SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.- Robert Hughes new book is titled Goya. A subtle, insightful and lively biography of one of Europe�s greatest artists, by one of the world�s foremost living commentators on cultural history and the visual arts who is also a passionate admirer  of all things Spanish.  

The starting point of this journey through Goya�s life in 18th-century Spain is Hughes� own first encounter with the artist�s work when he was a student in Australia. The remainder of the book charts the artist�s entire career, describing his painted and graphic oeuvre within its historial context. Particular attention is paid to Goya�s patrons, his favourite themes (portraits, scenes of warfare and terror, satirical prints and so on), his criticism of the Catholic Church and encounters with the Inquisition, his fierce anti-war stance and his reputation in his lifetime. What emerges is a picture of an artist deeply engaged with life around him and fully committed to documenting it with an unflinching eye for truth and injustice.