Artists and aesthetics in Spain : [a collection of studies]

Author:Ann Livermore

Summary:This volume contains a wide-ranging number of essays discussing aspects of the works of such artists as Giorgione, El Greco, Toledo, Francisco Zurbaran, Velazquez, Goya, Ruben Dario and Pablo Picasso.

Print Book, English, 1988

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Publisher: Tamesis Books, London, 1988

Series:

Colección Támesis. serie A, Monografias, 131

Physical Description:168 pages : illustrations.

ISBN:

9780729302944, 0729302946

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1000562405

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Spanish

Esthétique espagnole

Painting, Spanish

Peinture espagnole

Contents:

Giorgione and Boethius - "The Consolation of Philosophy"; the Escorial and Philip II; El Greco's "Greek phantasy" and Toledo's "Fantasia" - El Greco and "De Musica"; Francisco Zurbaran and the "claritas" of bright colours; Velazquez and Francisco Sanchez - the precursor of Descartes; Goya and Benito Feijo - the artist's liberation through the new sensibility; Pablo Picasso and Ruben Dario - the new world of rhythms.