TASCHEN's coffee table book 'Velázquez. The Complete Works' presents his complete works in beautiful reproductions, including enlarged details and photographs of recently restored paintings.
For so many greats of art history, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was and remains the ultimate sounding board. TASCHEN's coffee table book 'Velázquez. The Complete Works' presents his complete works in stunning reproductions, including enlarged details and photographs of recently restored paintings.
Manet called him "the greatest painter of all time. Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that he painted 44 variations on it. Francis Bacon painted a study of his portrait of Pope Innocent X. Monet and Renoir, Corot and Courbet, Degas and Dalí ... for so many greats of art history, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) was and remains the ultimate inspiration.
This monograph brings together Velázquez's complete oeuvre with a selection of enlarged details and photographs of recently restored paintings, created through a joint initiative of TASCHEN and the Wildenstein Institute. The stunning images are accompanied by an illuminating commentary by José López-Rey on Velázquez's interest in human life and his equal attention to all subjects, from an old woman frying eggs to a pope or king, as well as his devotion to color and light, which would influence the Impressionists more than two centuries later.
Specifications
Title: Velázquez. The Complete Works
Author: José López-Rey
Publisher: Taschen
Format: 250 x 340 x 60 mm,
Size: 416 pages
Weight: 3.60 kg
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783836581790
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