Velazquez: Painter and Courtier
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Velázquez and The Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece
 List Price: Price: $16.28 You Save: $15.72 (49%) DescriptionBehind the famous painting by Diego Velázquez lies a rich story of the artist's life in art What began as propaganda art to celebrate a rare Spanish victory in the Eighty Years' War with Holland, The Surrender at Breda is today recognized as Velázquez's narrative masterpiece. Breda is packed with vivid military detail—whole armies are suggested on the huge canvas, twelve feet high and eleven feet wide. Unlike typical surrender scenes, there is neither a heroic victor on horseback nor a vanquished commander on his knees. Instead the rivals appear on foot almost as equals. The loser bends forward to offer the key and receives a chivalrous pat on his shoulder, as if to say: "Fortune has favored me, but our roles might have been reversed." Anthony Bailey examines the paintings from which the artist arose, coaxing stories from them that flesh out a complete portrait of one of the world's major artists whose personal life has remained largely unknown.
88 Color Paintings of Diego Velazquez - Spanish Renaissance Painter (June 6, 1599 - August 6, 1660)
 DescriptionDiego Velazquez book includes 88 high quality reproductions of his greatest masterpieces with title, date, size and museum name.Diego Velazquez book includes 88 high quality reproductions of his greatest masterpieces with title, date, size and museum name.
Diego Velazquez
 List Price: $6.95 DescriptionDiego VelazquezBORN: June 6, 1599 in Seville, Spain. DIED: August 6, 1660 in Madrid, Spain. MOVEMENT: Baroque INTERESTING FACTS: Velazquez is considered Spain’s greatest painter of all time. He apprenticed under Francisco Herrera the Elder before being trained by Francisco Pacheco. In 1623, he painted a portrait of Philip IV that made him a success and won him the appointment of court painter. Velazquez’s most famous painting is Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor, 1656). It is a nearly life size painting with a quality of light that creates a masterful illusion of reality. NOTABLE FACTS: Las Meninas, Pope Innocent X, Christ at Emmaus, Philip IV, The Surrender of Breda. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ Art Book contains 105+ Reproductions of Portraits, Religious, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date. Diego Velazquez BORN: June 6, 1599 in Seville, Spain. DIED: August 6, 1660 in Madrid, Spain. MOVEMENT: Baroque INTERESTING FACTS: Velazquez is considered Spain’s greatest painter of all time. He apprenticed under Francisco Herrera the Elder before being trained by Francisco Pacheco. In 1623, he painted a portrait of Philip IV that made him a success and won him the appointment of court painter. Velazquez’s most famous painting is Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor, 1656). It is a nearly life size painting with a quality of light that creates a masterful illusion of reality. NOTABLE FACTS: Las Meninas, Pope Innocent X, Christ at Emmaus, Philip IV, The Surrender of Breda. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ Art Book contains 105+ Reproductions of Portraits, Religious, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date.
Diego Velazquez: 1599-1660; The Face of Spain (Basic Art)
 List Price: Price: $6.37 You Save: $3.62 (36%) DescriptionAcclaimed for its blending of realism with atmosphere, and for its deeply sensitive appreciation of character, the work of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez represents the undeniable pinnacle of the golden age of Spanish painting. Born in Seville but of Portuguese origin, he became court painter to Philip IV in 1623. A steady worker, using primarily sombre low-toned colouring, he met Rubens in 1628, and soon after made a first trip to Italy. The pictures painted there reveal a growing interest in both colour range and in the male nude. He only returned to Italy once again in the late 1640s, where he painted his famous portrait of Pope Innocent X and his only female nude, the "Rokeby Venus". But his greatness lies perhaps in his empathetic studies of such characters as the dwarf playmates of the royal children. The weathering of the skin, rags and mortality, as well as the ageing face of the despondent monarch increasingly preoccupied him in later years. The power, insight and brilliant technique of these paintings were to prove profoundly influential on such later artists as Manet, Delacroix, Picasso and Bacon.
Diego Velazquez (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
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He started out producing works of social realism before turning to local customs and then to portraits and nudes, strongly influenced by 17th century Spanish master Diego Velazquez, and finally to landscapes in the last years of his life.
Chicago TribuneChicago White Sox lose to Minnesota Twins 20-1(Tribune photo by Phil Velasquez / May 21, 2009) It was better that the White Sox laugh than cry Thursday after equaling their worst loss in franchise history. Less than two hours before the Sox lost out on San Diego's two-time All-Star pitcher Jake