Janice Anderson (1) (1940–)

It was a little bit more outdated than most of the books I read, but it does refer to the Iraq War of W. and Guantanamo Bay so it's not like it got cut off during the Kennedy admin or anything. I guess I'm just weird about not reading history/political science books that that were published too long ago. And its gotten even worse post-Trump. Reading a book that was published before 2016 seems almost irrelevant to me now since I feel he's messed up our system for a generation or two (if we show more can make it that long). But I digress.....I definitely enjoyed this book and it's got a lot of information in it and you don't have to be a war crime/history buff to follow along and understand it. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is the authors tend to use hyperbolic language (speaking of trump)en discussing each different subject. They covered many different examples from several different periods and each time, the event they were discussing was " worst in human history, arguably the worse anyone has ever seen, the worst even to ever happen in Italy, the worse thing to happen in the netherlands between 1950-1960..." That last one was a joke but it's not that far off. I can't be the only person who thought that while reading this. And a couple parts were repetitive but I guess that's going to happen when writing a book such as this. Solid 4 and I would recommend for anyone interested in war/war crimes to read this one. show less

It was a little bit more outdated than most of the books I read, but it does refer to the Iraq War of W. and Guantanamo Bay so it's not like it got cut off during the Kennedy admin or anything. I guess I'm just weird about not reading history/political science books that that were published too long ago. And its gotten even worse post-Trump. Reading a book that was published before 2016 seems almost irrelevant to me now since I feel he's messed up our system for a generation or two (if we show more can make it that long). But I digress.....I definitely enjoyed this book and it's got a lot of information in it and you don't have to be a war crime/history buff to follow along and understand it. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is the authors tend to use hyperbolic language (speaking of trump)en discussing each different subject. They covered many different examples from several different periods and each time, the event they were discussing was " worst in human history, arguably the worse anyone has ever seen, the worst even to ever happen in Italy, the worse thing to happen in the netherlands between 1950-1960..." That last one was a joke but it's not that far off. I can't be the only person who thought that while reading this. And a couple parts were repetitive but I guess that's going to happen when writing a book such as this. Solid 4 and I would recommend for anyone interested in war/war crimes to read this one. show less

It was a little bit more outdated than most of the books I read, but it does refer to the Iraq War of W. and Guantanamo Bay so it's not like it got cut off during the Kennedy admin or anything. I guess I'm just weird about not reading history/political science books that that were published too long ago. And its gotten even worse post-Trump. Reading a book that was published before 2016 seems almost irrelevant to me now since I feel he's messed up our system for a generation or two (if we show more can make it that long). But I digress.....I definitely enjoyed this book and it's got a lot of information in it and you don't have to be a war crime/history buff to follow along and understand it. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is the authors tend to use hyperbolic language (speaking of trump)en discussing each different subject. They covered many different examples from several different periods and each time, the event they were discussing was " worst in human history, arguably the worse anyone has ever seen, the worst even to ever happen in Italy, the worse thing to happen in the netherlands between 1950-1960..." That last one was a joke but it's not that far off. I can't be the only person who thought that while reading this. And a couple parts were repetitive but I guess that's going to happen when writing a book such as this. Solid 4 and I would recommend for anyone interested in war/war crimes to read this one. show less

Note: This book is part of a series of capsule histories of artists and artistic subject matters, produced based on works at the Bridgeman Art Library (UK).
The book begins with a history of Goya. His art history, his family history (which became intertwined). The remainder of the book repeats that information through the paintings. His initial paintings of tapestry cartoons and his work for the court, becoming a court painter. The wonderful part of the book is that you can really see the show more differences in his work over time. You can see how his health, and the world around him affected his paintings. Even though he did do some work for the Spanish government, what he did on his own becomes a map of the time period. I love this book and this series. I plan to read everything. show less