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Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Behind 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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"More than 400 years ago, a famous Spanish artist lived and worked for King Philip IV. However, Diego Velázquez loved to paint ordinary people going about their lives too. In this book, readers are introduced to both Velázquez's life and his most famous works, including Old Woman Frying Eggs and The Waterseller of Seville. Age-appropriate discussions of biography and technique make this a unique volume. A concluding activity invites readers to...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
When John Snare, a nineteenth century provincial bookseller, traveled to a liquidation auction, he found a vivid portrait of King Charles I that defied any explanation. The Charles of the painting was young-too young to be king-and yet also too young to be painted by the Flemish painter to whom the piece was attributed. Snare had found something incredible-but what?
His research brought him to Diego Velázquez, whose long-lost portrait of Prince...
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