Collected Writings on Velazquez
- ISBN-10
- 0300144938
- ISBN-13
- 9780300144932
- Category
- Art / Criticism & Theory
- Pages
- 447
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Other Distribution
- Author
- Jonathan Brown
Description
"This book is a collection of 32 articles about Velazquez which appeared in scholarly journals, exhibition catalogues and newspapers and magazines between 1964 and 2006. Several are published in English for the first time. The text is the record of a lifelong engagement with the life and works of this artist and evaluates many of the numerous attempts to solve the mysteries presented by the Spaniard's paintings."--BOOK JACKET.
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