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calleido · 5 months

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#vintage #el greco #van der goes #art #art history #boucher #painting #velázquez

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eucanthos · 6 months

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Diego Velázquez (ES, 1599 - 1660)

Las Hilanderas (The spinners) / The Fable of Arachne (La fábula de Aracne) ca. 1657. Oil on canvas 222,5 × 293 cm. Prado

The x-ray of the canvas reveals the multiple patches used to expand the originally cramped yet ingeniously reversed POV of the theme.

In 1948, art historian Diego Angula produced a convincing argument that the iconography of Las Hilanderas suggests the Fable of Arachne. The helmeted figure in the background is Pallas Athena, and the tapestry visible to the viewer as the Rape of Europa, the subject that Arachne was said to depict.

The tapestry is a copy after Titian's Rape of Europa, also copied by Rubens in 1629, both prized items in the Spanish royal collection.

The reference to Titian and Rubens's copies could be a parallel to Arachne's conviction of being able to surpass goddess Athena. The POV reverse could also be a provocation by setting lay women just in the front layer...

https://www.artble.com/artists/diego_velazquez/paintings/las_hilanderas

https://www.investigart.com/2018/10/16/las-hilanderas-cuando-el-tiempo-y-la-historia-tambien-pintan/

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_f%C3%A1bula_de_Aracne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez

#Diego Velazquez #Velázquez #painting #masterpiece #analysis #history #Arachne #mythology #Athena #Titian #Rubens #reference

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carloskaplan · 3 months

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Museo del Prado

#el prado #museos #interiores #velázquez #cristo

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desimonewayland · 1 year

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Marion Delorme : maquette de costume : femme en robe verte XVIIème siècle tenant un rose et un mouchoir, 1922

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#george barbier #costume design #1920s #velázquez #france #watercolor #gouache #georges barbier

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imitacionalarte · 10 months

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Las Meninas de Francisco Ibáñez

#imitación al arte #life imitates art #comic #viñeta #francisco ibañez #humor #Velázquez #mortadelo y filemon #las meninas

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aliensfoundthisblog · 9 months

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VELÁZQUEZ, DIEGO RODRÍGUEZ DE SILVA Y (Hacia 1630) Vista del jardín de la Villa Medici de Roma con la estatua de Ariadna [Óleo sobre lienzo] Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, España

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tonbane · 3 months

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I finally got my scanner back! You know what that means... Some sketches from the last time I visited El Prado ✨

1, 2: Goya portrayed by Vicente López Portaña

3. detail of: The drunkards (or Bacchus victory) by Velázquez. Because the man in the middle looks like my grandfather :)

Reblog to drink wine with Bacchus 🍷🔄

#goya #vicente lópez portaña #velazquez #velázquez #francisco de goya #diego velazquez #el prado #el prado museum #art study #sketch #museum visit #museum #art history #tonbane #i love velázquez

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bocadosdefilosofia · 1 year

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«Reflejo que muestra ingenuamente, y en la sombra, lo que todo el mundo contempla en el primer plano. Restituye, como por un encantamiento, lo que falta a esta vista: a la del pintor, el modelo que recopia allá abajo sobre el cuadro su doble representado; a la del rey, su retrato que se realiza sobre el verso de la tela y que él no puede percibir desde su lugar; a la del espectador, el centro real de la escena, cuyo lugar ha tomado como por fractura. Bien puede ser que esta generosidad del espejo sea ficticia; quizá oculta tanto como manifiesta o más aún. El lugar donde domina el rey con su esposa es también el del artista y el espectador: en el fondo del espejo podría aparecer —debería aparecer— el rostro anónimo del que pasa y el de Velázquez. Porque la función de este reflejo es atraer al interior del cuadro lo que le es íntimamente extraño: la mirada que lo ha ordenado y aquella para la cual se despliega. Pero, por estar presentes en el cuadro, a derecha e izquierda, el artista y el visitante no pueden alojarse en el espejo: así como el rey aparece en el fondo del espejo en la medida misma en que no pertenece al cuadro».

Michel Foucault: Las palabras y la cosas. Siglo XXI, pág. 24. Buenos Aires, 1968.

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sunlilys · 1 year

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velázquez. las meninas, 1656.

#velázquez #1650s #17th century #art

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oldpainting · 2 years

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The World's Most Controversial Painting | Las Meninas

Las Meninas was painted in the 17th century by Diego Velázquez, that much we know, but there are a dozen unknowns associated with it. From the mysterious mirror to the man in the doorway, the red vessel and the red emblem on the painter's own chest, there's much to be debated. Artists, historians, critics, and philosophers have written about this painting over the last 350 years. It's been called a time machine and an optical illusion; it's the most talked about piece in Western art and for good reason. Find out why when you fall down this rabbit hole.

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Velázquez was born in Seville in southern Spain

Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) was born in Seville in either May or June of 1599. We don’t know the exact date because only the date he was baptized is known, which was June 6 of that year.

He was the child of a man named Juan Rodriguez de Silva and his wife Jerónima Velázquez. This means that he took on the last name of his mother which is remarkable, but understandable because his grandparents were immigrants from Portugal multiple decades earlier.

He remained vague about his true background throughout his life and even mentioned he descended from minor nobility when he was offered a knighthood by the Spanish King. That’s most probably because his ancestors were of Jewish descent.

#Velázquez #spanish #male artist #1660s #baroque #videos

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mybluewindow · 2 years

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Workshop of Velázquez - Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen of Spain

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agustinisrael · 1 year

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Promoción. #navidadx50 Como cada año en el mes de diciembre cada día hasta el día de reyes un original por 50 euros hoy este #inmaculada de #Velázquez 10x15 #acrilico sobre #postal con #lagiralda #torrepelli y #puentedelalamillo al fondo. ahora a trabajar y seguir trabajando en el proyecto" #sevilla en #fiestas " #semanasanta y #feria se darán la mano, tomando como punto de partida obra de grandes maestros como #zurbarán #murillo #caravaggio #gonzalobilbao #angladacamarasa #bacarisas #sorolla o #julioromerodetorres entre otros . #art #artepop #artcontemporary #arte #artstudio #interiorismo #interiordesign #interiorisme #lunaresycapirotes #querubin (en Estudio De arte y Diseño De Agustin Israel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4n04XDnOS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=