Las Meninas

LAS MANINAS is one of the world’s most famous paintings and perhaps the most talked about through history. Las Meninas has long been perceived as a standout amongst the most imperative pieces in Western craftsmanship history. The Las Maninas was done in 1656 by the famous Spanish leading artist of the Spanish golden age “Diego Velazquez”. This painting was created in Spain in the Alcazar palace in Madrid. In this naturalistic western masterpiece the artist used the oil on canvas. He was…

This week we must look at three works of art, each representing a different period in history under the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods in order to ascertain the influence that science had on each. To be able to complete this task, each period needs to be addressed. I will therefore start with the Renaissance, continue with the advent if the Baroque period and conclude with the Rococo. Let's begin with the Renaissance. In Voorhies article, aptly named Europe and the Age of Exploration,…

Gustave Courbet's life begins June 10, 1819, in Ornans near Besancon in France. Art started for Gustave at a young age in a little seminary at Ornans. His teacher, "Le Pere Baud" decided to take his students out to nature to draw. "This was a very audacious step at that time. Up until the period of Romanticism the landscape did not exist in its own right; it was merely the setting for mythological or other compositions." (Boudaille, Georges. Gustave Courbet (New York: graphic society Ltd. 1969),…

The House of Alba is one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Europe with ties to the Spanish monarchy. The Alba heritage is one the family has worked to preserve for over 500 years. Normally in order to see pieces from the Alba collection, one would need to visit one of the families’ palaces around the world. Therefore, it was such a privilege to observe more than 130 works of art created by a handful of master artists throughout Europe. Impeccable pieces from the Antiquity,…

negative and toning the print. This gives the image an arty, historical appearance. He must have imitated this from the dominant and famous paintings, which becomes the basis of his photography. The Venus goddess is reworking of the Velazquez “Las Meninas” characteristics. At the center of the photograph, the Venus goddess is represented as a legless girl suspended on a cage like round skirt. Witkin’s type of Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus,” is substituted by preoperative transsexual (Herve…

In this essay, I will be analyzing and contrasting two works. Judith Leyster, The Proposition. And Edouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies Bergere. In the first section of this essay I will discussing the works individually and reference analysis by starting with my own initial interpretation of the piece and follow with referencing Art Historians analysis of the works. In the next section of the essay I will be contrasting the two works and look at how they compare in the subject matter and…

Pablo Picasso was born October 25 1881, in Malaga, Spain; he died April 8 1973, at the age of 92 in Mougins, France. He was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France. He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. His father was Jose Ruiz Blasco, and his mother was Maria…

Student’s Name: Prof. Name: HUM333: Photo and the Other Date: Diane Arbus and the others in her photos The world of art is full of several labels. In an effort to reduce obscure individuals to a particular category some specific labels have been generally applied in the art world, whether for religious, territorial, ethnic, sexual or national. For an all-purpose rationale, these labels are not applied in order to single out, but are an effort to give an identity to the minorities who have long…

When does the Rococo begin in France? What historical events help influence the rise of Rococo style? Roccoco style is a style of structural planning, starting in France around 1720, advanced from Rococo sorts and recognized by its rich refinement in utilizing distinctive materials for a sensitive general impact. It is described by softness, class, and a rich utilization of bending, characteristic structures in ornamentation. The word Ornate is gotten from the French word rocaille, which…