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  • Velazquez

    Velazquez

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    Jude Tulloch
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    Standing in front of Las Meninas, the massive work of Baroque Spanish Court painter Velazquez is a humbling and awe inspiring experience. The reproductions of the painting in books did not prepare me for the luminous quality, the complex composition, and the incredible technical skill. The setting of the painting is a large room in the Royal…

  • Velazquez here I come

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    Jude Tulloch
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    Next stop Madrid. Can hardly wait to immerse myself in art there. This painting of Santa Rufina painted by Diego Velazquez in 1629 -1632  hangs in the small gallery established by the Fundacion Focus-Abengoe, Seville.  It’s worth a trip to the Hospital de los Venerables, a 17th century Baroque mansion and a quiet retreat providing…