Diego Velázquez

Kloss asserts that Diego Velázquez was “one of the greatest painters in a European century”. Perhaps the most famous painting by Velazquez is his Maids of Honor, Las Meninas, painted about 1656. It has the distinction of being probably the first painting in which a living King and a painter at work are seen together in a studio” (L36, 20:11). The subject is multifaceted; the painting is entitled Maids of Honor, referring to the princess’ maids who are attending to her, but are not the focus of the work itself. It is also a self-portrait; Velazquez is the artist at work with his brush and palette poised with his canvas standings before him. At first it seems as though the figures and the artist are looking out at the observer and the observer…

right above the vanishing point. It is truly eye-catching and the symmetry in the painting is near-perfect. While this painting is a clear representation of linear perspective, another artist, Diego Velasquez, had a different style of art. In this painting, Las Meninas represents a very radical interpretation of a portrait. The art practice used was unique in that the main focal point wasn’t King Phillip IV or the royal family,…

Not everyone has the skills of a professional when it comes to painting. But there were two very famous and well known artist who did. Diego Velázquez and Pablo Picasso were two very famous artist, and are still well known and remembered today. Both artist are very different and also alike in some unique ways with their style and technique. Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was the leading artist for the Spanish Golden Age. He died on August 6, 1660 in Madrid,Spain. Even though he was known for…

Diego Velazquez is the artist that I would use to represent Spain’s biennial exhibition of Baroque art. According to http://www.spanish-art.org/spanish-painting-early.html Spain has produced some of the world’s most famous painters and they have produced some of the world’s most famous paintings. Furthermore, Spanish painters have been instrumental in the development of many different art movements such as Cubism, Surrealism, Mannerism and Romanticism, according to…

Symbol Example from story Importance Act 1: Nature “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”- Lady Macbeth (Act 1 scene 5 line 72-73) “The air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense.” - King Duncan (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 1-2) “... heaven’s breath smells wooingly here.” - Banquo (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 6-7) All of these lines compare Macbeth to something in nature. Lady Macbeth’s line says that Macbeth needs to look like a flower but really be a snake deep…

This was a life changing moment for Juan because all his life he was treated like dirt but now he is treated a little more like a human but he is still a slave or servant. One day juan decides to start to draw like his master but it is forbidden for slave to learn how to make art so he starts to steal some canvas and paint from his master to practice in secret. A couple years later the great Diego Velasquez is summoned by the king to paint portraits for him. This is a huge honor for his family…

Grace Lenthe 1 Grace Lenthe Professor Kigerl HUM 1001 9-6-16 Essay Paper 1 Painting Les valeurs personnelles: René Magritte Les valeurs personnelles (Personal Values) (80.01 cm x 100.01 cm) Oil Painting By René Magritte, 1952 Les valeurs personnelles is one of many paintings by Rene Magritte that challenges human views of reality by making ordinary objects become realistic and human-like. Magritte portrays a full room of everyday objects that are painted way out of proportion. He uses…

I think Velazquez was trying to portray a beautiful young girl and her hardworking maids. In the picture Velazquez was trying to portray royalty at it’s finest. A king who would only settle for the best for his daughter. She is waited on hand and foot by her hardworking maids and caretakers. This painting also shows how Velazquez wanted to emphasize how fragile this young girl was. This painting seemed to scream vulnerability. This girl looks no older than eight years old and looks like she…

The painting Las Meninas is a very exquisite painting. It requires deep thought to understand. Although Velázquez painted the original, Picasso also made his own interpretation of it in a cubistic painting more fit to his style. There are differences and similarities to the two paintings and each painter needed much motivation to paint both masterpieces. The original Las Meninas painted by Velázquez, has a subtle but deep underlying meaning that can be difficult to define. In the painting you…

Saint Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the internet. With his feast day being April 4th. Saint Isidore was born into a family of saints in the sixth century of Spain. 3 siblings of his, being Leander, Fulgentius, and Florentina, are seen as saints in Spain. Saint Isidore’s family was also not only a family full of saints but also a family of leaders, with both Fulgentius and Leander both being bishops and Florentina an abbess. Because of this, this didn’t make life a lot easier to…