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Velázquez / Dawson Carr ; with Xavier Bray, John H. Elliott, Larry Keith, Javier Portús ; catalogue entries Xavier Bray, Dawson W. Carr, Simona Di Nepi, Gabriele Finaldi, Giorgia Mancini, Wolfgang Prohaska.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : National Gallery Company Limited, 2006Description: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), genealogical tables ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781857093032
  • 1857093038
  • 9781857093087
  • 1857093089
Subject(s):
Contents:
Appearance and reality in the Spain of Velázquez / John H. Elliott -- Painting and reality : the art and life of Velázquez / Dawson W. Carr -- Nudes and knights : a context for Venus / Javier Portús -- Velázquez's painting technique / Larry Keith -- Velázquez and Britain / Xavier Bray -- Catalogue -- Velázquez in Seville -- At court and in Italy : painter of faith and myth -- Portraying the court -- Velázquez and the hunt -- Portraying the ancients -- Portraying two courts : the return to Italy and the final years in Madrid -- Family trees
Review: This book explores Velazquez's almost universal popularity. Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Gallery, London, it contextualises the artist's work and discusses his influence. Manet famously called him 'the painter's painter', and this book seeks to explain how, and why, his painterly, elegant compositions resonate so strongly with our Post-Impressionist sensibilities." "Written by world-class Velazquez scholars, the book surveys the artist's entire career, from his studies in Seville and Italy to his final great works at the court of Philip IV. It includes a full catalogue and chronology.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Monographs Room VEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 07290

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, 18 October 2006-21 January 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.

Appearance and reality in the Spain of Velázquez / John H. Elliott -- Painting and reality : the art and life of Velázquez / Dawson W. Carr -- Nudes and knights : a context for Venus / Javier Portús -- Velázquez's painting technique / Larry Keith -- Velázquez and Britain / Xavier Bray -- Catalogue -- Velázquez in Seville -- At court and in Italy : painter of faith and myth -- Portraying the court -- Velázquez and the hunt -- Portraying the ancients -- Portraying two courts : the return to Italy and the final years in Madrid -- Family trees

This book explores Velazquez's almost universal popularity. Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Gallery, London, it contextualises the artist's work and discusses his influence. Manet famously called him 'the painter's painter', and this book seeks to explain how, and why, his painterly, elegant compositions resonate so strongly with our Post-Impressionist sensibilities." "Written by world-class Velazquez scholars, the book surveys the artist's entire career, from his studies in Seville and Italy to his final great works at the court of Philip IV. It includes a full catalogue and chronology.