Vel?zquez [Paperback]

Diego Vel?zquez (15991660) was one of the towering figures of Western painting and baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was treated as a portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X to a mortar and pestle. In this comprehensive introduction to Vel?zquezs life and art by Richard Verdi, the artists major works are discussed along with most of his surviving output of approximately 110 paintings. Vel?zquezs greatest innovation, his unorthodox and revolutionary technique, is explored in relation to his most-celebrated contemporaries both in Spain and beyond, including Titian and Peter Paul Rubens.A comprehensive, illustratedportrait of Diego Vel?zquezslife and art examining all hismajor works.?