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Diego Velazquez
2. Baptized 1599, likely soon after his birth
3. 1660, died with fever/illness
4. Places in Spain
5. Worked with tutors and as an apprentice for people who taught him art
6. Portraits of people in paint
7. In the Museo Nacional del Prado
8. The collection is in Museen, Berlin
9. The Triumph of Bacchus was published in 1628. It’s about a god who gives wine to
men, and a bunch of men are crowded around him. All the other people in the picture
are in dull colors but Bacchus is bright and vivid and isn’t wearing a shirt. There’s a man
crouching in front of him and is getting a leaf thing on his head. Two of the guys are
looking right at the viewer.
10. Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan, Christ in the house of Martha and Mary, Cristo
Crucificado, Democritus
11. Thousands to millions depending on the piece
12. I think he was trying to show how people act and what they think about the world
13. Baroque
14. Portraits, very traditional style
15. His life was early enough in history that not much was known about his childhood, even
his exact birth date
16. Why don’t you use more color?
17. Even if I had the money, no. I’m not super interested in the style
18. I don’t know if I could be his friend without knowing more about his personality
19. Not enough information
20. He made art for royal people in their palace
21. “I would rather be the first painter of common things than the second in higher art.”