bronze sculpture entitled‚ Equestrian Portrait of Diego Velazquez 1924 is located between the General Academic Building and the Physics Building at the University of North Texas Denton Campus. Gift of the Harlan crow family in 1994 but the reasons remain in mistery. The composition of the ten foot bronze sculpture was created inspired by the American West and specializing in bronze equestrian statues‚ portrays the famous Spanish painter Diego Velazquez who is riding a horse with his torso turned‚ is
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Formal Analysis of Art Amrita Martin April 25‚ 2010 Art 101 Melissa Ernstes Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez After viewing Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez on page 154 and 155 of A World of Art‚ I found a couple formal qualities in terms of organizing space. The first formal quality is representing a three dimensional space. In this painting Velazquez creates an illusion of deep space because the objects closer to the viewer seems to be larger then the objects beyond it. The second
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Crystal Boylston October 15‚ 2014 Historical Compare and Contrast Diego Velazquez and Peter Paul Rubens are two well-known painters who is famous for many of their artwork. Diego Velazquez has magnificent artwork; one of his masterpieces is Las Meninas “The Maid of Honor”. Peter Paul Rubens is also famous for numerous painting and his creative talent. “The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus‚” is one of his prized possessions. Diego Velazquez’s “Las Meninas” painting shows the viewer that there is
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Diego Velàzquez was called the "noblest and most commanding man among the artists of his country." He was a master realist‚ and no painter has surpassed him in the ability to seize essential features and fix them on canvas with a few broad‚ sure strokes. "His men and women seem to breathe‚" it has been said; "his horses are full of action and his dogs of life." Because of Velàzquez ’ great skill in merging color‚ light‚ space‚ rhythm of line‚ and mass in such a way that all have equal value‚ he
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Anabeth Hernandez anabethhernandez@gmail.com Art History III: The Art of Modern World HA217 February 13‚ 2012 Professor Moreno Las Hilanderas (The Spinners) Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez Diego Velasquez is known to be the “magician of the brush to master all the tricks and challenges of realistic depiction.” 1 Diego Velasquez used his brush to convey not only one simple message but also his works were “intended to be read on several levels‚ and incorporate false trails and conundrums
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Diego Velazquez painted a piece of work that was admired by art lovers all over the world (Brown & Velázquez‚ 2008). His painting “Las Meninas”‚ translated to simply mean maids of honor is a painting that gives the viewers a glimpse into the lives of the royal family. Velazquez had worked closely with the royal family at the court of Philip IV. This was the center of power during the time of the artist worked on his painting (Stratton-Pruitt‚ 2003). The painting was hailed by many as a masterpiece
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Looking at Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas‚ the artist depicted the royal family of Philip IV in 1656. This oil painting has a sophisticated composition‚ which contains six layers in positioning all objective content in complex but explicit silhouettes. The front most stands the enormous canvas‚ a mighty hound resting on the floor‚ and a playmate stepping on its back. The second layer is the spotlight‚ where the young princess stands in the center surrounded by two maids of honor and a governess; then
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to express concerns or symbolize ideas. A famous Spanish artist was Diego Velazquez. During the 1640s and 1650s‚ Velázquez served as both court painter and curator of Philip IV ’s expanding collection of European art. Velazquez seemed to have been given a much larger degree of freedom in the role than others. He was even allowed to supervise the decoration and interior design of the rooms holding the most valued paintings.
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The two people I decided to write about are Diego Velazquez‚ and Johann Sebastian Bach‚ who are both apart of the Baroque period.Diego Velazquez was a painter in the court for the king of spain who published what is called the “world’s greatest painting”. Johann Sebastian Bach played the harpsichord‚ and today is considered “one of the great western composers of all time”. Diego Velazquez‚ born in 1599‚ Spain‚ started an apprenticeship with a local painter when he was only eleven years of age
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Following his first trip to Italy in 1630‚ Spanish Baroque artist Diego Velazquez completed his epic oil on canvas‚ Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan. Requested without commission by Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens‚ Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan depicts the moment when the god Apollo tells Vulcan that Venus‚ his wife‚ is having an affair with another god‚ Mars. Apollo has presumably entered Vulcan’s blacksmith workshop to bear the bad news amongst the other blacksmiths in the forge. The moment
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