Velazquez's Las Meninas Continues to Intrigue

March 20, 2012 - PRLog -- Las Meninas is one of the better known paintings by Baroque master Diego Velazquez. This Spanish painter created a whole series of influential paintings but it was specifically Las Meninas which draws most controversy and discussion, and it remains much talked about even today.

There are several items which make Las Meninas such a talked about painting and one of those is the way in which the artist includes a self-portrait of himself with in the scene which his a highly unusual idea for that time.

Another element of the painting which continues to draw discussion are the people covered in the rest of the painting, with no-one entirely sure who they are, although several well based claims have been made and a selection of hem may be in fact correct. With Diego Velazquez appearing so many centuries ago, it is hard to be sure just who exactly they are, so this controversy is unlikely to go away.

Diego Velazquez is generally regarded as an innovator and someone who really wanted to develop new ideas and this marked him out as much as his obvious technical skills which were particularly impressive in the genre of portraiture.

Spanish art remains very much in our thoughts thanks to artists like Velazquez and it is fundamental to the popularity and memory of Baroque art that this particular painter remains in our thoughts.

We recommend that you check out he best paintings from Diego Velazquez's career at your next opportunity as there is much to see and you will also probably understand then why so much interest remains in his career and also specifically in his Las Meninas masterpiece. You can find out more at http://lasmeninasvelazquez.com/ and http://diegovelazquez.net/ .