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Goya (Hardcover)

by Robert Hughes (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 452 pages
  • Publisher: The Harvill Press (9 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843430541
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843430544
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 166,949 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #16 in  Books > Biography > Political > Countries & Regions > Spain

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Daily Telegraph

‘Hughes has succeeded triumphantly…Eloquent, scholarly, thorough, full of insight’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


Spectator

‘Wonderful…As an accessible study of Goya’s life and work, the book is all you could ask for and more’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting Characterizations of Goya's Work!, 18 Jul 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goya (Hardcover)
Until about 12 years ago, I thought of Goya as a minor artist who had done few memorable works. Then, I happened to stumble upon a major exhibition of Goya's etchings and aquatints at a Rennes museum in Brittany. I was astonished and compelled by what I saw. Most of the exhibit focused on a theme of antiwar and I wanted to know more. Many people have told me since that it's hard to find good books about Goya's etchings and aquatints. So I picked up this volume hoping to fill the void. My expectations with regard to the etchings and aquatints were more than fulfilled. Thank you, Mr. Hughes.

The book offered me much more. It has very good coverage of all Goya's work and what is known about his personal life. Mr. Hughes also has a wonderful ability to describe a work of art in a way that helps you see it in its historical context . . . rather than just in terms of today. From those perspectives, I became equally enthused about Goya's Caprichos and came to understand more about bullfighting and witches than I ever would have otherwise.

The book has a personal touch to it that is compelling. Mr. Hughes suffered a horrible accident before starting this book and had a lengthy recovery before he could begin the work. All of that frustration seems to have energized him to make the book come to life more than one would have ever thought possible.

The book does have three flaws that you should be aware of before beginning. First, the reproductions are usually quite small. If Mr. Hughes hadn't pointed out the tiny details in many cases, no reader would have been able to discern those details from looking at the pages here. Second, you will probably learn more than you ever wanted to know about the Spanish Bourbons for whom Goya was the court painter. There is such as thing as too much historical context. Third, Mr. Hughes like to make unnecessary criticisms at historical figures that seem gratuitously related to the work here. For example, Ernest Hemingway is characterized as having modeled his style after a woman writer and therefore cannot write appropriately about bull fights.

But if you want to find lots of reasons to enjoy Goya, this is your book.

Good viewing!

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Hughes' Goya, 19 Jan 2004
By Kate (Surbiton, Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I thought this was an excellent introduction to Goya's work. It was very readable and put Goya in context by filling in the background of Spanish history during the artist's life. It was great to read Hughes' interpretations and explanations of Goya's paintings and engravings as he builds up a picture of an artist who lived a long life and made a huge contribution to the history of art. The repro quality is superb and the fact that the descriptions and the paintings are usually on the same page add to the accessibility of this book. I'm determined now to go to Madrid to the Prado to see the paintings in the original and to read all I can on Goya before I go.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book about a fascinating artist, 31 Mar 2006
This review is from: Goya (Paperback)
I have always had a passion for music but it is really only in the last 3 or 4 years that I have begun to truly appreciate the painted art form. Having visited a number of Europe's leading picture galleries I took the opportunity to spend a day in the Museu Del Prado during a trip to Madrid last year. The Del Prado has by far the largest single collection of Francisco de Goya's work in the world.

Much like Robert Hughes, I was immediately moved and fascinated by what I saw - in particular the legendary Black paintings recovered from the artist's home after his death. I left determined to find out more about the man and bought this book after reading other user's glowing recommendations. I found it informative and highly readable. Crucially it is also opinionated as all writing on the arts should be, lest it give nothing more than can be obtained from a gallery audioguide.

Hughes goes to great lengths to position Goya in his time and to demonstrate the effect the pig-ignorant rule of the Bourbons and the atrocities of both the Inquisition and the Peninsula War had on his state of mind and hence his art. Whilst he recognised Goya's importance to the art world, he makes a compelling case for Goya as the one artist of his time to exert a great influence on modern reportage.

The prints are plentiful and of an excellent quality and Hughes detailed examination of both minor and major pieces is every bit as insightful and moving as the broader-brush historical angles.

I simply cannot recommend this book strongly enough - it's marvellous.

I will now be adding Hughes' slighter biography of that other Spanish giant of European art - Picasso - to my wish list!

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This book came to me in good condition and is an excellent book for any artist.
Published 7 months ago by Mr. A. G. Haden

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One of the best biographies I've ever read, and certainly the best book I've ever come across on the wonderful, eccletic Goya. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2004 by P. J. Dean

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