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Great Goya Etchings: The Proverbs, The Tauromaquia and The Bulls of Bordeaux (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

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With pluck, wit, and a sense for the grotesque, Goya took on the fascists and theocons of Inquisition-era Spain in splended engravings that remind me of William Blake, if Blake were a ticked-off malcontent. There is nothing fancy about this book--the reproductions and paper quality are merely serviceable--but the artistry of Goya leaps off the page, and for me this is not the kind of artwork just to admire once through, but a series of images I go back to over and again, finding something new to smile about or nod at each time.

This is a great collections of Goya's works. I looked at the pictures and did not read much of the text.