{"product_id":"francisco-de-goya-and-the-art-of-critique-9781942130697","title":"Francisco de Goya and the Art of Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn innovative study of Goya's unprecedented elaboration of the critical function of the work of art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancisco de Goya and the Art of Critique \u003c\/i\u003eprobes the relationship between the enormous, extraordinary, and sometimes baffling body of Goya's work and the interconnected issues of modernity, Enlightenment, and critique. Taking exception to conventional views that rely mainly on Goya's darkest images to establish his relevance for modernity, Cascardi argues that the entirety of Goya's work is engaged in a thoroughgoing critique of the modern social and historical worlds, of which it nonetheless remains an integral part. The book reckons with the apparent gulf assumed to divide the \u003ci\u003eDisasters of War \u003c\/i\u003eand the so-called Black Paintings from Goya's scenes of bourgeois life or from the well-mannered portraits of aristocrats, military men, and intellectuals. It shows how these apparent contradictions offer us a gateway into Goya's critical practice vis-à-vis a European modernity typically associated with the Enlightenment values dominant in France, England, and Germany. In demonstrating Goya's commitment to the project of critique, Cascardi provides an alternative to established readings of Goya's work, which generally acknowledge the explicit social criticism evident in works such as the \u003ci\u003eCaprichos\u003c\/i\u003e but which have little to say about those works that do not openly take up social or political themes. In \u003ci\u003eFrancisco de Goya and the Art of Critique, \u003c\/i\u003eCascardi shows how Goya was consistently engaged in a critical response to--and not just a representation of--the many different factors that are often invoked to explain his work, including history, politics, popular culture, religion, and the history of art itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony J. Cascardi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942130697","brand":"Zone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704954884233,"sku":"9781942130697","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_641733f6-5575-48c1-9be8-52c076c933ae.jpg?v=1719431118","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/francisco-de-goya-and-the-art-of-critique-9781942130697","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}