Las Meninas

Author : Michael Jacobs
Publisher : Granta Publications
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781847088093

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Everything is Happening by Michael Jacobs Pdf

A fascinating journey through a single painting’s history, meanings and associations by “one of the great non-fiction writers of this and the last century” (Simon Schama, Financial Times). Acclaimed travel author and art historian Michael Jacobs was haunted by Velázquez’s enigmatic masterpiece Las Meninas from first encountering it in the Prado as a teenager. In Everything is Happening Jacobs searches for the ultimate significance of the painting by following the many associations suggested by each of its characters, as well as his own relationship to the work. From Jacobs’ first trip to Spain to the politics of Golden Age Madrid, to his meeting with the man who saved Las Meninas during the Spanish Civil war, to his experiences in the sunless world of the art history academy, Jacobs delivers a brilliantly discursive meditation on art and life that dissolves the barriers between the past and the present, the real and the illusory. Cut short by Jacobs’ death in 2014, and completed with an introduction and coda by his friend and fellow art lover, the journalist Ed Vulliamy, this visionary and often very funny book is a passionate, personal manifesto for the liberation of how we look at painting.

Author : Santiago Garcia,Javier Olivares
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781683960126

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The Ladies-in-Waiting by Santiago Garcia,Javier Olivares Pdf

In 1656, Diego Velázquez, leading figure in the Spanish Golden Age of painting, created one of the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Las Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). This graphic novel, written and drawn by two of Spain’s most sophisticated comics creators, examines its legacy as one of the first paintings to explore the relationship among the viewer, reality, and unreality. (It guest stars Cano, Salvador Dalí, Zurbarán, and many others.) Olivares’s art moves from clear line to expressionistic; from pen nib to brush stokes; from one color palette to another, as The Ladies-in-Waiting uses fiction to explore the ties among artists and patrons, the past and the present, institutions and audiences, creators and creativity. Their combined efforts have garnered not only international comics prizes, but the equivalent of the National Book Award in Spain, where the book has been a commercial and critical sensation.

Author : Javier Portus,Miguel Moran Turina,Andrea Sommer-mathis
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500970584

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Velazquez by Javier Portus,Miguel Moran Turina,Andrea Sommer-mathis Pdf

One of the most influential, admired painters to ever live: a look at some of Velázques’s court portraits from 1649 to his death in 1660 Diego Velázquez was one of the most important and influential painters in the Spanish Golden Age and the leading artist in King Philip IV’s court. To accompany an exhibition at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Spain, this book analyzes the development of Velázquez’s court portraits from his second trip to Rome in 1649 to his death in Madrid in 1660, a period that saw the creation of some of the greatest of all masterpieces within this genre, such as Las Meninas. Also included are portraits produced in Velázquez’s circle that focus on the complex process behind the creation of the royal image. The book traces the subsequent development of the Spanish court portrait after Velázquez’s death when artists such as Mazo and Carreno reinterpreted his ideas, resulting in innovative contributions to the genre in their depictions of Margarita of Austria, Mariana of Austria, and Charles II.

Author : Lynn Nottage
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 082221931X

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Las Meninas by Lynn Nottage Pdf

THE STORY: LAS MENINAS is the true story of the illicit romance between Queen Marie-Therese (wife of Louis XIV) and her African servant, Nabo, a dwarf from Dahomey, and the hilarious consequences that scandalized the French court.

Author : Antonio Buero Vallejo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4368645

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Las Meninas by Antonio Buero Vallejo Pdf

Translation of Buero-Vallejo's play that draws on the painting of the same name by Diego Velasquez.

Author : Claustre Rafart i Planas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 8495623153

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Picasso's Las Meninas by Claustre Rafart i Planas Pdf

Author : Gabriele Finaldi
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art, Spanish
ISBN : UVA:X004922209

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Las Meninas by Gabriele Finaldi Pdf

Las Meninas (The Maids of Honour) is more than a portrait, or even a portrait of a portraitist at work. Velazquez was always concerned about his status at court; he thus includes the king and the queen in this painting, both reflected in a mirror, and present as witnesses to the painter in creative flow. The figures in the picture seem caught between one position and the next, with the snapshot effect that the Impressionists and Degas were to seek 200 years later. Other painters tried to match or improve the extraordinary illusion of space in the picture. But Velazquez's skill in achieving this was already apparent in earlier works. The painting is an example of the power of art to communicate what is real and to imagine what by nature is unreal. This superb 4-fold guide examines in detail the work's historical context and unravels the many levels of meaning contained within it."

