Goya
Subtitle: Drawings from the Prado Museum
By: edited by Petra Kayser, with contributors
Contributors: Kayser, Petra, editor; National Gallery of Victoria; National Gallery of Victoria. Council of Trustees; Museo del Prado
Publisher: Council of Trustees, National Gallery of Victoria; Museo Nacional del Prado
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Melbourne, Victoria; Madrid, Spain
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781925432862
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Exhibitions; Spanish Drawing; Dessin espagnol; Expositions
Notes: Published for the exhibition Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum held at NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, 25 June - 3 October 2021.

Published to coincide with the National Gallery of Victoria exhibition Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum, this richly illustrated book features 170 works by Fransisco Goya. These span a period of thirty years, and include examples from the artist's private albums, in which he recorded his observations, visions and dreams, as well as prepatory drawings made for this etched series the Caprichos, the Disasters of War, the Tauromaquia and the Disparantes. In these uncommissioned drawings and prints Goya had the freedom to create works of 'fantasy and invention', which had no equivalent in the art of his day.This publication features essays by Australian and international curators and writers, including Goya specialists from the Prado Museum, and contributors from the worlds of fiction, journalism, broadcasting, musicology and film studies. All explore Goya's life and work, shedding light on this complex and fascinating artist.

Includes bibliographical references.