Goya - Crazy Like A Genius DVD

Written and presented by renowned art critic Robert Hughes Crazy Like A Genius explores the world of Francisco Goya: charting his achievements as a court painter satirist and war reporter as well as a topographer of the inner self - of madness fear and despair. The programme offers a detailed visual and intellectual analysis of Goya masterpieces including 'Witches in the Air' 'The Third of May' and 'The Dream of Reason' as well as examples of his early work and portraiture such as 'The Duchess of Alba' as well as 'The Nude Maja' and 'The Clothed Maja'. Hughes... gives an insight into the enormous changes that took place in Goya's work in the course of his life: the shift from light to dark. In Spain he travels to Goya's native Aragon and in Madrid he is seen visiting the galleries palaces and churches where Goya's works are on display. In New York Hughes calls on the American painter Leon Golub who shares his fascination for Goya and elicits a contemporary artist's perspective on the Spanish master's work. [show more]

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