The Complete Etchings of Goya

276 Pages·1943·43.02 MB·English

by  Aldous Huxley

COMPLETE ETCHINGS
ALDOUS HUXLEY
The Complete Etchings of
GOYA
With a Foreword by
ALD OUS HUXLEY
No other artist in black-and-white has ever exhibited
such tremendous vitality, such seething indignation and
wealth of invention, as Goya. In all of the 268 etchings in
this large and handsome collection of his complete graphic
work, there is an exuberant, full-bodied delight in life, an
overflow of sheer animal spirits tempered by the wit and
wisdom of a great creativity that have made his prints eagerly
sought-for and beloved by many generations of art lovers.
Now we have, in a single volume, all of the etchings of his
famous print series, The Disasters of War, The Caprices,
The Proverbs, The Art of Bullfighting and 39 out-of-series
etchings available for your permanent library and constant
pleasure.
The etchings in these memorable series reveal Goya as
one of our greatest masters of design. The composition of
each print possesses the quality of an exquisitely-planned
structure, with perfect correlation of its parts and remarkable
plastic quality. The substance of his forms and their position
in space are so completely realized that they most actively
excite the tactile sense. They fascinate alike by their actu-
ality and their suggestion of vision.
No other artist, with the possible exception of the
Japan^ Hokusai, has ever expressed the feeling of
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wei i. In his prints for the Disasters of War and
the reader can literally feel the heaviness of
tired bodii (lie leaden fall ol an unconscious woman's
arms. Who, other than Goya, lias ever made motion so
movingl j line is kinetic! In The Ail of Bullfighting
die rhytl lines that form the structure ol the angry
charging id the mine inn torreadors, are masterpieces
ol linear is. No Othei artist lias ever projected fear
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so effective toya! Can one ever Eorgei the terrified Ea<es
ol women a ildien in The Disasters of War as the) face
themaraudii not oi theinvadingsoldiers?Theemotional
gamut oi (,.i work reaches into c\ci\ human motivation
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FOREWORD
by Aldous Huxley
THE CAPRICCIOS
THE DISASTERS OF THE WAR
THE ART OF BULLFIGHTING
THE PROVERBS
MISCELLANY
Publisher'sNote:ThroughoutthisbooktheSpanish captionsofthe etchings, given
tothembyGoya,willbefoundtogetherwithEnglishtranslations.Inafewinstances
no Spanish titles are known. In such cases the accepted French captions, from the
definitive catalogue by Loys Delteil, are given.
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