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Two Artists: Francisco Goya and Jacques Louis David
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Goya's Last WorksGoya's Last Works by Professor Jonathan Brown
Buy new: $43.80 / Used from: $11.75
A newer book on Goya's last works.
DavidDavid by Simon Lee
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An Art and Ideas book. Well written series.
Francisco Goya: A LifeFrancisco Goya: A Life by Evan Connell
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The author has a nice writing style. Highly recommend. A book you want to re-read because it was so good.
David and Neo-ClassicismDavid and Neo-Classicism by Sophie Monneret
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From a Rizzoli series. Excellent color prints. Shows David at his best artistically when Napoleon was in power and at his worst politically during the French Revolution.
Goya Art & Ideas (Art and Ideas)Goya Art & Ideas (Art and Ideas) by Sarah Symmons
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $13.47
Art and Ideas is one of the best series in print. Lay person or scholar will enjoy. Books are a perfect size and page packed. Excellent read.
Necklines: The Art of Jacques-Louis David after the TerrorNecklines: The Art of Jacques-Louis David after the Terror by Ms. Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
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An "academia" read from Yale University Press.
GoyaGoya by Robert Hughes
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One of the better books written on Goya. Well researched. A very "fresh" look at the artist.
What Life Was Like in Europe's Romantic Era: Ad 1789-1848What Life Was Like in Europe's Romantic Era: Ad 1789-1848 by Arthur Herman
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Step back two centuries. A time machine feeling to this series from Time Life. Includes David and Goya's world. David's portrait of Napoleon is on the cover.
GoyaGoya by Werner Hofmann
Buy new: $75.00 / Used from: $47.84
A coffee table size book it features Goya's friend and model, the Duchess of Alba on the cover.
Neoclassicism A&I (Art and Ideas)Neoclassicism A&I (Art and Ideas) by David Irwin
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This book takes in every major artist of the period, including David and Goya. The description of Rousseau's tomb on the Isle of Poplars is worth the read alone.
Goya and the Duchess of Alba (Pegasus Library)Goya and the Duchess of Alba (Pegasus Library) by Susann Waldmann
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Shorter and very readable books in Pegasus Library series. Some think the Duchess was Goya's favorite model. Outlines their close - and some think - intimate relationship.
Goya (Abrams Discoveries)Goya (Abrams Discoveries) by Jeannine Baticle
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Basic overview of Goya's life and art from the Discoveries series. Perfect little book to pull out of a bag when you have a few minutes.
World of GoyaWorld of Goya by Richard Schickel
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Okay - one mostly finds this out-of-print series from Time Life at a library. Well worth exploring.