Goya and the Mystery of Reading - Paperback

$89.91

Goya and the Mystery of Reading - Paperback

Name: Goya and the Mystery of Reading - Paperback
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SKU: 9780826505323
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by Luis Martín-Estudillo

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Book Overview

Spanish artist Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) lived through an era of profound societal change. One of the transformations that he engaged passionately was the unprecedented growth both in the number of readers and in the quantity and diversity of texts available. He documented and questioned this reading revolution in some of his most captivating paintings, prints, and drawings.

Goya and the Mystery of Reading explores the critical impact this transition had on the work of an artist who aimed not to copy the world around him, but to see it anew-to read it. Goya's creations offer a sustained reflection on the implications of reading, which he depicted as an ambiguous, often mysterious activity: one which could lead to knowledge or ecstasy, to self-fulfillment or self-destruction, to piety or perdition. At the same time, he used reading to elicit new possibilities of interpretation. This book reveals for the first time the historical, intellectual, and artistic underpinnings of reading as one of the pillars of his art.

This book is the recipient of the 2023 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of art or medicine.

ISBN	9780826505323
Author	Luis Martín-Estudillo
Publisher	Vanderbilt University Press
Genre	History and Arts
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2023
Language	ENG- English
Pages	268
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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