Publisher's Synopsis
Essays on: Giorgione and Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy; The Escorial and Philip II; El Greco's Greek Phantasy and Toledo's Fantasia; Francisco Zurbarán and the claritas of Bright Colours; Velázquez and Francisco Sánchez: the precursor of Descartes; Goya and Benito Feijoo: the artist's liberation through the new sensibility; Pablo Picasso and Rubén Darìo: the new world of rhythms.
