{"product_id":"9780500204740","title":"Velazquez","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Verdi, Richard \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/03\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 276 pages, 209 Illustrations, color,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780500204740,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive introduction to Velázquez’s life and art which includes a discussion of all his major works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. This comprehensive introduction to Velázquez’s life and art includes a discussion of all his major works, and illustrates most of Velázquez’s surviving output of approximately 110 paintings. The artist’s greatest innovation – his unorthodox and revolutionary technique is explored in relation to the styles of certain of his most celebrated contemporaries both in Spain and beyond, including Titian and Rubens. The book concludes with a final chapter on the influence and importance of Velázquez’s art on later painters from the time of his own death to the art of recent times including Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and the Impressionists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43364726439980,"sku":"9780500204740","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780500204740.jpg?v=1716136235","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780500204740","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}