Velazquez's Las Meninas (Masterpieces of Western Painting) by Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruit
Velazquez's Las Meninas (Masterpieces of Western Painting) by Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt
English | 30 Jan. 2003 | ISBN: 0521804884, 0521800579 | 236 Pages | DJVU | 16 MB
English | 30 Jan. 2003 | ISBN: 0521804884, 0521800579 | 236 Pages | DJVU | 16 MB
Velázquez's Las Meninas was sequestered in the Spanish royal collections from 1656, when it was painted, until the opening of the Museo del Prado in 1819. From that moment, it has been one of the most famous masterpieces of western painting, inspiring many published studies of its remarkable perspectival construction and of its iconography, as well as challenging later generations of artists, from Pablo Picasso to the present.