Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts reflecting excellent scholarship, this portable and attractively priced volume is the perfect introduction to the enigmatic and visionary Spanish painter.
In a career that spanned the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Goya produced an wide-ranging body of work that reflected the tumultuous times in which he lived. An introductory essay sheds light on Goya’s life and work within a historical context, while 35 of the artist’s significant works are examined in luminous detail. From his insightful portraits to his haunting explorations of mortality and the subconscious—every facet of Goya’s career is presented in a lively and accessible volume that brings his dramatic genius to life. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of Goya’s enduring legacy as an artist whose work transcended its time to express universal truths about the human experience.
Biography
Jacqueline Cockburn
JACQUELINE COCKBURN is an art historian and linguist. After a career in academic teaching at Birkbeck College, University of London and Westminster School London, she is now a freelance lecturer at the V & A, The Royal Academy and many other institutions. Jacqueline Cockburn is Managing Director of Art and Culture Travel, running courses in Spain, Tangiers, Venice and Paris.
