Art History and Velazquez
Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez is a painting with some puzzlement. It is hard to tell whether the painting is a Genre scene or a history painting. It could be both, indeed this is a painting of everyday life for this family, but it also documents a particular point in time for a well to do family. The painting takes place in the home of King Phillip IV. The focal point of the painting …
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…the elaborate clothing of the time. Velázquez has created a world within a world, capturing everyday life in a high-class family. His use of dark and small points of vibrant colors gives the painting a naturalistic feeling. The people look real. There is a feeling that there is life in the painting, the people's facial expressions, their posture and their actions. The daily life of the family has been captured in the Baroque fashion.
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