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Goya - A Portrait of the Artist (Hardcover)
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Goya - A Portrait of the Artist (Hardcover)
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The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y
Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era The life of Francisco Goya
(1746-1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish
history that brought upheavals in the country's politics and at the
court which Goya served, changes in society, the devastation of the
Iberian Peninsula in the war against Napoleon, and an ensuing
period of political instability. In this revelatory biography,
Janis Tomlinson draws on a wide range of documents-including
letters, court papers, and a sketchbook used by Goya in the early
years of his career-to provide a nuanced portrait of a complex and
multifaceted painter and printmaker, whose art is synonymous with
compelling images of the people, events, and social revolution that
defined his life and era. Tomlinson challenges the popular image of
the artist as an isolated figure obsessed with darkness and death,
showing how Goya's likeability and ambition contributed to his
success at court, and offering new perspectives on his youth, rich
family life, extensive travels, and lifelong friendships. She
explores the full breadth of his imagery-from scenes inspired by
life in Madrid to visions of worlds without reason, from royal
portraits to the atrocities of war. She sheds light on the artist's
personal trials, including the deaths of six children and the onset
of deafness in middle age, but also reconsiders the conventional
interpretation of Goya's late years as a period of disillusion,
viewing them instead as years of liberated artistic invention, most
famously in the murals on the walls of his country house, popularly
known as the "black" paintings. A monumental achievement, Goya: A
Portrait of the Artist is the definitive biography of an artist
whose faith in his art and his genius inspired paintings, drawings,
prints, and frescoes that continue to captivate, challenge, and
surprise us two centuries later.
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