Las Meninas

[Anonymous No.6164532]

The world's greatest painting, what do you think?

[Anonymous No.6164536]

>>6164532
Even thumnail looks like shit.

[Anonymous No.6164539]

>>6164536
Thumbnail*

[Anonymous No.6164544]

for the horde

[Anonymous No.6164548]

>>6164532
loli

[Anonymous No.6164549]

You surely posted the wrong picture

Here, let me fix it for you

[Anonymous No.6164556]

>>6164549
Utterly forgettable

[Anonymous No.6164641]

>>6164549
Ai can do this style, souless.

[Anonymous No.6165045]

An candid allegory of swarthy mediterraneans adoring blondeness. She is depicted as a child to associate her with purity. The new world goblina and manlet are seen at the left, with a dog beside as a symbol of accomodating fidelity. The parents, witnessed from the mirror, looks adoringly at their blonde angel. The girl is offered a vesssel known as búcaro, made of a special clay of the same name which Spanish nobles consumed to lighten their complexion. The clay has a sweetening effect on the waters stored in vessels made of it, associating sweetness with whiteness.

[Anonymous No.6165046]

A candid allegory of swarthy mediterraneans adoring blondeness. She is depicted as a child to associate her with purity. The new world goblina and manlet are seen at the left, with a dog beside as a symbol of accomodating fidelity. The parents, witnessed from the mirror, looks adoringly at their blonde angel. The girl is offered a vesssel known as búcaro, made of a special clay of the same name which Spanish nobles consumed to lighten their complexion. The clay has a sweetening effect on the waters stored in vessels made of it, associating sweetness with whiteness.

[Anonymous No.6165076]

>>6164548
Based.

[Anonymous No.6165085]

>>6164532
thats not reply of the zaporozhian cossacks

[Anonymous No.6165087]

im going to hide this thread

[Anonymous No.6165199]

>>6164532
poor doggo

[Anonymous No.6165206]

>>6164532
No this is the best painting in the world

[Anonymous No.6165419]

/beg/

[Anonymous No.6165783]

It's a tie between this

[Anonymous No.6165790]

and bae

[Anonymous No.6165839]

>>6164532
yo dawg

[Anonymous No.6165882]

ai could never

[Anonymous No.6165929]

I like this one

[Anonymous No.6165933]

*ahem*

[Anonymous No.6165934]

>>6165839
>I herd u liek paintings
eX to the z exquisite

[Anonymous No.6166013]

>paint some dude in a hat
>mog everybody for the next five centuries

[Anonymous No.6166049]

>>6165934
in yo paintings dawg

[Anonymous No.6166107]

>>6164532

Las Meninas is interesting because he painted it from his sitters perspective and also included the King and Queens servants etc which was probably unheard of at the time.

But I don't think it's the best Velazquez, I personally find pic related, his depiction of the crucifixion, to be particularly moving due to how solemn it is, and I'm not even Christian/Catholic.
It's just an example of perfectly execution of what painting should be all about: muted colors, a limited palette, a subject that is understandable and of service to the general public, aesthetic proportions and subtlety.
All these are reasons for why Las Meninas is great, and I can see why you think Velazquez painted 'the greatest painting ever'. Definitely a painter worthy of emulation.
also

[Anonymous No.6166209]

Love this one
>>6164532
Great juxtaposition. Like that painting
>>6166107
I grew up in an ultra catholic country and this was one of the earliest image of Jesus I saw. Painted on a wall of the church in dimly lit area. Terrifying in a good way.

[Anonymous No.6167502]

>>6165087
Why did he do it?

[Anonymous No.6167503]

>>6165206
Beautiful

[Anonymous No.6167511]

I can't argue with your tastes but there's only one piece that actually connected to me in a deeper level

[Anonymous No.6167831]

>>6165933
clouds copied from a photo

[Anonymous No.6167835]

>>6166209
What are the two creatures fighting on the sky?

