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1 Las Meninas
It has been called the "theology of painting" and has been said to incarnate the "philosophy of art." Enjoy this quiz on one of the greatest masterpieces ever painted!
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10 Q
rkirzner
Mar 24 07
312 plays
2 Paintings of Velasquez
Velasquez was arguably the greatest painter of Spain's "Golden Age". This quiz is about some of his greatest and most fascinating paintings. Enjoy!
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15 Q
jouen58
May 17 03
306 plays
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Last Updated Nov 28 09 6:00 AM

Some sample questions from this category:

* In Velasquez's "The Feast of Bacchus", he achieves a distinctly comic effect by pairing the God of wine with these rather incongrous companions.
* Velasquez's famous painting of "Venus at the Mirror", in the National Gallery in London, was seriously damaged in 1914, though it has been satisfactorily repaired. In what rather unusual way did the damage occur?
* Velasquez's highly unusual painting of Mars, the god of war, depicts him in this atypical attitude.
* One of Velasquez's greatest religious paintings depicts this apostle and evangelist depicted in exile on the island of Patmos, where he wrote the "Book of Revelation".
* What is notable about Velasquez's beautiful "Lady With a Fan"?


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