#velasquez

[thunderstruck9]

Gabrielle Graessle (Swiss, 1956), König und Königin [King and Queen], 2020. Acrylic and glitter, 180 x 130 cm.

[worldhistoryfacts]

Diego Velasquez responded to the terrors of the Thirty Years' War by painting Mars Resting. He shows us the god of war in near-naked repose, looking simultaneously vulnerable and threatening. He stares at us with a direct, louche gaze. Mars is at rest for the moment, but could soon pick up his weapons and begin the slaughter again:

Much more on the art of the Thirty Years' War:

The First Anti-War Art

Jacques Callot tells us all we need to know about conflict

[peaceinthestorm]

Paul Wonner (1920-2008, American) ~ Art Book with Rainbow, 1977 / Study of Flowers with Art Book, Marbles and View of San Francisco, 1984

[Source: Bonhams]

[my-sacred-art-2]

Lee Van Cleef (American, Jan. 9, 1925 - Dec. 16, 1989) as Colonel Douglas Mortimer in For a Few Dollars More (dir. Sergio Leone, 1965).

Crucifixion with Saint Michael, Antonio González Velázquez (Spanish, 1723-1793).

[philoursmars]

Marseille. Au MuCEM, il y avait une expo sur Don Quichotte, créé par Cervantès et repris, réutilisé...

Gustave Doré - illustration pour "Don Quichotte" - "Cet entretien et d'autres encore les occupèrent une grande partie de la nuit" - 1863

Honoré Daumier - "Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza" - 1855

Francisco de Goya - "Les Ivrognes - ou - Les Buveurs" (d'après Diego Vélasquez - "Le Triomphe de Bacchus") - Espagne, 1778

Francisco de Goya - "El Pelele (Le Pantin)", carton de tapisserie - Espagne, 1792

Salvador Dalì - "Les moulins à vent" - 1946

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[nicethingsthose]

Las Meninas (1656) - Diego Velasquez

[the-cricket-chirps]

Francis Bacon

Study for Portrait of Pope Innocent X after Velasquez

1989

[zmkccommonplace]

All of us have choices. One of the most important is whether we want to be a person who destroys or one who creates, a person who burns or one who saves.

Douglas Murray reflecting on how very nearly Las Meninas by Velasquez was lost to fire