Differences Of Pablo Picasso And Diego Velazquezs Paintings

Page 1 of 2 ZOOM In 1656, Diego Velazquez made a painting titled, Las Meninas. He was a painter for a royal family and many of his paintings consisted of the family. Many years later, Pablo Picasso painted over 50 variations of this painting. One including his 1957 painting that was based strongly on the princess of the royal family. Although both paintings can be related to each other, they both each portray their own meanings. It may be easy to tell that both paintings may be similar because of their appearance of the princess. In Velazquez’s painting, he paints five year old, Infanta Margarita, who is being helped by many servants, including her bodyguard and dog. In Picassos painting, he also includes the princess, who†¦show more content†¦Velazquez uses a realistic style to create a scene and tell a story, but Picasso uses geometric shapes to study the princess’s body and face. Another difference is the people. Velazquez includes many people in his painting, including hims elf, while Picasso only includes the princess and a maid. Because Velazquez adds so many people into his painting, many people argue what his main focus was. However, in Picasso’s painting it is clear that he valued the princess, which makes her the main focus in his painting. Another difference is the meaning of the paintings. Velazquez titled his painting Las Meninas, or ladies in waiting. This is odd because many of the people in his painting are focused on the princess, which may imply that she is the meaning of the painting. But because of the title, it is confusing to tell what Velazquez was trying to portray. However, Picasso takes up most of the space in his painting to draw the princess. Although a maid can be seen in the painting, it is clear that Picasso was trying to show the importance of the princess. Both artists painted these works to portray something. It may not be clear, but I think Velazquez was trying to show the importance of everyone in the castle. He i ncludes himself, the princess, maids, king and queen, and other figures to not put too much focus on one person. I think he uses this strategy to show everyone is important and plays a specific role to make the royal castle so important. This is also why he createdShow MoreRelatedComparing Pablo Picassos And Diego Velazquezs Las Meninas883 Words   |  4 Pages Page 1 of 2 ZOOM In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting Diego Velazquezs â€Å"Las meninas† and Pablo Picassos â€Å"Las meninas† which are two paintings with Diego Velazquez’s being the first to make it in the 1600’s. Comparing:Diego Velazquez’s painting and Pablo Picassos are the same because they both have very fine detail and how small the lines they made, made such an impact on the result and you can see that it clearly does. I say this because if you look at Picasso’s the