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Velazquez: The Technique of Genius » (New Edition)

Book cover image of Velazquez: The Technique of Genius by Jonathan Brown

Authors: Jonathan Brown, Carmen Garrido
ISBN-13: 9780300101249, ISBN-10: 0300101244
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Jonathan Brown

Book Synopsis

In Velázquez: The Technique of Genius, the authors undertake an intensive analysis of exactly how the artist worked. Focusing on 30 works that span his career, the authors offer more than 200 photographs of details of Velázquez's paintings to demonstrate his growth and development as an artist. They also examine the materials -- the pigments, canvases, and binding media -- that he utilized. It's an exciting in-depth exploration of the work of one of the most acclaimed artists of all time.

Table of Contents

Velazquez: An Introduction to his Life and Career
Genius at Work: Velazquez's Materials and Technique
1Adoration of the Magi
2Philip IV
3The Feast of Bacchus
4Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob
5The Forge of Vulcan
6The Villa Medici Grotto-Loggia Facade
7Pavilion of Cleopatra-Ariadne
8The Temptation of St. Thomas Aquinas
9Christ on the Cross
10Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV
11Baltasar Carlos on Horseback
12The Surrender of Breda
13Pablo de Valladolid
14"Don Juan de Austria"
15St. Anthony Abbot Visits St. Paul the Hermit
16Equestrian Portrait of Count-Duke Olivares
17Coronation of the Virgin
18Philip IV as Hunter
19Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand as Hunter
20Baltasar Carlos as Hunter
21"Francisco Lezcano"
22Diego de Acedo, El Primo
23Juan Calabazas
24Menippus
25Aesop
26Mars
27Mariana of Austria
28Las Meninas
29Fable of Arachne
30Mercury and Argus
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