Question

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What compositional technique did the Spanish baroque artist Diego Velazquez use in las meninas. (points 3)
a. two-point perspective
b. atmospheric perspective
c. symmetrical composition
d. pyramid cofuration

Answer 1

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Answer 2

D

Answer 3

2. A: Velázquez involves the viewer by creating a convincing space and eye contact with the subjects in the painting.

Answer 4

That is true...but he also puts pyramid cofuration in his painting

Answer 5

The composition is only apparently straightforward: strong verticals and horizontals, and then a series of overlapping pyramids — 1. the dog, Infanta, figures in the glass, attendant on the left, 2. the dwarfs, figure behind, the queen's chamberlain in the doorway, Infanta again and 3. waiting woman on the left and Velázquez himself, brush in hand. The pyramid is a conventional Renaissance device but there is nothing static or posed in this composition.