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Robert Hughes turns his renowned critical eye to Francisco Jos de Goya y Lucientes, an artist whose life and work bridged the transition from the eighteenth-century reign of the old masters to the early days of the nineteenth-century moderns.

Presents the life and career of the famous Spanish painter.

Reproductions and text present the life and works of Francisco Goya.

Told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army. Captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. When Goya's beautiful muse is accused of being...

A biography of the Spanish painter, a forerunner of the impressionist movement, who was noted for his royal portraits, his drawings of the horrors of war, and his politically and socially satirical etchings.