Comparing Pablo Picassos And Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas

Picasso painted for himself, as a release from the pressures of his society and as a way to express his thoughts and problems in tangible form. For this reason, the events happening around the time of any Picasso work must be understood before the true meaning of any resulting art can be understood.

In this essay, I will be discussing how two famous artists from different times and cultures have created aesthetic qualities in artworks, communicated ideas and developed styles. Frida Kahlo and Pablo Picasso have been chosen to express two very different art styles and how both artists use elements and principles to create a distinct quality artwork. Although Frida Kahlo and Pablo Picasso come from different parts of the world and have different cultural backgrounds, both artists have practiced and explored portraiture as a way of making art.

Alvaro was the one that was quiet and would copy other people's paintings instead of making some kind of original and unique art. Cristobal was the troublemaker that would steal things from Mr.Velazquez and blame it on Juan. Mr.Velasquez knew that it was not Juan’s fault and he threatened to send cristobal away if he did it again. But, he did it again and Mr.Velasquez did not do anything because Cristobal was a good drawer and painter and was much better than Alvaro. There was a request by the King for Diego Velasquez to paint a portrait of him.

He wanted to make the painting his own way. Picasso had his own point of view on las meninas by just painting the princess and the attendants. I think he decided to paint just the princess and attendants because he wanted to show the difference between the two. The princess is highly praised while the attendants don’t get noticed. The attendants are always longing in the princesses shadow, just like how in the painting the attendant is kneeling down to the princess, supposedly helping her get ready.I think Velazquez created such a work because he was trying to put his own life experiences into something. I think he was trying to express two different groups of people.In the painting there is the royal princess and her attendants. There is other people in the painting that people are less focused on. When you look at the painting there is people gathered around

There are very few things that appreciate with time. Many people love to bank on a rookie baseball player, in hopes his card will be worth thousands. Many invest in land, praying they hit a gold mine like land in Frisco or Prosper, Texas. One of these rare items is art. Art is a luxury, that many high income people love to invest in. Pablo Picasso’s art is some of the most if not the most prominent, pieces of artwork in the world. Picasso was a trendsetter of sorts, helping start many movements including introducing the idea of a collage in his later paintings. Picasso had a habit of drawing his lovers in his paintings. For some of his mistresses, he created lots of art with them as the main subjects of the paintings, as those were the stronger influences. Many of his paintings were centered around one of his mistresses, Marie-Therese Walter. Picasso met the 17-year-old Walter while he was married to his wife, Olga Khokhlova. Throughout their relationship, which spanned nine years, she was the centerpiece of his work. Depending on the depiction of the subject, Picasso showed his emotion toward Walter. The painting, ‘Seated Woman’ of Walter by Picasso portrays a unique style, a powerful use of colors, and a different view of Walter in comparison to paintings of his other mistresses.

Each painting draws influence from their individual location of origin, mostly in subject, to appeal to the patrons of the time. While each piece was created within the 17th century, there are obvious differences from place to place in how they were meant to be created. This is evident in the materials used for the paintings, Velázquez’s piece being oil on canvas, Hui’s being a hanging scroll consisting of ink on paper, and

Harlie UnderhillDecember 4, 2017Spanish 1B - HudsonLas MeninasThe Las Meninas is a piece of artwork made by Diego Velázquez in 1656 in the Cuarta del Principe in Almcázar in Madrid. It is one of the most famous paintings in the Spanish history. Velazquez was trying to bring this painting closer to Spanish History. The artwork is a painting of the infanata and her attendants. She has two maids around her, and José Nieto in the doorway. Behind the infanata there is a canvas, on the canvas is a picture of Mari Bárbola and Nicolasito Pertusato. The infanatas parents, Philip IV and Mariana de Ulloa, reflections are in the mirror. The artist also includes himself in the painting, painting a huge canvas. When Velázquez was painting the portrait, he was trying to paint like the technique called Baroque. This technique is the style used to exaggerate motion in order to produce drama and tension in paintings, sculptures, literature, dance and music. He was trying to make a complex and credible composition that would convey a sense of life and reality. Velazquez limits between reality and painting.. The composition combines unity and variety. This painting has a specific location, and identified figures, and its a group portrait.

