The Late Paintings of Vel�uez: Theorizing Painterly Performance

by Giles Knox

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The startling conclusion of The Late Paintings of Vel�uez is that Diego Vel�uez painted two of his most famous works, The Spinners and Las Meninas, as theoretically informed manifestos of painterly brushwork. As a pair, Giles Knox argues, the two paintings form a learned retort to the prevailing critical disdain for the painterly. Knox presents a Vel�uez who was much more aware of the art theory of his era than previously acknowledged, leading him to reinterpret Las Meninas and The Spinners as representing together a polemically charged celebration of the "handedness" of painting. Knox removes Vel�uez from his Iberian...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781351543088
  • Publish Date 5 July 2017
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 14 September 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 208
  • Language English