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Velázquez and the surrender of breda : the making of a masterpiece / Anthony Bailey.
Fine Arts Library ND813.V4 B26 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bailey, Anthony, 1933-2020.
- 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
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