Impressionists were fascinated with Veláquez:
they considered him a forefather. What was that they found in him? I
could assure that would be topic enough for another post...
Maybe, the best way to admire
Velázquez’ innovations is observing closely these 2 tiny landscapes by him.
He’s absolutely innovating: stand-alone
landscapes, which weren’t part of the decoration of any scene, painted
outdoors, when oil tubes were still not invented…
He spent his 1629 Summer in Rome’s Villa Medici
and today we are travelling there...
Fuentes: Bennassar, B.
Velázquez.Vida. Cátedra, Madrid, 2012
Brown, J.-Garrido, C.
Velázquez. The technique of
genius. New Haven-London, Yale, 1998
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