Velázquez: Complete Works
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836550164 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Awesome superior quality made with love book. Highly recommended!. "Awesome" according to mario sanasi. This is the greatest book I know of about Velazquez. If you love his work, get it.. C. Schmitz said Absolutely fabulous! I can see all the detail I. Absolutely fabulous! I can see all the detail I have longed to see for many years. I've never seen the originals, so I can't vouch for any color accuracy, but for me it's the texture, drawing, and the handling of the brush that are most important.
The book's dazzling images are accompanied by insightful commentary from José López-Rey on Velázquez'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.. Francis Bacon painted a study of his portrait of Pope Innocent X. This updated catalog raisonné brings together Velázquez’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 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. Monet and Renoir, Corot and Courbet, Degas and Dalí…f
She is, among other things, the author of Vélazquez, peintre religieux (1993) and, under the auspices of the Wildenstein Institute, of the first critical catalogue raisonné of the painted oeuvre of Francisco de Zurburán and his studio (2009/10). Before the end of the Spanish Civil War, he emigrated to the USA, where he resumed his teaching career at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York. In 1973 he was awarded emeritus status. López-Rey was a corresponding member of the Hispanic Society of America and a consultant and contributor to several international art journals, including the Gazette des Beaux Arts and Art News.Odile Delenda, graduate of the École du Louvre, served as professor at the École du Louvre, and then as chargée
She has collaborated on several exhibitions of old master painting. She is, among other things, the author of Vélazquez, peintre religieux (1993) and, under the auspices of the Wildenstein Institute, of the first critical catalogue raisonné of the painted oeuvre of Francisco de Zurburán and his studio (2009/10). In 1973 he was awarded emeritus status. López-Rey was a corresponding member of the Hispanic Society of America and a consul