Tag: 17th century painting
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Art History: Diego Velazquez’s “Las Meninas” (Part II)
Was the painting “Las Meninas” meant to be a criticism of the Spanish Royal Court? Let’s have a look. You can read part I HERE! Waite, in his Marxist approach to Las Meninas, states that we cannot clearly see everything that is depicted in art. He expounds that there is no adequate way to describe the…
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Art History: Diego Velazquez’s “Las Meninas” (Part I)
(Let’s go a little high class today. Here’s an essay I wrote a while looking at different interpretations of Diego Velazquez’s “Las Meninas”. I’ll break it apart cause it’s kind of long. Enjoy.) Geoffrey Waite, in his Marxist treatment of Velazquez’s most famous painting Las Meninas, says that the painting both subverts and fulfills “….two…
Author Mark W Sasse 