Author : Ann Sutherland Harris
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1856694151

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Seventeenth-century Art and Architecture by Ann Sutherland Harris Pdf

Encompassing the socio-political, cultural background of the period, this title takes a look at the careers of the Old Masters and many lesser-known artists. The book covers artistic developments across six countries and examines in detail many of the artworks on display.

Author : Joseph Margolis
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Art
ISBN : 0877224404

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Philosophy Looks at the Arts by Joseph Margolis Pdf

The first edition of this widely used anthology offered a needed introduction to a new analytic aesthetics which has in the intervening years become even more influential. This new, revised and expanded edition has been designed by one of the leaders of the field to help define the structure of current aesthetics. Of the 24 articles included more than half are new to this edition. The new edition emphasizes opposing currents in aesthetics with contributions from the most active and influential writers in the field. It is a basic book for any library and is designed to provide both undergraduate and graduate students with a professional orientation in aesthetics. Author note: Joseph Margolis is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. He is the author or editor of twelve other books as well as numerous articles.

Author : Grzegorz Zmij,Bettina Heiderhoff
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783866539303

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Interpretation in Polish, German and European Private Law by Grzegorz Zmij,Bettina Heiderhoff Pdf

The interpretation of declarations of intent and contracts is a very difficult task, especially with regard to crossborder partners. Read the informative proceedings of the international conference in Katowice as to the topics: - Interpretation of foreign law by German courts - Theories of interpretation in private law - Interpretation of contracts under the German BGB and under the CFR - Interpretation of the juridical acts - a comparative perspective - The "common" interpretation of national law - Iuris cogentis and iuris dispositivi rules / provisions in contract and corporate law - Relevance of circumstances in which the contract was concluded - Is there "the one true interpretation of a law"? - Is the wording of the law a limitation for its interpretation?

Author : T. M. S. Evens
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1845452240

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Anthropology as Ethics by T. M. S. Evens Pdf

Without embracing absolutism, the book makes ambiguity and paradox the foundation of an ethical response to the pervasive anti-foundationalism of much postmodern thought."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 027104828X

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The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain by Anonim Pdf

Examines theater and portraiture as interrelated social practices in seventeenth-century Spain. Features visual images and cross-disciplinary readings of selected plays that employ the motif of the painted portrait to key dramatic and symbolic effect.

Author : Gayana Jurkevich
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0838754139

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In Pursuit of the Natural Sign by Gayana Jurkevich Pdf

This is the first major study on Azorin to appear in two decades. The first part explores parallels between the cultural milieus in France and Spain when both countries lost their colonies in the second half of the nineteenth century. The second part studies the fiction and essays of Jose Martinez Ruiz (Azorin). Illustrated.

Author : Jesse Bryant Wilder
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781118051160

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Art History For Dummies by Jesse Bryant Wilder Pdf

Art history is more than just a collection of dates and foreign-sounding names, obscure movements and arcane isms. Every age, for the last 50,000 years has left its unique imprint on the world, and from the first cave paintings to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from the Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia, to the graffiti-inspired paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat, art history tells the story of our evolving notions of who and what we are and our place in the universe. Whether you’re an art enthusiast who’d like to know more about the history behind your favorite works and artists, or somebody who couldn’t tell a Titian and a De Kooning—but would like to—Art History For Dummies is for you. It takes you on a tour of thirty millennia of artistic expression, covering the artistic movements, major artists, and indispensable masterworks, and the world events and cultural trends that helped spawn them. With the help of stunning black-and-white photos throughout, and a sixteen-page gallery of color images, it covers: The rise and fall of classical art in Greece and Rome The differences between Renaissance art and Mannerism How the industrial revolution spawned Romanticism How and why Post-Impression branched off from Impressionism Constructivism, Dadaism, Surrealism and other 20th century isms What’s up with today’s eclectic art scene Art History For Dummies is an unbeatable reference for anyone who wants to understand art in its historical context.

Author : Michel Foucault
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415267366

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The Order of Things by Michel Foucault Pdf

Possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century, it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant.