Synopsis:
Imagine presents a portrait of the artist regarded by many as the greatest painter of all time. Court painter to Philip IV of Spain, Velazquez’s sumptuous portraits of the King and his family have a grandeur that has never been surpassed and even his paintings of royal dwarfs and jesters have a unique psychological intensity. Velazquez is the artist other painters most admire, and his masterpiece, ‘Las Meninas’ is considered the high point of European Art, yet he virtually abandoned his Art for material gain and social ambition.
Alan Yentob travels to Seville, Madrid, Rome and New York tracing Velazquez's footsteps and meeting artists and critics who add more to the story of Velasquez's genius.
Synopsis:
Imagine presents a portrait of the artist regarded by many as the greatest painter of all time. Court painter to Philip IV of Spain, Velazquez’s sumptuous portraits of the King and his family have a grandeur that has never been surpassed and even his paintings of royal dwarfs and jesters have a unique psychological intensity. Velazquez is the artist other painters most admire, and his masterpiece, ‘Las Meninas’ is considered the high point of European Art, yet he virtually abandoned his Art for material gain and social ambition.
Alan Yentob travels to Seville, Madrid, Rome and New York tracing Velazquez's footsteps and meeting artists and critics who add more to the story of Velasquez's genius.