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A 3 page paper which examines the proto-impressionist style of Velazquez and compares it to the impressionist paintings of Manet and Monet. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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This Paper Properly, Please Introduction Diego Velazquez is known as one of the most influential painters in history. His work has served to influence the style
and work of many other painters who came after him. In many cases he is seen as a proto-impressionist because his style of painting seemed reflective of a time to
come, a time rampant with impressionist painters. The following paper examines his style of painting and then discusses it in comparison to later impressionist painters, Manet and Monet. Velazquez
One author tells us that "Velazquez is greatly influenced by the dark paintings of the time, especially those of Rivera, showing an inclination towards naturalism. "La Vieja Friendo Huevos" (The
Old Lady Frying Eggs) or "El Aguador" (The Waterer) are pieces from this time and show a vibrant realism, where the object seem to have a life of their own"
(CyberSpain, 2004). It is in these paintings that many note how "the problem of lighting begins to be considered, where Velazquez opts for a sinister and obscure style, much like
the style of Caravaggio" (CyberSpain, 2004). Another author argues that "No painter has surpassed him in his ability to grasp essential features and fix them on a canvas with
a few easy strokes. It has been said that, His men and women seem to breathe; his horses are full of action and his dogs of life" (Lenker, 2004). It
is believed that this ability was "Due to his great skill of merging light, color, rhythm of line, mass, and space, he has been called the painters painter" (Lenker, 2004).
And, it is in such a perspective as this that we see how his brush strokes offered the viewer an optical experience that allowed the painting to see vivid and
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