Velázquez
By: Dawson W. Carr ; with Xavier Bray ... [et al.] ; catalogue entries, Xavier Bray ... [et al.]
Contributors: Bray, Xavier; Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660
Publisher: National Gallery
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781857093032; 9781857093087
Subjects: Velázquez, Diego, -- 1599-1660 -- Criticism and interpretation; Velázquez, Diego, -- 1599-1660 -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: "This book explores Velazquez's almost universal popularity. Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Gallery, London, it contextualises the artist's work and discusses his influence. Manet famously called him 'the painter's painter', and this book seeks to explain how, and why, his painterly, elegant compositions resonate so strongly with our Post-Impressionist sensibilities." "Written by world-class Velazquez scholars, the book surveys the artist's entire career, from his studies in Seville and Italy to his final great works at the court of Philip IV. It includes a full catalogue and chronology."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Distributed by Yale University Press."

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, 18 Oct. 2006-21 Jan. 2007

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-253) and index
Table of contents: title: Appearance and reality in the Spain of Velázquez / John H. Elliott; title: Painting and reality : the art and life of Velázquez / Dawson W. Carr; title: Nudes and knights : a context for Venus / Javier Portús; title: Velázquez's painting technique / Larry Keith; title: Velázquez and Britain / Xavier Bray; title: Catalogue. Velázquez in Seville ; At court and in Italy : painter of faith and myth ; Portraying the court ; Velázquez and the hunt ; Portraying the ancients ; Portraying two courts : the return to Italy and the final years in Madrid