Art Is Not A Spectator Sport
Ep 18c: Status Symbol (Las Meninas)
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:20:33
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Synopsis
Many scholars have come to believe that Velázquez was here addressing the status of painting itself, and by extension, his own status in Spanish society. “In fact, Apelles was a person of great amenity of manners, a circumstance which rendered him particularly agreeable to Alexander the Great, who would often come to his studio. He...