The Cambridge Companion to Velázquez

The Cambridge Companion to Velázquez
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 0521660467
ISBN-13 : 9780521660464
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Velázquez by : Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Velázquez written by Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Velázquez offers a synthetic overview of one of the greatest painters of Golden Age Spain and seventeenth century Europe. With contributions from art historians and those working in other disciplines, this book offers fresh approaches to the vast literature on this artist. The essays also guide the reader to an understanding of Velázquez's work--his training in his native Seville, reflections in his oeuvre of artistic currents from outside Spain, and how Velázquez's religious paintings may be understood within the religious context of Counter-Reformation Spain.


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