A comprehensive introduction to Velazquez's life and art which
includes a discussion of all his major works. Diego Velazquez
(1599-1660) was one of the towering figures of western painting and
Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism
and startling veracity. Everything he painted was 'treated' as a
portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X, to a mortar and
pestle. This comprehensive introduction to Velazquez's life and art
includes a discussion of all his major works, and illustrates most
of Velazquez's surviving output of approximately 110 paintings. The
artist's greatest innovation - his unorthodox and revolutionary
technique is explored in relation to the styles of certain of his
most celebrated contemporaries both in Spain and beyond, including
Titian and Rubens. The book concludes with a final chapter on the
influence and importance of Velazquez's art on later painters from
the time of his own death to the art of recent times including
Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and the
Impressionists.
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