Goya : a portrait of the artist / Janis A. Tomlinson

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomlinson, Janis A., autor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.

Goya, Francisco.

Artists--Spain--Biography.

Artists.

Artists--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton ; Oxford, UK : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Summary:

The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, considered the last of Spain's old masters and the first artist of the modern eraThe art of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) is informed by the age in which he lived, a period in Spain's history that saw a succession of kings at the court of Madrid, transformative changes in the country's politics and culture, and the devastation of the Iberian Peninsula in the war against Napoleon. In this revelatory biography, Janis Tomlinson draws on a wide range of documentation—including letters, court documents, and a sketchbook used by Goya in the early years of his career—to provide a nuanced portrait of a gifted painter and printmaker whose art is synonymous with compelling images of the people, events, and social transformation that defined his life and era.Tomlinson challenges the popular image of the artist as an isolated figure obsessed with darkness and death, showing how Goya's likeability and ambition contributed to his success at court, and offering new perspectives on his youth in Zaragoza, his rich family life, extensive travels, and lifelong friendships. She explores the full breadth of his imagery—from scenes inspired by life in Madrid to visions of worlds without reason, from royal portraits to the atrocities of war. She sheds light on the artist's personal trials, including the deaths of six children and the onset of deafness in middle age, but also challenges the conventional interpretation of Goya's late years as a period of disillusion, viewing them instead as years of artistic invention liberated, most famously in the murals painted onto the walls of his country house, popularly known as the "black" paintings.A monumental achievement, Goya is the definitive biography of an artist whose faith in his art and his genius inspired paintings, drawings, prints, and frescoes that continue to captivate, challenge, and surprise us two centuries later

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. An Artist from Zaragoza

1 Early Years

2 First Trials

3 Italy

4 Triumphs of a Native Son

5 Settings for the Court of Carlos III

6 “Of my invention”

7 Goya Meets Velázquez

8 The Zaragoza Affair

Part II. The Path of a Court Painter

9 Floridablanca

10 Don Luis

11 “The happiest man”

12 “God has distinguished us”

13 A Coronation under Darkening Skies

14 Changing Times

15 The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

Part III. Witness of a Silent World

16 “There are no rules in painting”

17 Goya and the Duchess

18 Dreaming, Enlightened

19 Subir y bajar

20 “The king and queen are crazy about your friend”

21 The French Connection

22 Absences

23 Society High and Low

24 A Monarchy at Twilight

Part IV. War and Restoration

25 The Old Order Falls

26 In the Shadow of a New Regime

27 On the Home Front

28 The Spoils of War

29 Portraits of a New Order

Part V. Triumphs of Caprice

30 Disparates

31 The Artist’s Retreat

32 Farewells

33 Paris

34 Unsettled in Bordeaux

35 “Only my will abounds”

36 The Last Year

Epilogue: Rosario

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on print version record

ISBN:

9780691209845

0691209847

OCLC:

1165409472