| Título : |
PAINTER TO THE KING |
| Tipo de documento: |
texto impreso |
| Autores: |
AMY SACKVILLE, Autor |
| Editorial: |
LONDON : GRANTA BOOKS |
| Fecha de publicación: |
2018 |
| Número de páginas: |
319 PP |
| ISBN/ISSN/DL: |
978-1-78378-390-8 |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Palabras clave: |
HISTORICAL FICTION |
| Resumen: |
This is a portrait of Diego Velazquez, from his arrival at the court of King Philip IV of Spain, to his death 38 years and scores of paintings later. It is a portrait of a relationship that is not quite a friendship, between an artist and his subject. It is a portrait of a ruler, always on duty, and increasingly burdened by a life of public expectation and repeated private grief. And it is a portrait of a court collapsing under the weight of its own excess. Unfolding through series of masterly set-pieces and glancing sketches, this is a novel of brilliance, imagination and sheer style -- about what is shown and what is seen, about art and life. |
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