what is the paintings subject matter ?
In the words of Silvio Gaggi, as "a simple box that could be divided into a perspective grid with a single vanishing point".
Las Meninas
in the words of Silvio Gaggi, as "a simple box that could be divided into a perspective grid with a single vanishing point".
who do you think the young woman in the painting represents UNANSWERABLE what is the las meninas ? It is a painting in the Museo del Prado who painted it ? Diego Velázquez what is the paintings influence ? influence can be seen in the two portraits by Mazo of subjects depicted in "Las Meninas", which in some ways reverse the motif of that painting
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Las Meninas [SEP] Subject matter
"Las Meninas" is set in Velázquez's studio in Philip IV's Alcázar palace in Madrid. The high-ceilinged room is presented, in the words of Silvio Gaggi, as "a simple box that could be divided into a perspective grid with a single vanishing point". In the centre of the foreground stands the Infanta Margaret Theresa (1). The five-year-old infanta, who later married Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, was at this point Philip and Mariana's only surviving child. She is attended by two ladies-in-waiting, or "meninas": doña Isabel de Velasco (2), who is poised to curtsy to the princess, and doña María Agustina Sarmiento de Sotomayor (3), who kneels before Margaret Theresa, offering her a drink from a red cup, or "búcaro", that she holds on a golden tray.