The Ladies-In-Waiting - Couverture rigide

Olivares, Javier

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1683960122 ISBN 13 : 9781683960126

Editeur : Fantagraphics Books, 2017

Synopsis

Two of Spain's most sophisticated comics creators examine the legacy of one the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). Olivares's art moves from style to style as The Ladies-in-Waiting uses fiction to explore the ties between artists and patrons, institutions and audiences and creators and creativity. Their combined efforts have made the book a commercial and critical sensation in Spain, garnering international comics prizes along with the equivalent of the National Book Award in Spain.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1656, Diego Velázquez, leading figure in the Spanish Golden Age of painting, created one of the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Las Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). This graphic novel, written and drawn by two of Spain’s most sophisticated comics creators, examines its legacy as one of the first paintings to explore the relationship among the viewer, reality, and unreality. (It guest stars Cano, Salvador Dalí, Zurbarán, and many others.) Olivares’s art moves from clear line to expressionistic; from pen nib to brush stokes; from one color palette to another, as The Ladies-in-Waiting uses fiction to explore the ties among artists and patrons, the past and the present, institutions and audiences, creators and creativity.

Biographie de l'auteur

Santiago Garcia (Trajano Bermudez) has degrees in journalism and art history from Complutense University of Madrid and the Autonomous University of Madrid, respectively. He is a writer, editor, critic, and translator. He has translated Spanish Spider-Man, X-Men, and Calvin and Hobbes editions, and he's edited several anthologies.

Javiar Olivares was born in Madrid, and draws comics and illustrations for both children and adults. He started the journal Madriz in the '80s.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Fantagraphics Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1683960122
• ISBN 13: 9781683960126
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192