically alert reading of Goya's art, Tomlinson's book is full and dazzling record of it."—San Francisco Chronicle



Table of Contents
The beginnings in Saragossa; Goya in Madrid; new patrons, new projects; between commission and caprice; "Los Caprichos"; painting in the spotlight; imagery of atrocity; the artist in his studio; the Quinta del sordo; the Bordeaux years; Goya after Goya.

Goya

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    A Paperback / softback by Janis Tomlinson

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      Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 28/04/1999
      ISBN13: 9780714838441, 978-0714838441
      ISBN10: 0714838446
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An account of the life and work of the landmark painter.

      Trade Review

      "This is the best monograph on Goya yet written... The text is accessible, questioning and elegant."—Times Literary Supplement

      "[Janis Tomlinson] provides one of the most balanced and readable introductions to any painter... This book is a pleasure to use and fundamental to all Goya studies."—Country Life

      "Beyond being a clear-eyed, historically alert reading of Goya's art, Tomlinson's book is full and dazzling record of it."—San Francisco Chronicle



      Table of Contents
      The beginnings in Saragossa; Goya in Madrid; new patrons, new projects; between commission and caprice; "Los Caprichos"; painting in the spotlight; imagery of atrocity; the artist in his studio; the Quinta del sordo; the Bordeaux years; Goya after Goya.

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