Böcker av Giles Knox

An accessible history of The Frick''s magnificent 'King Philip IV of Spain' by Velázquez, loaned to The Meadows Museum (Texas), famed for its collection of Spanish art.

Argues that Diego Velazquez painted two of his most famous works, "The Spinners" and "Las Meninas", as theoretically informed manifestos of painterly brushwork. This book also argues that the two paintings form a learned retort to the prevailing critical disdain for the painterly.