Velazquez Re-examined: Theory, History, Poetry, and Theatre

Featuring the work of five prominent scholars, this collection analyzes the paintings of Diego Velazquez within the cultural, intellectual, and political frameworks of seventeenth-century Spain. Each essay offers novel insight into the greatest artist of the Spanish Golden Age by bringing a remarkable range of material to bear upon the interpretation of his works. Laura Bass considers painting, poetics, and the Spanish canon of arts and letters in an examination of Velazquez's trenchant portr…