Diego Velazquez (las Meninas)

Diego Velazquez, an insight into his masterpiece called las Meninas
(also known as the family of Philip IV)
Copies of las Meninas by Joel Peter Witkins and Pablo Picasso (2x)

Pablo Picasso made about 30 copies of las Meninas

The start image is the mirror on the wall, in which you can see Philip IV and his wife
(the object Diego Velazquez is looking at)
So, actualy you are looking from the point of vieuw Philip IV and his wife had while they were being painted...

Diego Velázquez (1599- 1660)
was probably Spain's greatest baroque painter.
Between the age of 11 and 16 he worked as an apprentice to the mannerist painter Francisco Pacheco.
From there, he gained influence of Flemish and Italian realism.
On of his earliest bodegones was the meal.
This may have been his first work as an independant master.
The Water seller of Seville is ofthen compared with the work of Caravaggio.
Velázquez used the people of Seville as models for his religious paintings, and his Adoration of the Magi actually includes portraits of his own family.
He moved into the intellectual circles, and was introduced to many of the poets and writers of his time.
In 1622 he painted a portrait of the great poet Góngora y Argote.
Velázquez travelled to madrid and painted a portred of king Philip IV, afther this he was appointed as the king's official painter.
He spend the majority of the next six years painting portraits of the royal family.
His most famous piece is the battle picture "The surrender of Breda".
This is now on display in the Prado, and is the most celebrated historical composition of Spanish baroque art.

link to the complete works of Diego Velazquez http://www.diegovelazquez.org/

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[clarabell3334]

portraiture- a painting of a painting. Since I love art I am doing a project about this, and i'm am using this video for the presentation. Love the music, goes well.

[QMPhilosophe]

The music is WInter by Dax Johnson.

[QMPhilosophe]

I saw a very similar video last month at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. I really like your choice of music for this.

[nikiesun214]

Lovely music, what is the song's name?

[nikiesun214]

Love the background music. @meesterschilders please let us know what is it.

THANKS!



[badshans]

@sharmin801 Hi, I study art history and I did some research on this recently. I'm the admin of the Art History page on facebook. You are welcome to join, and we can talk art :)

[sharmin801]

I'm currently working on the analysis of this painting! It's beautiful in one word.

[momlaw9596]

Thank you; this is beautiful...I have been a fan of Velazquez' work for a very long time.What is the music? It captures the essence and beauty of the painting...

[inturn23]

The theology of painting.

[dorapezzilli]

GRAZIE.