Velazquez and the Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece - Couverture rigide

Bailey, Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0805088350 ISBN 13 : 9780805088359

Editeur : Henry Holt & Company Inc, 2011

Synopsis

What began as propaganda art to celebrate a rare Spanish victory in the Eighty Years' War with Holland, "The Surrender at Breda" is today recognized as Velazquez's narrative masterpiece. "Breda" is packed with vivid military detail - whole armies are suggested on the huge canvas, twelve feet high and eleven feet wide. Unlike typical surrender scenes, there is neither a heroic victor on horseback nor a vanquished commander on his knees. Instead the rivals appear on foot almost as equals. The loser bends forward to offer the key and receives a chivalrous pat on his shoulder, as if to say: "Fortune has favoured me, but our roles might have been reversed." Anthony Bailey examines the paintings from which the artist arose, coaxing stories from them that flesh out a complete portrait of one of the world's major artists whose personal life has remained largely unknown.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Henry Holt & Company Inc
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805088350
• ISBN 13: 9780805088359
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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