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Searching for Goya

Goya by Robert Hughes

by Humphrey McQueen
December 2003–January 2004, no. 257

Goya by Robert Hughes

Harvill Press, $69.95 hb, 439 pp

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An appreciation of Goya, contends Robert Hughes, has become essential for Europeans wishing to make themselves literate in their own culture. Goya’s significance is heightened because his works are arguments for humanity, to be balanced against the horrors he depicted. Goya (1746–1828) indeed remains our contemporary. His life, his imagery and his dilemmas resonate at a time when countries are being invaded for their own good, as Europe was by Napoleon, provoking the first guerillas.

 


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Goya by Robert Hughes

Harvill Press, $69.95 hb, 439 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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