My hermeneutic subjectivity of ‘Las Meninas’
“Las Meninas”, painted by the Spanish Diego Velázquez, in the year of 1656, it is a work of art, which always caused me curiosity and admiration, despite having been made to the Spanish Royal Family of its time, located In the Prado Museum in Madrid. This picture does not begin with the name that we know today, in the first instance, it was called "Portrait of Mrs. Empress", after this, is called "The family of King Felipe IV", it is not until 1843 that she is mentions "Las Meninas".
As a first impression, I can observe an intimate scene where a series of small ladies serve another girl who, because of her appearance, proves to be of greater rank or social status, also, pay attention to a series of faces that the artist represents in portraits, But, what can be worthy of admiration is the self-portrait of the painter himself.
To himself, I need to remember my reader, that the fresco was made in boom; Or if you want, of greater development in the Spanish cultural part, called for its time as the golden age, it is surprising the maximum detail that is used, both of the room of the room where the work is developed and each of the That they appear there, the expressiveness of the faces and the same thing that wishes to communicate in the scene embodied on the canvas, although it is not a loaded production, it uses many details, one of them is the dog that rests on the lower right side , or the image that shows us; Of the individuals who present dwarfism, next to the right side, the same nurse, who is next to another man, that the executor recreates in such a way that its characteristics are not as recognizable, as can be the main protagonists and it is something To highlight, since this way is the interest in the infant face, her beautiful dress, the expressiveness of her gaze and the gift of the girls who serve and revere.
Something notoriously good, and it is worth highlighting, is the illusion of perspective, which the teacher uses to show spatial depth, this can be seen in the size of the characters, the very elaborate details that are seen in front and how these They are blurred towards the illusory inner part of the panorama, the way to use the lines of the room that integrate me into a space, although closed, shows me the optical amplitude of the expert.
Also, from my opinion, many questions arise, such as: what do the notaries observe?. If you have the opportunity to observe the picture, it is as if these people look at the viewer, in the expectation of greetings; Another issue that arises is: if the lord who looks at the door in the most internal part is coming or goes? And this is a question that each observer from his subjectivity can determine and answer, being the same skilled in his location and his position; I think that the painting is made by watching a mirror, finding Velázquez, in the composition, an unknown arises, from why he wanted it that way; I realize, through a small research in history, about the most logical and plausible response: that the authors at the moment did not want to go unnoticed and were directly in their creations, these are a few interpellations that arise.
In conclusion, from my point of view, in the work of art Las Meninas de Velázquez, analyzed more depth, from the perspective of a common spectator, you can find details, symbols; A review that you want to capture in the painting and wishes to be discovered by a general public, that the brains are disagree, trying to explain the hermeneutics, transmitted and failing that discovered discovered.
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