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Velazquez and the Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece

Velazquez and the Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece


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What began as propaganda art to celebrate a rare Spanish victory in the Eighty Years' War with Holland, "The Surrender at Breda" is today recognized as Velazquez's narrative masterpiece. "Breda" is packed with vivid military detail - whole armies are suggested on the huge canvas, twelve feet high and eleven feet wide. Unlike typical surrender scenes, there is neither a heroic victor on horseback nor a vanquished commander on his knees. Instead the rivals appear on foot almost as equals. The loser bends forward to offer the key and receives a chivalrous pat on his shoulder, as if to say: "Fortune has favoured me, but our roles might have been reversed." Anthony Bailey examines the paintings from which the artist arose, coaxing stories from them that flesh out a complete portrait of one of the world's major artists whose personal life has remained largely unknown.

About the Author :
Anthony Bailey is the author of "Vermeer: " "A View of Delft," two books on Rembrandt, the novel "Major Andre," and nineteen other books. A writer for "The New Yorker" for a quarter century, Bailey has been called "one of the best descriptive writers of his generation" (John Russell, "The New York Times").

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A superb account....wonderfully written. "The New Yorker" Filled with rich detail and lush descriptions, this book, like the painting that inspired it, is remarkable for both its scope and its intimacy. "Barnes and Noble Review" This highly provocative, rich, and savory feast challenges readers to see great art with fresh eyes and in context. "Kirkus" In this witty, inquisitive, and redefining portrait Bailey brings Velazquez forward as a brilliant and complex artist navigating an exciting and dangerous world and enables us to see his split-screen' compositions as the cutting-edge creations they were nearly four centuries ago. "Booklist, Starred Review"" "A superb account....wonderfully written."--"The New Yorker" "Filled with rich detail and lush descriptions, this book, like the painting that inspired it, is remarkable for both its scope and its intimacy."--"Barnes and Noble Review" "This highly provocative, rich, and savory feast challenges readers to see great art with fresh eyes and in context."--"Kirkus" "In this witty, inquisitive, and redefining portrait...Bailey brings Velazquez forward as a brilliant and complex artist navigating an exciting and dangerous world and enables us to see his 'split-screen' compositions as the cutting-edge creations they were nearly four centuries ago."--"Booklist," Starred Review "Filled with rich detail and lush descriptions, this book, like the painting that inspired it, is remarkable for both its scope and its intimacy."--"Barnes and Noble Review" "This highly provocative, rich, and savory feast challenges readers to see great art with fresh eyes and in context."--"Kirkus" "In this witty, inquisitive, and redefining portrait...Bailey brings Velazquez forward as a brilliant and complex artist navigating an exciting and dangerous world and enables us to see his 'split-screen' compositions as the cutting-edge creations they were nearly four centuries ago."--"Booklist", Starred Review "This highly provocative, rich, and savory feast challenges readers to see great art with fresh eyes and in context."--"Kirkus" "In this witty, inquisitive, and redefining portrait...Bailey brings Velazquez forward as a brilliant and complex artist navigating an exciting and dangerous world and enables us to see his 'split-screen' compositions as the cutting-edge creations they were nearly four centuries ago."--"Booklist", Starred Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780805088359
  • Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Henry Holt & Company Inc
  • Height: 235 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0805088350
  • Publisher Date: 08 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Making of a Masterpiece


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