World of Art Velázquez

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World of Art Velázquez. Diego Velázquez (1599?1660) was one of the towering figures of western painting and Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was ?treated? as a portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X, to a mortar and pestle. This comprehensive introduction to Velázquez?s life and art includes a discussion of all his major works, and illustrates most of Velázquez?s surviving output of approximately 110 paintings. The artist?s greatest innovation ? his unorthodox and revolutionary technique is explored in relation to the styles of certain of his most celebrated contemporaries both in Spain and beyond, inc