Diego Velázquez- Painting Takes Power

Diego Velázquez was a Spanish "golden age" painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period.
Director: Thibaut Seve
Series: Behind The Artist - La Grande Expo
Cast : Annette Rizzo (narrator)
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[@gyrofusionz5954]

This deserves more views. Diego Velazquez... one of the pioneers.

[@JayGideon-7]

Velasquez: the king of painters! Who could rate above him?

[@commenter3484]

I am a huge fan of Las Meninas, I visited the prado in December 2019 and I immediately fell in love when I saw it.

[@paigetomkinson1137]

Great documentary! I love watching documentaries about artists, painters. Makes me want to get my painting supplies out and turn off the television.

[@Loenthall88]

With the music I kept waiting for the disco glitterball and a cameo by John Travolta.

[@mayraaguilar8046]

My brother actually looked into where our last name came from Velazquez. Turns out Diego Velazquez was our great, great, great uncle. I was so surprised to learn our family tree

[@Sadlyevan]

@Jonny Velasquez no te lo creas, el hecho de que alguien se apellide Velázquez no significa que tenga relación

[@mansteinman]

Jajaja

[@sebbvell3426]

😂😂😂 so false

[@ErlingSkogvold]

Nor Edward Grieg nor KZbins disco-phihlarmonics, belonges here, Great story thoug

[@markchandler7089]

Great paintings, here Las Meninas, never mean one thing. Just as Jonathon Swifts "Travels" has layers of meaning, so does this painting. Velazquez plays with symbols, meanings, relationships, viewpoints, and technique. Are we, the future audience, royalty? Who or what is he painting on his canvas in a canvas? Interpretations say as much about the writers and their times as it does the artist's intentions. We discover art each generation and individually. Thanks for the exploration of Diego Velazquez and his work.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Yes, I studied this painting when I took my Fine Arts degree with Art History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne some 50 years ago. Yes, there is an amazing complexity surrounding this painting. This is an excellent documentary. I felt then that status was important to Velazquez. For starters what is the picture really about? Also, Velazquez in his portraits could read the souls of his subjects. I spent some time Prado looking hard at this masterpiece.

[@gilbertdaroy6080]

His massive desire to be a member of the nobility, even to the point of seeking an audience with the Pope, wasn't the cause of his fame. His genius in painting is.

[@johndorilag4129]

Velasquez was the greatest painter of the Baroque

[@artofdissonance4091]

Who made the music, either hates music or Velazquez !

[@chicosonidero]

I hate the music and love Velazquez

[@1marcelo]

probably hates humanity

[@Vanja1973]

The 'musician' obviously hates Edvard Grieg

[@artofdissonance4091]

great ! but this lowest quality music.. is it necessary ?

[@gregmeissner9960]

48:52 a tiny Velasquez doll hanging on the wall HAHAHA!!! Love it.

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

So cool 😂 i want one now

[@DavidLee-mp8us]

Music from Velazquez"s time would have been much better

[@keter1234]

Present this again with chamber music instead of porn music.

[@________mr.empty________]

Great documentary! I miss a lot more content about art

[@tr_g]

One word: he is the best.

[@migueltani3549]

those are four words, sir

[@tr_g]

@@migueltani3549 I know :)

[@christophedallaporta8836]

There's no such thing as the best . You may have a preference though.

[@tr_g]

@@christophedallaporta8836 You are right ... unless is Velazquez. :)

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@franciscocamachoherrera1392]

and the music is terrible.. nothing to do with the narrative, the life of velazquez or the contexts of the documentary

[@shentellbaby9022]

I am a descendent of Diego Velazquez ❤❤❤

[@iceberg7117]

Very nice pretty English! Thanks 👍☺️

[@ncr1998]

@@DAMWOKE LMAO

[@darylcumming7119]

Thank you.

[@callahanstudio]

This film initially implies that Velazquez painted the Cross of St. James of the Order of Santiago on his own tunic. Not only would that be a huge misstep but unlikely since it was awarded three years after the painting was finished. Nevertheless, it is true that he actively sought out the honor of knighthood. I wonder whether he was really so fascinated by the mirage of royalty and nobility, or were these pretensions merely the price of getting to do what he really loved to do at the level he wished to do it? Why shouldn't he want the accolade when he had worked so hard to earn it through unprecedented painterly excellence ? I think the paradox or "ambiguity" mentioned by M. Pepin existed not so much in Velazquez himself, but in his situation within a society ruled by snobbery and appearances. For me the proof of that is in his portraits which show as much care taken for freaks, dwarves, and common folk as for kings, queens, and noblemen. This social subversion is rooted in Caravaggio's approach that asserts the supremacy of the artist's vision over any precedence of subject matter. Velazquez walked a tightrope with his approach, and fortunately, Felipe IV seems to have had some sense of the sham over which he was presiding and allowed the painter his latitude. Let us believe he came to appreciate the difference between the beautiful flattery Rubens offered the crown and the immortal pictorial virtue bestowed on it by Velazquez.

[@ronnysanjaya6823]

So genius he was,hope more genius this millenium.

[@danag812]

Very interesting!! Thank you

[@amartyachakraborty8092]

The music really ruined it for me, such a great video but couldn't focus at all

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

I like the idea of painting holding the brush like a fencer Its so elegant and fascinating, i wanna try it someday For now ill stick to my wacom bamboo 🤭

[@lindas.martin2806]

Omg, fix the music, this is not a disco! Or a funeral. Too many changes, too loud! Ruins the very good documentary.

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

The music is just one issue with this trash documentary. The cinematography is terrible as well as the interviews not being subtitled. I really wanted to try and get through it but just cant.

[@timmyholland8510]

The Venus nude was one of the most beautiful painted nudes.

