Tuesday, 13 October 2009

ART & ARTISTS


Not surprisingly there are a good few references to art and artists in After Goya.








Here's a list of artists you'll find referenced in the text:
  • Hieronymous Bosch (1450-1516)
  • Georges Braque (1882-1963)
  • John Sell Cotman (1782-1842)
  • John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
  • Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
  • El Greco (1541-1614)
  • Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
  • John 'Mad' Martin (1789-1854)
  • Fredric Marès (1893-1991)
  • Joan Miró (1893-1983)
  • Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
  • Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (1617-1682)
  • Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
  • Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)
  • Julio Romero de Torres (1874-1930)
  • Joseph Mallard William Turner (1775-1851)
  • Jan van Eyck (? 14th century)
  • Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velázquez (1599-1660)
  • Francisco de Zurburán (1598-1664)
Specific works referenced:
  • Guernica – Picasso
  • The Cudgel Fight – Goya
Art Movements referenced:
  • Expressionism
  • Futurism
  • Constructivism
  • Superrealism.
There are also hidden references, or more accurately, allusions, to artists and works inserted within various phrases throughout the text – but those are for me to know and for you to find.

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