Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is one of the undisputed masters of 19th-century Spanish painting. He is also often called "The first of the Moderns" because of his bold technique and his belief that the personal vision of the artist is more important than the tradition. With illustrations and the text covering the main incidents of his life, this book on Spanish painter Goya will entice all art lovers.

An introduction to the life and work of Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya, featuring color reproductions of over sixty works, with captions, and including a chronology.

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With profound texts, through an agile presentation and complemented by more than four hundred full-color illustrations, Rosa Giorgi shows us paintings, frescoes, sculptures, engraved codices, and engravings populated by the most amazing heavenly and demonic figures, ranging from seraphs and cherubs, to the riders of the Apocalypse, demonic possessions and exorcisms, purgatory and paradise.

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A small prince looks at the outside world in a mirror from his magnificent palace and he does not like what he sees. Therefore, each morning he imagines solutions to improve the lives of his subjects. But one day he will stop observing the world to admire his own image. The small prince will become bigger and bigger until only he occupies the space of the mirror.