CAS AH 287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stupefied, Physiognomy, Philip V Of Spain
2 Oct 2016
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Although they look rather buffoonish today to us, the royals apparently liked the painting. They must have looked for a mirror image of themselves in the portrait. Beady eyes, swollen pink face, and she with her hooked noce, double chin, vacuous smile. Goya"s picture lacks the formality and idealism of meng"s neoclassical portraits. Instead, he has brought a new informality and realism to court paintings that anticipates nineteenth cen portraiture and even photography. This portrait of the family of king carlos iv (1748-1819) was painted in aranjuez and madrid in the spring and summer of 1800, shortly after goya was named first chamber painter. clearly show s the artist s mastery at individualizing characters. The forerunners to this complex composition are louis-michel van loo s portrait of felipe v and his family (p02283) and vel zquez s las meninas (p01174), both of which are in the prado.
