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* Read # The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece by Laura Cumming ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece Snare believed only Velazquez could have met this challenge. It is a magnificently crafted page-turner, a testimony to how and why great works of art can affect us to the point of obsession.. The Charles of the painting was young—too young to be king—and yet also too young to be painted by the Flemish painter to which the work was attributed. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From one of the world’s most expert art critics, the incredible true story—part art history
| Title | : | The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.36 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476762155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
Cumming intersperses this story with illuminating discussions of Velázquez’s radical candor and originality as a painter.” (The New Yorker)“Combining Snare’s unique story with a fine introduction to the work of Velázquez, Cumming thoroughly succeeds in conveying the Spaniard’s astonishing genius while at the same time telling the endearing and deeply mysterious tale of Snare’s personal obsession.” (Greensboro News and Record) . Whatever it is, it’s extremely accomplished — a gleaming work of someone at the peak of her craft." (Jennifer Senior, The New York Times)"Laura Cumming twists several genres around her supple fingers in order to tell the extraordinary story of how Snare fell under the spell of a painting and sacrificed everything – prosperity, reputation, a respectable death surrounded by loving family – so that he might
Snare believed only Velazquez could have met this challenge. It is a magnificently crafted page-turner, a testimony to how and why great works of art can affect us to the point of obsession.. The Charles of the painting was young—too young to be king—and yet also too young to be painted by the Flemish painter to which the work was attributed. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From one of the world’s most expert art critics, the incredible true story—part art history and part mystery—of a Velazquez portrait that went missing and the
Laura Cumming has been the art critic of the Observer since 1999. Previously, she was arts editor of the New Statesman magazine, literary editor of the Listener, and deputy editor of Literary Review. Her book A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits was widely reviewed to critical acclaim. . She is a former columnist for the Herald <
A hunt for a painting Jill Meyer About 35 years ago, I noticed a painting in a window of a local art gallery/semi-curiosity shop in the Chicago suburb where I lived. It was a largish painting of a young girl in Spanish court garb, and looked for all the world like a painting by Diego Velazquez. The painting was priced at $2000 - well-beyond my budget at the time - but I would visit the shop window almost daily for a few months, until it was sold. Could this painting be a Velazquez? For a mere $2000? I never would know but I later found out that several other people had eyed the p. wonder time said Don't buy on Kindle!. Wanted to give a heads up for all readers NOT to buy this on Kindle. Much of the importance of the book lies in the author's descriptions of the art. It is important to be able to actually see the art, but Kindle only shows it in black and white. And it is desirable to flip back and forth, to read the author's description and then look at the plate. This is very complicated on Kindle. That being said, I pushed myself to read about 1/Don't buy on Kindle! Wanted to give a heads up for all readers NOT to buy this on Kindle. Much of the importance of the book lies in the author's descriptions of the art. It is important to be able to actually see the art, but Kindle only shows it in black and white. And it is desirable to flip back and forth, to read the author's description and then look at the plate. This is very complicated on Kindle. That being said, I pushed myself to read about 1/3 through and finally decided Amazon shouldn't be selling this on Kindle. I wrote to complain and they, within minut. through and finally decided Amazon shouldn't be selling this on Kindle. I wrote to complain and they, within minut. Charles in Spanish costume Anne Phillips Laura Cumming leads us along the trail of her search for any information on the lost portrait of Charles I (when Prince of Wales) done by Velazquez. The Prince and his companion Buckingham are in Madrid in pursuit of the unwilling Infanta Maria Theresa. The suitors are behaving badly, the King is broke, Velazquez is painting and getting paid handsomely. "One of Charles' pageboys had died of heatstroke, and fights between servants and soldiers were breaking out." How this painting came about remains a mystery, but it definitely was made because we
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