戈雅：藝術家肖像
詹尼斯湯姆林森
弗朗西斯科·戈雅 (Francisco Goya y Lucientes) 的第一本重要英文傳記，他開創了現代時代
弗朗西斯科·戈雅（1746-1828）的一生正值西班牙歷史的轉型時期，國家政治、戈雅所服務的宮廷都經歷了動盪，社會也發生了變化，伊比利亞半島在反拿破崙戰爭中遭到毀壞，隨之而來的是一段政治動盪時期。在這本揭露性的傳記中，詹尼斯·湯姆林森利用大量文獻資料——包括信件、法庭文件以及戈雅在其職業生涯早期使用的素描本——細緻入微地描繪了一位複雜而多面的畫家和版畫畫家，他的藝術作品與定義他的生活和時代的人物、事件和社會革命的引人注目的形象同義。
湯姆林森挑戰了戈雅作為一個痴迷於黑暗和死亡的孤立人物的流行形象，展示了戈雅的受歡迎程度和野心如何促成他在宮廷中的成功，並為他的青春、豐富的家庭生活、廣泛的旅行和終生的友誼提供了新的視角。她探索了他的想像的整個範圍——從馬德里生活場景到沒有理性的世界觀，從皇室肖像到戰爭暴行。她揭示了這位藝術家的個人經歷，包括六個孩子的死亡以及中年時失聰，但也重新審視了對戈雅晚年理想幻滅期的傳統解讀，而是將其視為自由藝術創造的歲月，最著名的是他鄉間別墅牆壁上的壁畫，俗稱“黑色”畫。
《戈雅：藝術家肖像》是一部具有里程碑意義的著作，它是關於一位藝術家的權威傳記，他對藝術和天才的信念激發了他創作的繪畫、素描、版畫和壁畫，在兩個世紀後仍然吸引著我們、挑戰著我們、讓我們感到驚訝。
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Goya: A Portrait of the Artist
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The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country’s politics and at the court which Goya served, changes in society, the devastation of the Iberian Peninsula in the war against Napoleon, and an ensuing period of political instability. In this revelatory biography, Janis Tomlinson draws on a wide range of documents—including letters, court papers, and a sketchbook used by Goya in the early years of his career—to provide a nuanced portrait of a complex and multifaceted painter and printmaker, whose art is synonymous with compelling images of the people, events, and social revolution that defined his life and era.
Tomlinson challenges the popular image of the artist as an isolated figure obsessed with darkness and death, showing how Goya’s likeability and ambition contributed to his success at court, and offering new perspectives on his youth, rich family life, extensive travels, and lifelong friendships. She explores the full breadth of his imagery—from scenes inspired by life in Madrid to visions of worlds without reason, from royal portraits to the atrocities of war. She sheds light on the artist’s personal trials, including the deaths of six children and the onset of deafness in middle age, but also reconsiders the conventional interpretation of Goya’s late years as a period of disillusion, viewing them instead as years of liberated artistic invention, most famously in the murals on the walls of his country house, popularly known as the “black” paintings.
A monumental achievement, Goya: A Portrait of the Artist is the definitive biography of an artist whose faith in his art and his genius inspired paintings, drawings, prints, and frescoes that continue to captivate, challenge, and surprise us two centuries later.
The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country’s politics and at the court which Goya served, changes in society, the devastation of the Iberian Peninsula in the war against Napoleon, and an ensuing period of political instability. In this revelatory biography, Janis Tomlinson draws on a wide range of documents—including letters, court papers, and a sketchbook used by Goya in the early years of his career—to provide a nuanced portrait of a complex and multifaceted painter and printmaker, whose art is synonymous with compelling images of the people, events, and social revolution that defined his life and era.
Tomlinson challenges the popular image of the artist as an isolated figure obsessed with darkness and death, showing how Goya’s likeability and ambition contributed to his success at court, and offering new perspectives on his youth, rich family life, extensive travels, and lifelong friendships. She explores the full breadth of his imagery—from scenes inspired by life in Madrid to visions of worlds without reason, from royal portraits to the atrocities of war. She sheds light on the artist’s personal trials, including the deaths of six children and the onset of deafness in middle age, but also reconsiders the conventional interpretation of Goya’s late years as a period of disillusion, viewing them instead as years of liberated artistic invention, most famously in the murals on the walls of his country house, popularly known as the “black” paintings.
A monumental achievement, Goya: A Portrait of the Artist is the definitive biography of an artist whose faith in his art and his genius inspired paintings, drawings, prints, and frescoes that continue to captivate, challenge, and surprise us two centuries later.
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Awards and Recognition
- Winner of the PROSE Award in Biography & Autobiography, Association of American Publishers
- A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Art, Architecture, & Photography Book of Fall 2020
- One of The Sunday Times' Best Art Books of 2020
- Winner of the PROSE Award in Biography & Autobiography, Association of American Publishers
- A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Art, Architecture, & Photography Book of Fall 2020
- One of The Sunday Times' Best Art Books of 2020
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