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Velázquez, Painter & Curator
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This book is the first to address the curatorial career of Diego Velázquez, painter to King Philip IV of Spain and chamberlain of his royal palace. It investigates the role that Velázquez played in overseeing the display of the Habsburg art collection, then the richest in the western world, and the role, in turn, that this practice played in his creative trajectory between his arrival at the Spanish court in 1623 and his death in 1660. This book thus recasts Velázquezâs career as an episode in the history of the curator.
Julia Vázquez, Ph.D. (2020, Columbia University) is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Lise Meitner Research Group at the Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History.
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Toward a History of the Curator
1 Origin Myths
â1âTitianâs Equestrian Portrait of Charles V
â2âVelázquezâs Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV
2 Multiple Viewpoints
â1âThe Octagonal Room
â2âVelázquez, veedor y contador
â3âVelázquezâs Sculptures
3 Recto/Verso
â1âThe Vaults of Titian
â2âThe Rokeby Venus, Reconsidered
4 El Escorial
â1âSacristy, Ante-Sacristy, Hall of Moral Theology, and Chapter Room of the Prior
â2âVelázquezâs Frames
5 Velázquez, Painter and Curator
â1âVelázquez, aposentador mayor de palacio
â2âFrom âNew Roomâ to âHall of Mirrorsâ
â3âMercury and Argus, Reconsidered
6 Les Suivants
â1âReconsidering Las Meninas
â2âJuan Bautista MartÃnez del Mazoâs The Family of the Artist
â3âJuan Carreño de Mirandaâs Charles II
Conclusion(s)
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Toward a History of the Curator
1 Origin Myths
â1âTitianâs Equestrian Portrait of Charles V
â2âVelázquezâs Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV
2 Multiple Viewpoints
â1âThe Octagonal Room
â2âVelázquez, veedor y contador
â3âVelázquezâs Sculptures
3 Recto/Verso
â1âThe Vaults of Titian
â2âThe Rokeby Venus, Reconsidered
4 El Escorial
â1âSacristy, Ante-Sacristy, Hall of Moral Theology, and Chapter Room of the Prior
â2âVelázquezâs Frames
5 Velázquez, Painter and Curator
â1âVelázquez, aposentador mayor de palacio
â2âFrom âNew Roomâ to âHall of Mirrorsâ
â3âMercury and Argus, Reconsidered
6 Les Suivants
â1âReconsidering Las Meninas
â2âJuan Bautista MartÃnez del Mazoâs The Family of the Artist
â3âJuan Carreño de Mirandaâs Charles II
Conclusion(s)
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
The readership for this book is academic (art historians and graduate students): universities, academic libraries, and research institutes. Keywords: museum, collection, display, Spanish, Golden Age, collecting, curator, Velázquez.