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From court portraits for the Spanish royals to horrific scenes of conflict and suffering, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) made a mark as one of Spain’s most revered and controversial artists. A master of form and light, his influence reverberates down the centuries, inspiring and fascinating artists from the Romantic Eugène Delacroix to Britart enfants terribles, the Chapman brothers.Born in Fuendetodos, Spain, in 1746, Goya was apprenticed to the Spanish royal family in 1774, where he produced etchings and tapestry cartoons for grand palaces and royal residences across the country. He was also patronized by the aristocracy, painting commissioned portraits of the rich and powerful with his increasingly fluid and expressive style. Later, after a bout of illness, the artist moved towards darker etchings and drawings, introducing a nightmarish realm of witches, ghosts, and fantastical creatures.It was, however, with his horrific depictions of conflict that Goya achieved enduring impact. Executed between 1810 and 1820, The Disasters of War was inspired by atrocities committed during the Spanish struggle for independence from the French and penetrated the very heart of human cruelty and sadism. The bleak tones, agitated brushstrokes, and aggressive use of Baroque-like light and dark contrasts recalled Velázquez and Rembrandt, but Goya’s subject matter was unprecedented in its brutality and honesty.In this introductory book from TASCHEN Basic Art 2.0 we set out to explore the full arc of Goya’s remarkable career, from elegant court painter to deathly seer of suffering and grotesquerie. Along the way, we encounter such famed portraits as Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga, the dazzling Naked Maja, and The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, one of the most heart-stopping images of war in the history of art.

Sweet dreams and sleep tight, from A to Z good night! With an evergreen message of love, adorable baby animal illustrations, and heartwarming rhymes, this sweet bedtime story is perfect for families to read and share together. Ideal for new parents and baby showers, tuck your little one in for the night with an ABC board book that helps babies and toddlers follow bedtime routines and snuggle up for sleep wrapped in love with each letter of the alphabet.

El filósofo estadounidense Nelson Goodman fue uno de los pensadores analíticos más destacados del siglo XX, con contribuciones innovadoras en los campos de la lógica, la filosofía de la ciencia, la epistemología y la estética. Este libro es una introducción a los principales aspectos de la filosofía de Goodman en relación con la arquitectura y el entorno construido. El pensamiento de Goodman es particularmente atractivo por su aspecto constructivo: no hay un mundo dado e inmutable, sino que tanto el conocimiento como la realidad se construyen y se reconstruyen constantemente. Otras teorías, como la deconstrucción, implican implícitamente desmontar los preceptos modernos, pero la concepción de Goodman de la construcción de mundos ofrece una forma positiva y constructiva de entender cómo se hace y se rehace una realidad diversa. El enfoque de Goodman hacia la arquitectura no es solamente un pensamiento relevante, que proporciona nuevos conocimientos para comprender el entorno construido, sino que sirve también como ilustración del pensamiento analítico sobre la arquitectura. Este libro muestra que los métodos, los conceptos y las formas de argumentar característicos de la filosofía analítica son herramientas útiles para examinar los edificios de una manera novedosa y fructífera, y sin duda mejorarán las habilidades críticas de los arquitectos que proyectan y que piensan sobre la arquitectura.