It is a cheerful, acrylic painting created using bold and bright colors made to contrast one another. Torres used unity and variety with a selection of lines, shapes, and colors. When you first view the painting, you will notice the directional forces that cause your eyes to view the painting in a particular order. Staring at the front center, the eyes will follow the path of lines that lead your eyes over the entire painting. When you take a closer look at the piece, you will begin to notice a repetition of certain colors and shapes. The painting is also asymmetrically balanced. In my opinion, the most important Principle of Design used for this piece is contrast. The figure of the woman in the front is significantly contrasted from the rest of the painting, and she is made to be the focal point. This piece is representational artwork. It depicts the appearance of a woman and includes subjects from the everyday world.

Though “Our Lady of Guadalupe” style is softer and more delicate than any other paintings. They create energetic subjects and has a vertical emphasis. The viewer clearly sees a landscape and a tumultuous battle in the sky that curves around the central figure of the Virgin

Since there are numerous ways to look at an artwork, people may understand it in many different ways. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were both artists with different styles of paintings. Frida Kahlo painted small pictures, mostly self-portraits whereas Diego painted large murals of scenes of industry. “The Broken Column” by Frida Kahlo and “Man at the Crossroads” by Diego Rivera are artworks that tell stories about the artists and what they've been through. Both Frida and Diego dedicated most of their lives to painting and found international success as painters. She was the woman who established an art of observation and female responsiveness all of her own; He was the leading muralist who presented shape and colour to the Mexican uprising and its communist future. Diego’s works were grand and symbolic whereas Frida’s artworks were intimate and very personal and its natural scale grew smaller and smaller until they were less than a foot squared.

Picasso was born on October 25 1881, Nationality: Spanish and the movement of his artwork were Cubism, and Surrealism. Art is an artist’s individual interpretation of the subject. Female nude is a piece of art which makes the viewer think what is the artist trying to express by his painting. I was really confused at first when I looked at the art work and it took me a while to figure out what the art really means to its viewer. In general, the visual elements present in the art work like color, shape, lines, curves, and the subject itself are most remarkable visual features. While viewing this piece of art one thing you will notice is the color shade and the sharpen lines of the artwork attracts the viewers and hold you up for a while. Deep color combination of the background and the bright color frame work makes the piece look more vivid and attractive. I am still not quite sure about what is the artist trying to express from this painting but all in all I really liked this piece of

Las Meninas shows the princess and her attendants. The original painting was done in 1656. Picasso’s painting differs from the original but, it also has many similarities. Picasso had a way of painting and that was by cubism but Velázquez painted las meninas in realism. Picasso focused on using very bright colors that pop and Velázquez used more of the warm neutral tones.

Las Meninas was Velázquez’s largest oeuvre measuring 3.21 m by 2.81 m (Umberger 96). Velázquez’s masterpiece is one that draws sharp criticism ranging from those who find this work as a complete piece with its pictorial features prominent in the artwork, to those who find it hard to interpret its content conclusively (Ancell 159-160; Snyder 542+; Steinberg 48; Bongiorni 88). Despite such disparities, Velázquez’s masterpiece was able to project a day in the life of the royal family while at the same time achieving his artistic ideal. This work explores this artwork in light of the royal family and personal gratification by Velázquez as a celebrated artist.

Girl before a Mirror, an oil on canvas painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, shows two sides of a girl; one which is illustrated with a dark tone and one with a vibrant colorful tone. This painting is bright; colors are at full intensity and are arranged next to their complements, producing a visual relationship between shape and form. Forms are used to draw the viewer’s eye across the canvas where circular shapes, repeating throughout the work, are compensated by the pattern of diagonal lines of the background. The viewer observes the girl’s profile and full frontal image, looking into a mirror and noticing a different image of herself. In order to achieve this effect, Picasso uses a range of formal elements that highlight the

He sees Matisse as the 20th century master of colour and Picasso as the master of line but he critiques both of them for not taking it to the final stage toward complete abandonment of the physical plain. An example of this is, he suggests that even though Picasso developed Cubism, that it is deconstructed by the physical world but not abandoned by the physical world and so Picasso stays earth-bound.