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Velazquez - Las Meninas and the Late Royal Portraits (Hardcover, New)
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Velazquez - Las Meninas and the Late Royal Portraits (Hardcover, New)
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This book presents a complete survey of one of the key moments in
the history of the Spanish court portrait, a period spanning the
years 1650 to 1680. In 1650 Velazquez was in Rome, where he
depicted members of the papal court with a new freedom of approach,
while the following year saw his keenly awaited return to Spain,
where he returned to the conventions of the court portrait. From
that point onwards and until his death in 1660, Velazquez devoted
most of his efforts to satisfying a growing demand for portraits of
the Spanish royal family. These images were used for both family
and diplomatic purposes, given that Philip IV's children with his
last wife, Mariana of Austria, were essential elements in the
strategic creation of political alliances across Europe. These last
ten years of Velazquez's career constitute a period with a marked
and distinctive personality. His sitters were now primarily women
and children rather than men, a difference that was accompanied by
changes in the density of the pigment, the pictorial handwriting
and the colour range, which became wider and richer. In terms of
artistic achievement and social advancement, this decade marks the
peak of Velazquez's career, with Las Meninas as his great
masterpiece.
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