Francisco Goya - Life and Times

Informationen zum Autor Evan S. Connell was the author of eighteen books, including Francisco Goya , Deus Lo Volt!, Mrs. Bridge, and Son of the Morning Star . He received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and an award in literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lived and worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Klappentext "Passionate observations.... [Connell] writes with economy and flair.... Will please loyal and new readers." Zusammenfassung The author of Son of the Morning Star and Deus Lo Volt probes the mind of the Spanish painter, reconstructing the violent, repressive Spain he called home and charting his powerful influence on Western art. This biography of Francisco Goya breaks the mold--recounting with stunning immediacy the uncommon genius behind the renowned Spanish painter. Darkly brilliant and casually masterful in turn, Francisco Goya changed art forever. During the days of the Spanish Inquisition, Goya painted royalty, street urchins, and demons with the same brush, bringing his own distinctive touch to each. This unusual man and his ghastly times are the perfect subject for Evan S. Connell, one of our greatest and least conventional writers. Introducing a wealth of detail and a cast of comic characters--a motley group of dukes, queens, and artists, as lewd and incorrigible a crew as history has ever produced--Connell has conjured Goya's life with wit, erudition, and a sparkling imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Evan Connell, Evan S Connell, Evan S. Connell
• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.02.2005
• EAN: 9781582433080
• ISBN: 978-1-58243-308-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Spain, ART / History / General, ART / European, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Paintings and painting