Velázquez, Las Meninas

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Las Meninas, c. 1656, oil on canvas, 125 1/4 x 108 5/8 in. (318 x 276 cm), (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

[@alvar534]

Most probably the greatest painting ever

[@jgrau5089]

I think Velazquez was painting you and me and all that have looked at this masterpiece through the ages, with the consent of course of the Royal family, which were aware at the time of the millions of strangers witnessing a millisecond of their lives, which in fact made them, you, me and all, immortalized. Mystery solved, and no, I haven't been smoking anything greenish and exotic.

[@Piribari]

Yo siento lo mismo, por eso no me canso de mirarlo

[@HistoriaEn10]

Para mi el enigma mas interesante esta en la pintura que esta pintando Velázquez, ya que nunca sabremos que hay ahí detrás. Ese elemento suma a esta interpretación de Las Meninas como alegoría del arte de pintar.

[@Dre2Dee2]

What I wouldn't give to see Velazquez's presentation of this painting to King Phillip. He must've had the biggest shit eating grin as the royale couple, expecting a portrait like the one displayed in the mirror, saw that he had painted their exact view from where they stood for the portrait. Must've been lots of laughter and utter amazement at what is painting's greatest magic trick. You KNOW he wore that exact black outfit at the time too XD

[@lukasmanos7436]

ooooooh he said shit on an educational video ooooooooh

[@rigira]

@@lukasmanos7436 and the channel liked it bruhhh

[@debcos5034]

For all the many old and new interpretation of the painting , they failed to realized that the paintings purpose was actually simple: it was meant to be a joke for the royal couple🤣 They stood there, hours and hours for days just to look at the final result and wtf...

[@carlberg7503]

You describe the painting as a combination of "philosophy and poetry"--the best summing up of this masterpiece I've heard. In "Les Mots et les choses," Foucault--like many others before him--teases out the philosophical meanings. Clearly, the painting has many meanings and many enigmas, but the reason it's my favorite painting is I like looking at it, and my favorite character is that marvelous dog.

[@abelsincain]

Wonderful Velazquez art. Thank you.

[@supremereader7614]

Very well done for this important painting. Refined paint and canvas shown with raw paint and canvas in painting!

[@Sasha0927]

What a move to be commissioned to paint the royal portrait and paint this instead. I kinda love it, to be honest. If they were silly and sentimental like me, it would've made a great surprise.

[@cuatesanz5611]

Las Meninas is a great painting. 👍

[@cuatesanz5611]

I can picture them standing close together 🧍‍♂️ 🧍‍♀️ discussing the painting 🖼.

[@adriangross8593]

very well and interestingly commented, love this channel

[@jeremygroeneveld2132]

hello anyone in spanish class

[@grimms4402]

Hola

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

Dude,this is cool 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@emirbergsland6704]

hello i like your video

[@alvar534]

Velázquez, the painter's painter

[@KemilyPlay]

nice

[@tofathi195]

Hello, please make one for Las Hinderas, thanks.

[@JoshHoPersonal]

I, to be honest, have no idea what you guys are talking about in the last couple of minutes :/

[@headoverheels88]

Yeah, they kinda went deep into art theory. They're basically saying Velazquez is ultimately trying to suggest that painters are intellectuals/poets more than they are simple craftsmen. While now we look at painting as an intellectual practice, at the time painters were seen as more as "workers" or "crafters" (or people who just make stuff, like bowls and vases). However, the commentators are saying that Velazquez was showing off how he can make smudges of paint create an entire new reality for people to experience, and thus painters should be appreciated as something more than just "crafters".

[@johnnycabb]

the editor thought that too. he went, "fade out their audio. bring in the piano and smart history gfx"

[@arturoperalta3438]

Hi is painting the Kings on the mirror. Arturo Peralta

[@MGstaR17]

He painted in 8k.

[@jeffreyharrison3731]

It looks like it is trending toward impressionism. I would call a Vermeer 8k, or perhaps a Van Eyck.

[@lcapplewood]

It's obviously all about the dog ....

[@ashketchum6332]

Hello everyone from AP Us history class

[@brucculi349]

That first painting is some next level meta stuff

[@EvilThunderB0lt]

Las Hilanderas has this same metaphysical quality

[@ludwinvart5409]

Is not a mirror, is a framed, glassed painting

[@fododude]

Evidently putting a thick piece of beveled glass over a painting simply wasn't ever done with any paintings at that time, and rarely now.

[@60enterprises]

Ludwin V art It is a mirror, Velazquez was actually painting the king and queen, who were reflected on the mirror. The effect is that it seems as if the princess is looking at the viewer, but in fact she is looking at her parents

[@hsmd4533]

It’s a mirror

[@DermNerd808]

I prefer the Surrender of Breda