Diego Rodriguez De Las Meninas
He was born in Seville in late spring 1599 , Diego Velázquez Rodriguez de Seville.
He was baptized in the church of san pedro on june 6
In the Spanish golden age Diego was one of the most important painters and the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and He was kind of a lonely artist of the contemporary Baroque period.he painted different portraits for the Spanish royal families. ,velazquez did a lot of paintings but he did a phenomenal paint which is Las Meninas (1656). And this is what am I going to talk about now
Las Meninas was made in 1656, The work is complex , the composition give us a questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted.
The painting is a large room in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, and shows different figures, according to viewers in a particular moment as if it’s captured , Some figures were looking out of the canvas through the viewer, while others are communicating with themselves. Margin of maids were surrounding the young Infanta Margaret Theresa , bodyguard, two dwarfs and a dog behind them, Velázquez did a portray of himself working at a large canvas. Velázquez looks outwards, beyond the …show more content…
The most common guess is that the reflection shows the couple in the pose are waiting for Velázquez as he paints them, while their daughter is watching, and that the painting therefore shows their view of the scene Of the nine figures depicted, five of them are looking directly out at the royal couple or the viewer. Their glances along with the king and queen's reflection, affirm , Joel Snyder suggest Velazquez canvas’ is reflecting the the image of the king and queen , otherwise writers say Velázquez’s canvas is so large for a portrait by Velázquez, and might be about the same size as Las
He was baptized in the church of san pedro on june 6
In the Spanish golden age Diego was one of the most important painters and the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and He was kind of a lonely artist of the contemporary Baroque period.he painted different portraits for the Spanish royal families. ,velazquez did a lot of paintings but he did a phenomenal paint which is Las Meninas (1656). And this is what am I going to talk about now
Las Meninas was made in 1656, The work is complex , the composition give us a questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted.
The painting is a large room in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, and shows different figures, according to viewers in a particular moment as if it’s captured , Some figures were looking out of the canvas through the viewer, while others are communicating with themselves. Margin of maids were surrounding the young Infanta Margaret Theresa , bodyguard, two dwarfs and a dog behind them, Velázquez did a portray of himself working at a large canvas. Velázquez looks outwards, beyond the …show more content…
The most common guess is that the reflection shows the couple in the pose are waiting for Velázquez as he paints them, while their daughter is watching, and that the painting therefore shows their view of the scene Of the nine figures depicted, five of them are looking directly out at the royal couple or the viewer. Their glances along with the king and queen's reflection, affirm , Joel Snyder suggest Velazquez canvas’ is reflecting the the image of the king and queen , otherwise writers say Velázquez’s canvas is so large for a portrait by Velázquez, and might be about the same size as Las