{"product_id":"goyas-the-forge-hisham-matar-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hisham Matar, Xavier F. Salomon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913875520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913875527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 7.64w x 0.55d","brand":"Hisham Matar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46451308331263,"sku":"9781913875527","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41d1c3f5-5b32-4127-80ba-04cf7cc2eeb7.jpg?v=1735877087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/goyas-the-forge-hisham-matar-9781913875527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}