{"product_id":"goyas-the-forge-hardcover-1","title":"Goya's the Forge - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHisham Matar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eXavier F. Salomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in New York City to Libyan parents, \u003cb\u003eHisham Matar\u003c\/b\u003e spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo and has lived most of his adult life in London. His prize-winning memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016 and was the recipient of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the PEN\/Jean Stein Award, the Prix du Livre Etranger Inter \u0026amp; Le Journal du Dimanche, the Rathbones Folio Prize, The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize and Germany's Geschwister Scholl Prize. It was one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' top 10 books of the year. His most recent publication is \u003ci\u003eMy Friends\u003c\/i\u003e (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXavier F. Salomon\u003c\/b\u003e is deputy director \u0026amp; Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.45 x 7.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176429535481,"sku":"9781913875527","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/m4uVC1sige9781913875527_35d734ee-f685-4df9-a62d-0a8fd83248a5.webp?v=1767683028","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/goyas-the-forge-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}