For so many champions of art history, the ultimate sounding board was--and remains--Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez. First available as an XXL volume, this accessible edition presents his complete works in beautiful reproductions, including enlarged details and photography of recently restored paintings.
J. Brown, Images and Ideas, 63. Sebastian de Covarrubias Hor02co, Tesoro de la lengua castellana o ... Pedro M. Pifiero Ramirez and Rogelio Reyes Cano (Seville: Excma. Diputación Provincial, 1985), also makes references to amigos ...
"This volume--the new standard Vermeer monograph--reproduces all 34 paintings, augmenting each with close-ups that lay bare the loving care Vermeer lavished upon each painstaking work." from publisher's website
Velázquez is recognized as the supreme exponent of Spanish painting in the Siglo de Oro and one of the greatest artists of all time.
Fusing detection and biography, this book shows how and why great works of art can affect us, even to the point of mania. And on the trail of John Snare, Cumming makes a surprising discovery of her own.
This new catalogue raisonné - designed for world-wide reference - represents the very best introduction to the oeuvre of the "painter of painters". It is the culmination of twenty years...
This comprehensive reference book on the life and worksof Diego Velázquez, the most important painter in theSpanish Habsburg court of King Philip IV, offers a fascinating study of this individualistic artist'seducation, family life and ...
This volume recounts the master's life through lights and shadows, masterpieces and scandals, presenting the paintings that scholars have unanimously acknowledged to be autograph works on the basis of documentary evidence that has emerged ...
Este libro reune por primera vez todos los escritos dispersos sobre Velázquez publicados por Enriqueta Harris en inglés y en español desde 1950: artículos en revistas especializadas, ensayos para catálogos de exposiciones sobre el ...
The startling conclusion of The Late Paintings of Vel?uez is that Diego Vel?uez painted two of his most famous works, The Spinners and Las Meninas, as theoretically informed manifestos of painterly brushwork.
The complete Velazquez in one volume. All the paintings are reproduced with detailed explanations. The text contains biographical data, including references to contemporary sources and re-evaluated historical documents. A register...