Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Francisco Goya (1746-1828)

Sierra Club

Quotation

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.

Books

Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Francisco Goya. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Francisco Goya.

AlibrisResearch

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Biographical

Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828) was a Spanish painter. His later influence is significant since his art was both deeply subversive and subjective, at a time when these attitudes were not predominant. His emphasis on the foreground and faded background portends Manet. [This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and uses material adapted in whole or in part from the Wikipedia article on Francisco Goya.]

Books from Alibris: Francisco Goya

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