Harriet Dover
Ashgate
Hardback
120
1991
The startling conclusion of this study is that Diego Vel?zquez painted two of his most famous works, The Spinners and Las Meninas, as theoretically informed manifestos of painterly brushwork. Knox presents a Vel?zquez who was much more aware of the art theory of his era than previously acknowledged, leading to his new interpretation of these works as representing together a polemically charged celebration of the ?«handedness?» of painting.
Ashgate
Hardback
120
1991
The startling conclusion of this study is that Diego Vel?zquez painted two of his most famous works, The Spinners and Las Meninas, as theoretically informed manifestos of painterly brushwork. Knox presents a Vel?zquez who was much more aware of the art theory of his era than previously acknowledged, leading to his new interpretation of these works as representing together a polemically charged celebration of the ?«handedness?» of painting.