1. Criticism of Diego Vela zquez' "Las Meninas, Sebastia n de Morra, and Baltasar Carlos and a Dwarf-
... the more vivid as the middle distance is cut off by the shadows which spread across the floor. The depth of the chamber is stressed by the alternation of window jambs and picture frames on the right-hand wall, the stretcher of the large canvas on the left foreground, and the perspective sequence of the empty lamp hooks on the ceiling, which mark as central the spot in the rear wall where the King and the ... it of course, but only the king had a part in the composition. Comparison of the identifiable paintings seen in Las Meninas with the palace inventory of 1686 has established that Ve...
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