Are you fascinated by this picture?

[Akademik_Komarov]

Answer seriously. Later I'll write about why I created this thread.

 

[sergdying]

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Answer seriously. Later I'll write about why I created this thread.

No, I hate that picture honestly

 

[Akademik_Komarov]

Las Meninas" (The Ladies-in-Waiting) is a 1656 masterpiece by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Located in the Prado Museum in Madrid, it is one of the most analyzed paintings in Western art history

 

[minecraftgamer56]

nah

 

[IAMNOTANINCEL]

i'm fascinated by this subhuman creature and imagining how it managed to come about

 

[Societal Reject]

No i hate it

 

[ArimaWillAscend]

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this picture is displeasing to look at it disgusts me

 

[Akademik_Komarov]

this picture is displeasing to look at it disgusts me

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i'm fascinated by this subhuman creature and imagining how it managed to come about

Guys, I'm not trying to sound like an aesthete by posting a banal classical painting. This is truly a unique piece.

 

[ArimaWillAscend]

Guys, I'm not trying to sound like an aesthete by posting a banal classical painting. This is truly a unique piece.

I guess some either orphans waiting to be sold off or some sort of performers being prepared,I can see make up,some sort of hydration (either some sort of alcohol or milk) since there was no way to make water not be dangerous during the 1600s,including the fact child labor was legal then still it might be some sort of performance or they are being sold to someone nothing else comes to mind

 

[Akademik_Komarov]

I guess some either orphans waiting to be sold off or some sort of performers being prepared,I can see make up,some sort of hydration (either some sort of alcohol or milk) since there was no way to make water not be dangerous during the 1600s,including the fact child labor was legal then still it might be some sort of performance or they are being sold to someone nothing else comes to mind

try looking at the picture from a little distance and squint a little

 

[ArimaWillAscend]

try looking at the painting from a little distance

dfk are they drawing themselves or something

 

[Akademik_Komarov]

dfk are they drawing themselves or something

squint

 

[ArimaWillAscend]

squint

my brow ridge is too pronounced when I squint it just becomes blurry and doesn't change a thing for me

 

[Akademik_Komarov]

my brow ridge is too pronounced when I squint it just becomes blurry and doesn't change a thing for me

The artist depicted himself in the painting. He depicted people as mirror images, and himself as the true reflection. Behind him is a mirror reflecting the king.

But the most striking thing is the barely noticeable shadow of the Greek statue over the composition, which draws the viewer's attention as a source of invisible danger. That's why this painting fascinates me so.

 

[danyisthegoat]

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Looks eerie

 

[Akademik_Komarov]

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