{"product_id":"9783836550161","title":"Velazquez: Complete Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe painter's painter: Light, color and penetrating portraits from Spain's Golden Age luminary\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManet called him “ \u003cb\u003ethe greatest painter of all\u003c\/b\u003e.” Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece \u003cb\u003eLas Meninas\u003c\/b\u003e that he painted 44 variations of it. Francis Bacon painted a study of his portrait of Pope Innocent X. Monet and Renoir, Corot and Courbet, Degas and Dalí…for so many champions of art history, \u003cb\u003ethe ultimate soundboard\u003c\/b\u003e was—and remains— \u003cb\u003eDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez \u003c\/b\u003e (1599-1660).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated catalog raisonné brings together Velázquez’s complete works, jaw-droppingly reproduced in extra-large format, \u003cb\u003ewith a selection of enlarged details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand brand new photography of recently restored paintings, \u003c\/b\u003e achieved through the joint initiative of TASCHEN and Wildenstein. The book's dazzling images are accompanied by insightful commentary from \u003cb\u003eJosé López-Rey \u003c\/b\u003e on \u003cb\u003e Velázquez's interest in human life and his equal attention to all subjects, \u003c\/b\u003e from an old woman frying eggs to a pope or king, as well as his commitment to color and light, which would influence the Impressionists over two centuries later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN AMERICA LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054647853296,"sku":"9783836550161","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836550161_p0.jpg?v=1763688320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836550161","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}