{"product_id":"goyas-the-forge-9781913875527","title":"Goya's The Forge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew volume in the Frick Diptych series features an illuminating essay by Frick deputy director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon paired with a text by award-winning author Hisham Matar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) is among the most important Spanish artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A late masterpiece, his\u003ci\u003e Forge \u003c\/i\u003ederives from the mythological theme of the forge of Vulcan, the metalworker of the Olympian gods. The figures in Goya’s monumental, haunting painting are instead muscular laborers at work around a blacksmith’s anvil. Salomon’s deeply researched text is complemented by a poetic piece by Matar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to foster critical engagement and interest specialist and non-specialist alike, each book in the Frick Diptych series illuminates a single work in the Frick’s rich collection with an essay by a Frick curator paired with a contribution from a contemporary artist or writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hisham Matar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281762824443,"sku":"9781913875527","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781913875527_ab3778d0-910f-4783-87f3-89a94b5ad960.jpg?v=1772488001","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/goyas-the-forge-9781913875527","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}