The study of portrait in Las meninas

Keywords: portrait, look, representation, allegory, transparency

Abstract

Portrait painting is one of the most direct sources of study because of its challenge to temporal limits, since at first instance no effort is required to decode the image. This immediate connection between the observer and the painting itself is even more evident when studying baroque representations. The portraits in the painting Las meninas are an eloquent testimony of that willingness to begin a dialogue created in the past and continued in the present with a back drop acting as a mirror and a chamber of wonders. The silent dialogue gives voice and prominence to the girls and jesters from a perspective that we define today as metapictorial.

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Published
2021-10-15
How to Cite
Maqueda de la Peña A. (2021). The study of portrait in Las meninas. Ingenium. Revista Electrónica de Pensamiento Moderno y Metodología en Historia de las Ideas, 14, 35-41. https://doi.org/10.5209/inge.78434
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Monografía