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...Colossus has always figured as a masterwork among Francisco Goya's chronicle of human suffering during Spain's war of independence (1808-1812). But now Madrid's Prado museum, which long gave it pride of place, has come closer than ever to acknowledging that Goya didn't paint it. At a June 26 press conference, curators announced the museum would continue its inquiry into the work's authenticity after its investigative team identified the initials A. J. in the painting's lower left corner with the Valencian painter Asensio Juliá, a friend and collaborator of Goya. Though reserving final...
...British expert Juliet Bareau-Wilson, who had also helped with the painting's restoration, reaped the whirlwind when she told an interviewer that "The Colossus was not Goya's work. "We were attacked by the press," says Mena, "by academics defending traditional interpretations, by nationalists for whom Goya was Spain's somber bullfighter, by political liberals for whom Goya was a revolutionary who stood against Napoleon. I understood something of what religious persecution is like...
...worked according to plan for Spain in its 1-0 defeat of Germany to claim the title of Euro 2008 champions - that is, if you are on a 44-year plan. Europe's oldest bridesmaids finally found true football love in Euro2008. "This is going to be good," said Fernando Torres, whose 33rd minute strike put Spain in the driver's seat and left Germany grasping for the rest of the match. "I hope not just for Spain, but for football, because the team that played the best won. Not always is that...
...They sure are. But with a wistful sense of what might have been now that the focus has shifted to Germany and Spain...
...Certainly, Turkey gave Germany a lot to think about going into Sunday's match. The Turks launched themselves against Germany from the opening whistle - take note, Spain - and Kazim Kazim's smash off the crossbar in the 7th minute served notice that even this makeshift team was going to be a handful. The Turks abused the German outside backs all night, often getting into deep positions behind them. Lahm got taken to the cleaners on Turkey's first goal, when Sabri Sarioglu went around him in a drive that ended with a rebound shot from Ugur Boral. His awkward, sweeping...