[@lawsonj39]

Why are the interviewees French? Seems like you'd talk to Spanish people about a Spanish painter.

[@kokorospirit5006]

Music selection does not match with video & images

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

Good doc

[@holeshothunter5544]

I BECOME BORED VERY QUICKLY

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

It was the music.

[@franciscocamachoherrera1392]

so many "assumptions" and the documented facts presented with personal perspectives

[@daisyroots8926]

Shame about the awful music. It really spoiled the documentary

[@Robert-rr7kw]

It is true, I hear what you are saying. All of that biz- buzz electronic, biz -buzz music. The creator of The Simpsons was making fun of that music 20 years ago.. Whatever happened to the melody?

[@Robert-rr7kw]

Today's music sounds like the inner working of a clock, or a best putting a long screwdriver up to an engine to take a listen to it . Tick , tick , tick , tick , tick .. Any drummer as myself would agree it's just pressing a button there is no swing ;there is no attack onto the drum head. It's just some young kid who never heard of Frank Sinatra pressing a button.

[@orit2111]

P

[@DrStoneDog]

Develop your filters. I never noticed anything until reading your comment.

[@VJMOJO]

Somehow, WONDERFUL BUTTOCKS, stayed

[@TheMarshmelloKing]

Interesting how Velazquez wanted his whole life to be an aristocrat and downplayed his role as a painter when his painting is what saved him and no one gives a shit about being a nobleman.

[@verucasalt9182]

It just shows that being a painter in that time was a job for the bourgeoise .

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

The terrible use of music here...either way, I saw the beautiful painting Las Meninas just last week in Madrid. I'm back home in Puerto Rico now.

[@kevohwapipelinetransami4351]

Best doc

[@byronbuchanan3066]

This is NOT Velazquez' only portrait.

[@AndreyVillamil-be8nx]

Velázquez was the best. The king. And he didn't even try. He was too busy doing other things.

[@ezragonzalez8936]

Interesting choice of background music goof doc though

[@torceridaho]

how could you not show and narrate Velazquez' Crucifixion of Christ! une grosse erreur

[@theresabraddock9310]

this documentary treaded lightly over the real truths about Spain's slaves and a lot of filler tangents unnecessarily added which makes the narrative less fluid. Information about Diego, his art and relationships, I suspect were far more complicated than what is stated. the music was hideous. despite that, I liked it and I think he was a clever genius painter ahead of his time.

[@bernardgreenwald6959]

The narrative does not mention that V's grandfather may have been a Jew and that the horror of the Spanish Inquisition was taking place at that time. So he may have wanted as many aristocratic shelters as he could get to protect himself and his family if the inquisitors came after them.. Nor does the narrative mention Spain's rape and genocide of the Mezzoamerican Natives and their rich culture , wealth from which fueled their commercial preemenence in the world at that time. Once the fortunes derived from those cruel crimes were exhausted their status seemed to decline. Neither the Hapsburgs nor the Catholic hierarchy. inspire my respect. It may have been an exciting time to live but for most , not a happy time.

[@scattysafari7742]

Was he lefthanded?

[@jgrau5089]

Look at his portrait in "Las Meninas", in which hand is the paintbrush? Now you have your answer.

[@toddaulner5393]

Picasso says hi!

[@jaytee7822]

The knights cross was painted on his chest posthumously

[@itzcosmetplayz3078]

related to diego velazquez from thundermans

[@moisesparra7152]

En español plis

[@barbarazielinska8968]

Valazguez Miał zamilowanie Do scen z życia Codziennego.Po Osiedleniu się w Madrycie jego Bachus i Kuźnia Wulkanami są Kompozycyjnie i Warsztatowo dojrzalsze od prac Rodzajowych Namalowanych W. Sewilli Artysta dążył Do przeciwstawienia się temu ci niskie i Powszednie Zgodny był z duchem Hiszpańskiej Sztuki.

[@ingrida1121]

The video is great, but the music is sooooo annoying and out of place. Whoever is responsible for music should never be allowed to do it.

[@Zeropadd]

😎

[@shanisatorre3041]

12:58 21:48

[@TheMotherSoups]

not so well made; taking in account it's about great art this documentary isn't.

[@RobinSong-o2g]

Tues 30Th, fourTh week, Three T's, Three ones, no, I SAID it's nines (9's)!!! ...oops, someone dropped a T. 😮

[@robertgiles9124]

Look what we got nowadays for painters...a lot of crap in general.

[@migueltani3549]

9:27

[@franciscocamachoherrera1392]

false facts.....

[@fungshui81]

The music is ghastly. It kills the entire film.

[@williambo5989]

i discovered he used a secret math formula for his paintings

[@grimmster777]

power?!, he traced !!. hes a colorist!!.

[@portervillelouis]

I agree - he used the cámara obscura to trace- same as Vermeer

[@martintierney5397]

Dreadful AI narrator

[@hoosomio]

DOCUMENTAL HECHO POR GABACHOS SE NOTA SU MAL GUSTO HACIA ESPAÑA y la música es terrible..nada que ver con la narrativa, la vida de Velazquez o los contextos DE IMAGENES DE ESPAÑA fuera de contexto del documental

[@johnmekites7701]

No, Rembrandt is superior, obviously.

[@unknownuser_99]

What has he got to do with this video?

[@russellbaston974]

That’s your opinion, it’s not an ‘obvious’ fact.

[@hoosomio]

JAJAJAJA POBRE

[@christophedallaporta8836]

Thank you .

[@verucasalt9182]

Equal . How can you say that the sun is better than the moon . Both are beautiful, relevant, necessary and d cannot compete . They exist in their own plane .

[@spankyoulater]

He looks like he "painted" a lot of woman

[@kevinmeserole7345]

"painted"?hahaha