In the painting Las Meninas it displays Infanta Margarita‚ daughter of King Philip IV and Queen Mariana‚ as the center of the painting. You can see the King and Queens reflection in the mirror as if you are in there point of view. Surrounding the princess there are two maids on both sides of her‚ a dwarf‚ a dog‚ a little girl‚ two women off to the side behind the maid on the right‚ and a man in the background that looks like he is about to leave the room or is passing by. Velazquez is also in the
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One of Diego Velazquez’s last painting and maybe the greatest one‚ Las Meninas Spanish for “The Ladies in Waiting” is an oil on canvas baroque style painting which measures approximately 10’5”x 9’(318 x 276 cm)‚ currently displayed in The Museo del Prado in Madrid‚ Spain. Las Meninas was painted in 1656 in the Cuarto del Príncipe in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid‚ which is the room seen in the work. (Museo del Prado‚ Antonio Palomino.1724). The setting is one of the most credible spaces depicted
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The two artists‚ Picasso and Velazquez‚ both painted a painting called Las Meninas. They have some similarities and differences‚ but each artists were portraying something different. Also every painter has a motivation. They can be the same motivation or another motivation for an artwork. In Velazquez’s artwork‚ he was portraying the attendants doing hard work for the little princess. There were many more attendants in the painting than anyone else. Also he uses realism to show the real life of
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Not a lot of art works can be considered as masterpieces. Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez‚ a group portrait of the court of Spanish King Philip IV‚ is definately one of them. The painting represents Velazquez’s techniques‚ and is absolutely extraordinary and implies influences Velazques might has had. Also Velazquez had a deeper purpose in his mind when creating this masterpiece. He wanted to earn the title that can ensure him a high position in society. So‚ Velazquez had this desire for an aristocratic
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Museum Report: Diego Rivera’s "La Siesta" On Tuesday‚ November 2‚ 2004 I attended the San Antonio Museum of Art. The painting that left the most lasting impression was Diego Rivera’s "La Siesta." The painting‚ a "snapshot" of indigenous Mexican life‚ had the biggest reaction because of my Mexican background. I also chose this painting because Diego Rivera was a Mexican artist. Diego Rivera went through many artistic phases during his life and in his later years‚ Rivera focused his art works on
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Name: Jessie James Tan Course: BS-IM Title: Business Ethics Ethical Concepts and Cases 3rd.ed. Author: Manuel G. Velasquez Book No.: HF5387V441993 IT-ETHICS (Book Review8) Chapter5 (Ethics and the Environment) Quotation: “As the earth in a short few decades becomes twice as crowded with human beings as it is now‚ and as human societies are confronted with dwindling resources in the midst of mounting accumulations of wastes‚ and steadily deteriorating environment‚ we can only
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Lizzie Velasquez‚ 26 years old woman was once labeled as the world’s ugliest woman. She was bullied and condemned for her looks and nobody wants to defend her. She did not know she was different until her first day of kindergarten‚ when her classmates abstained from her. The other kids seemed scared of her appearance and would often point and refuse to sit with her‚ even she done nothing wrong. Lizzie Velasquez was born with an extraordinary syndrome that gives
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Lizzie Velasquez is our hero. We chose her as our hero because she stayed strong and confident throughout all the things that happened in her life so far. She was called the ugliest woman alive at the age of 17 by a mean classmate from her school and viewers on youtube by the millions were watching the video. She was asked to come talk at a Ted Talk and her life changed after that day. She has been at countless interviews‚ wrote 3 books and just had a documentary made about her life called A Brave
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Lizzie Velasquez is a woman that was bullied most of her life and she stood up for herself. She was inspirational to many people for her actions to prove the bullies wrong. From a nasty YouTube video she has grown up as a confident woman to prove to them that she is strong and won’t give up. She has defied what the doctors have predicted she would not be able to do‚ adding to her persistence to stay strong. With ongoing support from her parents‚ other well known people‚ and some organisations‚ she
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MY ESSAY It could be argued that some of the issues explored in Diego‚ run are not specific to the Bolivian population‚ but to all people in all circumstances. Discuss the relevance of the issues explored in Diego‚ Run! To people in Australia today. The novel Diego‚ Run! By Debora Ellis’ explores what life in a third world country is like and how it could be anywhere in the world. She shows us what poverty‚ child labour and the drug trade can be like; she also shows how all three of these major
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