The Vanishing Man In Pursuit of Velazquez - In Pursuit of Velazquez

WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSelected as a Book of the Year in the Herald In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a long-lost Velazquez, he bought the picture and set out to discover its strange history - a quest that led from fame to ruin and exile.Fusing detection and biography, this book shows how and why great works of art can affect us, even to the point of mania. And on the trail of John Snare, Cumming makes a surprising discovery of her own. But most movingly, The Vanishing Man is an eloquent and passionate homage to the Spanish master Velazquez, bringing us closer to the creation and appreciation of his works than ever before.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Cumming, Cumming Laura
• Publisher: Vintage
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2017
• EAN: 9780099587040
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958704-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Weight: 400 g
• Series: Vintage; Vintage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Biography: general, ART / History / General, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Individual photographers, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Individual architects and architectural firms, Paintings and painting