Velázquez and the surrender of breda : the making of a masterpiece / Anthony Bailey.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Bailey, Anthony, 1933-2020.

Contributor:

• Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660.
• Painters--Spain--Biography.
• Painters.
• Spain.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Surrender of breda

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2011.

Summary:

What began as propaganda art to celebrate a rare Spanish victory is today recognized as Velzquez's narrative masterpiece. Bailey examines the paintings from which the artist arose, coaxing stories from them that flesh out a complete portrait of one of the world's major artists whose personal life has remained largely unknown. 288 pp. 35,000 print.

Contents:

• The turfship, Breda, 1590
• A boy from Seville, 1599-1621
• Madrid: for the first time, 1622-
• What happened at Bread, 1625
• The way to Italy, 1929
• The good retreat, Madrid, 1631
• "Breda for the King of Spain!", Madrid, 1634-35
• Madrid, 1632-39
• Madrid and Aragon, 1640-48
• Rome again, 1649-50
• Rome: Venus observed, 1650-51
• Transformations, Madrid, 1651-59
• Maids of honor, Madrid, 1656
• Knight errant, Madrid, 1658-59
• The isle of pheasants, Biscay and Madrid, 1660
• Penultimata
• Las Lanzas, Breda and Seville.

Notes:

• "A John Macrae book."
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780805088359
• 0805088350

OCLC:

689858564