Great Goya Etchings: The Proverbs, The Tauromaquia and The Bulls of Bordeaux

by Francisco Goya, Philip Hofer (Introduction)

Overview

A stunning gallery of Goya's later works, this lavish volume presents prints from The Proverbs, La Tauromaquia, and The Bulls of Bordeaux. Its 78 etchings recapture the incomparable grandeur of Goya's art as well as the major themes of his works — the Bible, human folly, and the brutal pageantry of bullfighting.
Savage yet sympathetic, the nightmare visions of The Proverbs are among Goya's most enigmatic works. The realism of La Tauromaquia and The Bulls of Bordeaux is similarly striking, with remarkably accurate images of bulls and fighters. Each etching appears with the original caption and an English translation. Additional text sheds light on the life and times of the great Spanish master. Students, collectors, and other art lovers will prize this magnificently reproduced edition, which is also the lowest-priced collection of Goya's etchings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486447582
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	05/12/2006
Series:	Dover Fine Art, History of Art Series
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	1,152,346
Product dimensions:	9.37(w) x 12.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

The last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns, Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a court painter whose portraits of the Spanish royal family exhibit a remarkable frankness and lack of flattery. Goya’s later works took on a darker cast and are considered the precursors to the Expressionist movement.

Table of Contents

List of Plates for The Disparates
Feminine folly
Folly of fear
Ridiculous folly
Big booby
Flying folly
Furious folly
Disordered folly [Matrimonial folly]
The men in sacks
General folly
The kidnapping horse
Poor folly
Merry folly
Artist's working proof of No. 12
Way of flying
Proof of No. 13 pulled ca. 1840-50
Carnival folly
Clear folly
Artist's working proof of No. 15
Untitled
Loyalty
Untitled
Well-known folly [What a warrior!]
Punctual folly [A circus queen]
Animal folly [Other laws for the people]
Folly of young bulls [Rain of bulls]
List of Plates for La Tauromaquia
The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country
Another way of hunting on foot
The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open
They play another with the cape in an enclosure
The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to rules
The Moors make a different play in the ring calling the bull with their burnous
Origin of the harpoons or banderillas
A Moor caught by the bull in the ring
A Spanish knight kills the bull after having lost his horse
Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid
The Cid Campeador spearing another bull
The rabble hamstring the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other arms
A Spanish mounted knight in the ring breaking short spears without the help of assistants
The very skilful student of Falces, wrapped in his cape, tricks the bull with the play of his body
The famous Martincho places the banderillas, playing the bull with the movement of his body
The same man throws a bull in the ring at Madrid
The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls
The daring of Martincho in the ring at Saragossa
Another madness of his in the same ring
The agility and audacity of Juanito Api-ani in [the ring] at Madrid
Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon
Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in [the ring] at Saragossa
Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse
The same Ceballos mounted on another bull breaks short spears in the ring at Madrid
They loose dogs on the bull
A picador is unhorsed and falls under the bull
The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pique
The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid
Pepe Illo making the pass of the "recorte"
Pedro Romero killing the halted bull
Banderillas with firecrackers
Two teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bull
The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid
Title page of first edition (1876) of Tauromaquia A-G (etchings by the publisher, Loizelet)
A Spanish mounted knight breaking short spears with the help of assistants
Horse thrown by a bull
The dogs let loose on the bull
A bullfighter, mounted on the shoulders of an assistant, spearing a bull
Death of Pepe Illo (2nd composition)
Death of Pepe Illo (3rd composition)
Fight in a carriage harnessed to two mules
The List of Plates for The Bulls of Bordeaux
The famous American, Mariano Ceballos
Picador caught by a bull
Spanish entertainment
Bullfight in a divided ring