Diego Velzquez

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Diego Velázquez 1599-1660
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• History
• 1. Painted during Golden Age of Spain
• 2.Hired as Court Painter for Felipe IV
• B. Style
• 1. Used vivid colors
• 2. Used light shadow for emphasis
• 3. Painted details like a camera
• 4. Eyes in some faces look directly at
• you involve you in scene
• 5. Painted action

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C.Themes 1. Royal Family 2. Nature 3.
Still life (bodegones) 4. Historical events
5. Scenes from mythology 6. Portraits
showing dress of day in court 7. Dwarves,
people of color for 1st time D. Works 1. The
Waterseller 2. The Spinners 3. Portraits
of Royal Family 4. Surrender of Breda 5.
Maids of Honor
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Waterseller
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Los Borrachos (Feast of Bacchus)
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Las Meninas (Maids of Honor)
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The Spinners
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Old Woman Frying Eggs
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Felipe IV
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Christ and the Christian Soul
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Forge of Vulcan
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Felipe IV in Brown Silver
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Queen Isabel
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Christ on the Cross
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Felipe IV as Hunter
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The Buffoon Calabazas
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The Count-Duke of Olivares on Horseback
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Surrender of Breda
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Self-portrait
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The Dwarf Francisco Lezcano
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Venus at her Mirror
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The Dwarf Sebastian de Morra
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Juan de Pareja
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María Teresa of Spain
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Infanta Margarita
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Prince Felipe Prospero
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