Julia Blackburn has already established herself as one of the finest writers of non-fiction, but with Old Man Goya she takes her ability to ...
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Mar 25, 2011
William
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There are a number of periods in the life of the brilliant Spanish artist Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) about which we know very little. Julia Blackburn has taken that sketchy biography and filled in the gaps with speculations about "what Goya might have done" and "what Goya must have seen." In the end the book is as much about Blackburn's intellectual and emotional response to Goya's work as it is about the painter himself. Blackburn fills in the gaps with descriptions of th
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Mar 14, 2010
Divvy
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Blackburn peppers her biography of Goya with fragments from her own life in this thoroughly enjoyable book. Old Man Goya definitely reads more like a novel than a dry art history text. While it is illustrated with photographs of Goya’s copperplates, Blackburn doesn’t discuss the artist’s work as much as evoking the scenes that surround the artist and describing them in enough detail to link them in the reader’s mind with specific paintings and etchings. I would recommend this wonderfully writt
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Jul 14, 2011
David
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Excellent, enjoyable read. What an amazing tale of when Goya lost his hearing and lived such terrible times and yet accomplished some of his best work.
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