by Hugh Thomas · Grijalbo. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788425311963
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«Goya, el tres de mayo de 1808» is a history book by Hugh Thomas, published by Grijalbo in paperback (118 pages, in Spanish).
The book studies Goya's work depicting the executions of May 3, 1808, and frames it within the painter's life and Spanish history. Hugh Thomas analyzes the artist's relationship with the Court, of which he was official painter, and his links with figures of the era to unravel the historical meaning of the canvas.
This translation from the English by Ramón Barnils was published in 1982 in the Dimensiones hispánicas collection; it includes a bibliography.
For readers interested in the history of Spain and Goya's painting, especially in the context of the Peninsular War.
Hugh Swynnerton Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, was an English historian and writer known best for his book The Spanish Civil War.
