Description |
1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits (some color). |
Series |
Essays in art and culture |
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Essays in art and culture (London, England)
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
This intriguing book on Goya concentrates on the closing years of the eighteenth century as a neglected milestone in his life. Goya waited until 1799 to publish his celebrated series of drawings, the Caprichos, which offered a personal vision of the "world turned upside down". Victor I. Stoichita and Anna Maria Coderch consider how themes of Revolution and Carnival (both seen as inversions of the established order) were obsessions in Spanish culture in this period, and make provocative connections between the close of the 1700s and the end of the Millennium. Particular emphasis is pl. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 The Turn of the Century as a Symbolic Form; 2 The Carnival Is Dead, Long Live the Carnival!; 3 Vertigo; 4 Clinic of Pure Reason; 5 Goya's Pharmacy; 6 The Carnival of Language; 7 Royal Games; 8 Ha-ha, Ho-ho, Hu-hu, He-he!; Appendix: Publicity Notice from the Diario de Madrid, 6 February 1799; References; List of Illustrations. |
Local Note |
EBSCOhost Art and Architecture Complete |
Subject |
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. Caprichos.
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Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. (OCoLC)fst00029789
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Caprichos (Goya, Francisco) (OCoLC)fst01356705
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Carnival in art.
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Painting, Modern.
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ART -- History -- General.
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ART -- Techniques -- Printmaking.
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DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- General.
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Carnival in art. (OCoLC)fst00847672
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Painting, Modern. (OCoLC)fst01050988
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Added Author |
Coderch, Anna Maria.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Stoichiţă, Victor Ieronim. Goya. London : Reaktion Books, 1999 9781861890450 (OCoLC)45314116 |
ISBN |
9781861896667 (electronic book) |
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1861896662 (electronic book) |
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1861890451 |
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9781861890450 |
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