Author: Lopez-Rey, Jose, Delenda, Odile
Art & design styles: Baroque
Published on 27 May 2020 by Taschen Gmbh in Germany.
Hardback | 416 pages
349 x 263 x 45 | 3702g
Manet called him “the greatest painter of all.†Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that he painted 44 variations of it. Francis Bacon painted a study of his portrait of Pope Innocent X. Monet and Renoir, Corot and Courbet, Degas and DalÃ… for so many champions of art history, the ultimate sounding board was—and remains—Diego RodrÃguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660).This monograph edition brings together Velázquez’s complete works with a selection of enlarged details and photography of recently restored paintings, achieved through the joint initiative of TASCHEN and the Wildenstein Institute. The dazzling images are accompanied by insightful commentary from José López-Rey on Velázquez’s interest in human life and his equal attention to all subjects, from an old woman frying eggs to a pope or king, as well as his commitment to color and light, which would influence the Impressionists over two centuries later.