[Anonymous No.6168080]

>>6167835
snidia and chakkios

[Anonymous No.6168112]

>>6164532
a thread with anons trying to one up each other by posting only based paintings?

nice

[Anonymous No.6168125]

>>6165085
definitely the best one in this thread, full of character, skillfully done without overworking it. only problem i have with it is that ugly dog

[Anonymous No.6168143]

>>6165839
Show off

[Anonymous No.6169619]

>>6166013
Unironically. 4chan ic will not understand because they can only understand epic illustrations, or something which they think represents traditional against modernism. They likely do not even use real brushes.

[Anonymous No.6169705]

>>6164532
Las Meninas is fascinating, but Velazquez has other paintings that I think are much better like >>6166107 or pic related

[Anonymous No.6169714]

For me it's pic related. It's even more haunting when you see it in person

[Anonymous No.6169721]

>>6165839
those spanish steps are way off.

[Anonymous No.6169802]

Deuces

[Anonymous No.6169805]

>>6165790
Capital angelbro

[Anonymous No.6169943]

>>6169619
please explain. its an alright portrait and interesting expression, but its not exceptional technically. do you have to have some knowledge about it to appreciate it?

[Anonymous No.6171505]

yes, i love this painting so much, i could spend hours looking at it and not feel bored, thats just how good it is at portraying this candid feeling and atmosphere. very few paintings had make me feel like that

[Anonymous No.6171580]

>>6168125
>>6167511
>>6165839
>>6165085
>>6164532
The dogs man, the lions, why are they all so UGLY, so UGLY
The velazquez is the only one with a decent dog, and the face is hidden in shadows

[Anonymous No.6171582]

[Anonymous No.6171663]

>>6165839
Old memes were better

[Anonymous No.6172035]

>>6169943
>its not exceptional technically
heh

[Anonymous No.6172048]

>>6172035
please link any resources regarding its technical aspects, I'm genuinely interested. Thanks!

[Anonymous No.6172596]

good picks. anons.

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[Anonymous No.6172636]

>>6164532
Mmm yes this is fucking astounding

[Anonymous No.6172699]

>>6169943
>>6172048
he never went over any bit of paint, he did the gradients by mixing the paints to be faded into eachother on the brush itself, no human or AI has been able to reproduce this painting in traditional or digital in almost 600 years.

[Anonymous No.6173142]

>>6169943
After a certain point in skill what becomes more difficult is to make something appear easy and effortless. Raphael draws attention from the art by having the perfect balance of finish and carelessness. This is what Baldassare Castiglione, the same person in the painting, calls sprezzatura, and is what people mean when they mention Raphael's grace.
Other artists, influenced by the idea that too close of a finish shows too much the artist's effort, may resort to bravura of brush strokes or turn to some idiosyncratic features, but this shows too much of the art in another way, and seems rather more self-conscious about the painting. As if they doubt their designs will not captivate through its spirit, which is probably true.
Art is not primarily meant for artists to examine closely the technique and various devices. Even worse when non-artists take part it. It can give a deeper understanding when someone who knows the art of painting examines more closely, yet should not appeal primarily to the artist or art student.
I would not say this particular work of Raphael is my favorite nor his best, but also think it could not have been done as effectively by anyone else other than the same painter who made the School of Athens. This point can be better illustrated by looking figure drawings, which still appear meaningful even in their isolation because the same artists had cultivated his judgment through pursuing more complete and grander subjects.

[Anonymous No.6173292]

>>6165046
Said the anglo, after getting getting bullied by a middle eastern.

[Anonymous No.6173301]

I like this one

[Anonymous No.6173324]

>>6173142
i appreciate the thorough answer, cheers mate

[Anonymous No.6176577]

>>6169705
Painting gods as real-life plebians in a realitic setting is interesting, but not very effective. Even the robe that Apollo wears seems liks a lazy prop.

[Anonymous No.6176874]

>>6173142
i like this post, feels great.

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[Anonymous No.6178213]

bumping

[Sagenie No.6178220]

I prefer 100 Ai threads than 1 like this.

[Anonymous No.6181077]

[Anonymous No.6181080]

>>6171580
found the furry

[Anonymous No.6184730]

Nice thread