Author:
Verdi, Richard, author.
ImprintLondon : Thames & Hudson Ltd ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2023.
Imprint2023
Description277 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Note:A teenage prodigy -- Painter to the King -- A new Prince and a new palace -- Entertaining the King -- Consolidating his style -- Serving the court and painting the Pope -- 'The painter of painters' -- After Velázquez.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.
Note:"Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) was one of the towering figures of Western painting and Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was treated as a portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X to a mortar and pestle. In this comprehensive introduction to Velázquez's life and art by Richard Verdi, the artist's major works are discussed along with most of his surviving output of approximately 110 paintings. Velázquez's greatest innovation, his unorthodox and revolutionary technique, is explored in relation to his most-celebrated contemporaries both in Spain and beyond, including Titian and Peter Paul Rubens. Velázquez concludes with a final chapter on the influence and importance of Velázquez's art on later painters from the time of his death to the art of recent times, including Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, and the Impressionists."-- Publisher marketing.
