Velazquez

Velazquez

Christ on the Cross

1632

spanish baroque

Velazquez

portrait Phillip iv

1628

spanish baroque

What is the significance of this painting?

In which context was it painted?
Why is it relevant for Spanish cultural/political context?

Which visual elements define the painting for you?

In class we discussed three layers or levels of reading: which were them?

Do you agree with it? Justify your answer.

velazquez

surrender of Breda

1648

spanish baroque

• “The entire exchange seems extraordinarily gracious,
  an emblem of a courtly ideal of gentlemanly conduct. The victors stand at attention, holding their densely packed lances upright in a vertical pattern giving the painting its popular name, The Lances while the defeated Dutch, a motley group, stand out of order, with pikes and banners drooping. In fact, according to reports, no keys were involved and the Dutch were more presentable in appearance than the Spaniards. Velázquez has taken liberties with historical fact to create a work of art that embodied an idealized rendering of the meaning of the surrender to his Spanish patron.”

Velazquez

the triumph of bacchus, aka the drunkards

1628

spanish baroque

velazquez

Vulcans forge

1630

spanish baroque

Velazquez

Mars

1638

spanish baroque

velazquez

buffoon el primo sebastian de mora

1644

spanish baroque

Velazquez

las meninas

1656

spanish baroque

• sought respect and acclaim for himself and for the art of painting. dressed as a courtier the order of Santiago on his chest (added later) and keys of the palace tucked into his sash—proclaims the dignity and importance of painting itself

velazquez

the spinners

oil on canvas

1660

• could be a warning against pride.

• representation of a work by Titian, has also led to art-historical readings. the work could represent the passage form material to form through the power of art, which makes the work a defense of the nobility of painting