by José Antonio Maravall · Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788425910845
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«Velázquez y el espíritu de la modernidad», essay by José Antonio Maravall, published by the Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte in paperback (162 pages).
Drawing on Velázquez's work, the author examines Spain in the first half of the seventeenth century and the keys to the modern mindset: art as testimony to social, political and cultural change. A study that places the painter in his historical context to understand how his gaze reflects the transition towards modernity.
Part of the Historia de la Sociedad Política collection. Published in 1999.
A work of interest to students and scholars of art and the cultural history of Spain.
José Antonio Maravall Casesnoves was a Spanish historian and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
