Velázquez: Complete Works XL
Book Details
Author(s)José López-Rey, Odile Delenda
PublisherTASCHEN
ISBN / ASIN3836550164
ISBN-139783836550161
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank247,841
CategoryArt
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The painter's painter: Light, color and penetrating portraits from Spain's Golden Age luminary
Manet called him the greatest painter of all. Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that he painted 44 variations of it. Francis Bacon painted a study of his portrait of Pope Innocent X. Monet and Renoir, Corot and Courbet, Degas and Dal for so many champions of art history, the ultimate soundboard was and remains Diego Rodr guez de Silva y Vel zquez (1599-1660).
This updated catalog raisonn brings together Vel zquez s complete works, jaw-droppingly reproduced in extra-large format, with a selection of enlarged detailsand brand new photography of recently restored paintings, achieved through the joint initiative of TASCHEN and Wildenstein. The book's dazzling images are accompanied by insightful commentary from Jos L pez-Rey on Vel zquez's interest in human life and his equal attention to all subjects, from an old woman frying eggs to a pope or king, as well as his commitment to color and light, which would influence the Impressionists over two centuries later.
This updated catalog raisonn brings together Vel zquez s complete works, jaw-droppingly reproduced in extra-large format, with a selection of enlarged detailsand brand new photography of recently restored paintings, achieved through the joint initiative of TASCHEN and Wildenstein. The book's dazzling images are accompanied by insightful commentary from Jos L pez-Rey on Vel zquez's interest in human life and his equal attention to all subjects, from an old woman frying eggs to a pope or king, as well as his commitment to color and light, which would influence the Impressionists over two centuries later.
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