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DIEGO VELAZQUEZ.

LAS MENINAS.

By: Charo Cabanes.

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THE BEST PAINTING OF THESPANISH HISTORY.

• THE BEST EXAMPLE OF REALISM.

LAS MENINAS.• TITLE IN ENGLISH: THE MAIDS OF

HONOR.

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MANY PAINTERS, LIKE PICASSO HAS COPIED THIS PICTURE.

• Picasso said: “Velazquez is the best

painter in history”.

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LAS MENINAS by Velazquez.

• LAS MENINAS by Picasso.

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LA INFANTA CRISTINA by Velazquez.

LA INFANTA CRISTINA by Picasso.

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WHO IS VELAZQUEZ?• His full name is:• DIEGO RODRIGUEZ DE

SILVA Y VELAZQUEZ.• He was born in SEVILLE,

SPAIN in 1599.• His father was a noble

man from Portugal and his mother a noble woman from Seville and very rich.

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• At school he learnt languages and philosophy but, his teachers realised he was very good at painting.

• They said his fathers to send him to a School of Arts.

• When he was 12 years old, Velázquez began to study Arts. Francisco Pacheco, an artist and teacher in Seville, was his teacher.

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Velázquez married Juana Pacheco, the daughter of his teacher. They had two daughters.

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• In the 17th century, there was not photos or cameras. Painting was the portraits people had.

Velazquez was very good in portraits.He travelled to Italy and make a portrait of the POPE Inocencio X.

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• The King of Spain saw the portrait of the Pope.

• He liked so much that he named Velazquez the king's favorite court painter.

• Velazquez started to paint all the royal family life as if he was a photographer.

King Philip IV.

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• One day Velazquez was working in his studio when the princess and her dames came in. Then the King and Queen came to see Velazquez’s works.

• In that moment he painted his MASTERPIECE:

• LAS MENINAS or “ THE MAIDS OF HONORS” in English.

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But Velazquez painted more pictures as my favourite: La

Rendición de Breda.

• He died in Madrid in 1660 . Eight days after, his wife died too.

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