This book provides detailed analysis of Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos, a series of eighty etchings published in 1799, by examining the artistic principles that animate these remarkable images, and considering the complex way that they relate to the particular historical moment in which the prints were created and first received. In discussing the perceptual tensions in Los Caprichos, Andrew Schulz reevaluates the relationship between Goya's etchings and the Spanish Enlightenment, and reconsiders Goya's career during the 1780s and 1790s. His contention is that notions of vision and perception - key leitmotifs of the Enlightenment that became problematic in the years around 1800 - are fundamental to the poetics of Los Caprichos. By positioning Los Caprichos in the interstices between Neoclassicism and Romanticism, he reaffirms their crucial position in the history of European art.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"thoughtful and well-researched study" CAA Reviews Tara Zanardi
Book Description
This book examines Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos, a series of eighty etchings published in 1799. Andrew Schulz reevaluates the relationship between Goya's etchings and the Spanish Enlightenment. By positioning Los Caprichos in the interstices between Neoclassicism and Romanticism, he reaffirms their crucial position in the history of European art.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book !,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Goya's Caprichos: Aesthetics, Perception, and the Body (Hardcover)
I read this book as an extra assignment ( a book review ) in my European Romanticism art history class at the University of Houston for Honors credit. Great book, nice illustrations and interesting point the author makes. I enjoyed it more than I expected, and I recommend it to anyone interested in Goya's prints/ work.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
