{"product_id":"velazquez-the-complete-works","title":"Velázquez. the Complete Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eManet called him \"\u003cstrong\u003ethe greatest painter of all\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece \u003cem\u003eLas Meninas\u003c\/em\u003e 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 Dalí... for so many champions of art history, \u003cstrong\u003ethe ultimate sounding board\u003c\/strong\u003e was--and remains--\u003cstrong\u003eDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez \u003c\/strong\u003e(1599-1660). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis monograph edition brings together Velázquez's complete works with a selection of\u003cstrong\u003e enlarged details\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ephotography of recently restored paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e, achieved through the joint initiative of TASCHEN and the Wildenstein Institute. The dazzling images are accompanied by \u003cstrong\u003einsightful commentary\u003c\/strong\u003e from José López-Rey on Velázquez's interest in human life and his equal attention to all subjects\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003efrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelenda, Odile:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Odile Delenda, graduate of the École du Louvre, served as professor there, and then as deputy head of the department of paintings at the Musée du Louvre until 2007. She has collaborated on several exhibitions of old master paintings. A research fellow at the Wildenstein Institute in Paris since 1990, she has continued her study of Spanish art from the Siglo de Oro. She is, among other works, the author of Vélasquez, peintre religieux (1993) and, under the auspices of the Wildenstein Institute, the first critical catalogue raisonné of the painted oeuvre of Francisco de Zurbarán and his studio (2009\/10).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLópez-Rey, José:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - José López-Rey (1905-1991) taught Italian Renaissance at the University of Madrid and worked as an art advisor for the Spanish Ministry of Education. Before the end of the Spanish Civil War, he emigrated to the USA, where he resumed his teaching career at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York. In 1973 he was awarded emeritus status. López-Rey was a corresponding member of the Hispanic Society of America and a consultant and contributor to several international art journals, including the Gazette des Beaux Arts and Art News.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647731011858,"sku":"9783836581790","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_016c0fb9-67c6-40cc-83f4-5cc00819cf1c.jpg?v=1734805068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/velazquez-the-complete-works","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}