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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Orso's book helps bring new insight into Velazquez.,
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This review is from: Velázquez, Los Borrachos, and Painting at the Court of Philip IV (Hardcover)
This book, with its throrough description of mythology as it existed in Spain around Velazquez time, helped me identify the subject of some other paintings from that period not in the public domain. Viewed together with paintings by Velazquez, Rubens and Patinir, they show Bacchus' birth place in Spain, his journey through Andalusia and his visit with his mother Semele in Olympus. Together they show that Velazquez and Rubens painted a whole series on Bacchus in Iberia based on the story by Ovid, adding even more proof to Professor Orso's hypothesis that the Los Barrachos painting is based on mythology. This discovery could not have been made without Internet, Professor Orso, and Amazon Books. Thanks to you all
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Velázquez, Los Borrachos, and Painting at the Court of Philip IV by Steven N. Orso (Hardcover - January 28, 1994)
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