If you loved
Books like Goya
A scholarly and visual immersion into the paintings, engravings, and correspondence of a Romantic master. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Goya.
- contemplative
- academic
- historical
- 01
Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989
Gilles Néret
A meticulously researched plunge into the grandiose, grotesque, and fiercely controversial mind of a surrealist master.
- 02
Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
A meticulous, deeply observant journey into the swirling colors and psychological depths of a legendary painter.
- 03
Picasso
Liz Gogerly · 1932
A quiet, contemplative journey through the melancholic blues and tentative pinks of a young artist finding his voice.
- 04
Vincent van Gogh
Colta Ives, Sjraar van Heugten and others
A deeply moving, visual and textual immersion into the passionate, turbulent soul of a tortured genius.
- 05
Andy Warhol
Duberman
A visually arresting and critically sharp exploration of how mass media, celebrity, and mortality collide on the canvas.
- 06
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Gary Schwartz
An intimate, tactile journey through the shadowed lines and quiet humanity of a master printmaker.
- 07
Botero: La corrida
Fernando Botero · 1987
A visually rich, contemplative exploration of how vibrant cultural spectacles mask and mirror underlying violence.
- 08
Picasso
Domenico Porzio and Marco Valsecchi · 1926
A sun-drenched stroll through a master's post-war creative renaissance, overflowing with the sheer joy of making art.
- 09
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
A contemplative, highly visual journey through the mind of a modernist master, blending spatial theory with artistic expression.
- 10
Correspondence
Paul Gauguin
An intimate, visually rich immersion into the restless mind and daily struggles of a transgressive artist.
- 11
The letters of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
An achingly intimate window into the brilliant, turbulent mind of an artist desperate to translate the beauty and agony of the world onto canvas.
- 12
Poems
Federico García Lorca
A fever dream of moonlit olive groves, sudden passions, and the haunting presence of mortality.
