Left: Picasso, Portrait of Luis de Góngora, after Velazquez (1947)
Right: Velazquez, Portrait of Luis de Góngora (1622)
Can you see the breast in the poet's head?
In the last entry I analyzed Velazquez’s Portrait of Góngora to see the underlying forms (and, thus, his meaning) with one example of Picasso’s variation on it to demonstrate his similar understanding of the original. Now, in a reversal, welook at Picasso’s variations more deeply. Can you see in the Velazquez the female breast in the poet’s head or Picasso’s eyes in his variation of the same portrait?.
Velazquez, Portrait of Luis Góngora (A visual illusion!)
If you are planning to re-post this portrait by Velazquez, do take a quick look at my short explanation of it first because there is an amazing visual illusion in it that no-one but artists has ever seen before. The first time published today! So be the first.
Velazquez, Portrait of Luis Góngora (1622)
Picasso's Boy Leading a Horse (1906)
A curious painting which makes more sense than you may imagine
Picasso's Self-portrait (late 1901)
How Picasso portrayed himself as Poussin
Picasso, Reclining Nude with Man and Bird (1971)
Picasso's Reclining Nude (1906)
Picasso’s Reclining Nude with Old Man and Bird reveals his understanding of Manet’s Olympia and thereby helps us interpret Manet’s masterpiece as well.
Picasso's Reclining Nude (1906)
How a drawing by Picasso of his nude girlfriend is more than what it seems
