Similarities Between Picasso And Velazquez And Picassos...

Page 1 of 2 ZOOM When you first look at the two painting they appear to be completely different,but on a second and closer look there are many striking similarities. First looking at it they don’t look anything alike they appear to be portraying the same event. Looking at the outline of Picasso’s paintings you see the resemblance of Velazquez painting.There are many similarities between both paintings. One similarity is that both painting have attendants dressing her. Another similarity is she is wearing a hoop skirt. The broach on her chest she is wearing seems to be the same in both paintings. In each painting it has at least one attendant kneeling down and holding both hands. The princesses arms are in the same position†¦show more content†¦He wanted to make the painting his own way. Picasso had his own point of view on las meninas by just painting the princess and the attendants. I think he decided to paint just the princess and attendants because he wanted to show the dif ference between the two. The princess is highly praised while the attendants don’t get noticed. The attendants are always longing in the princesses shadow, just like how in the painting the attendant is kneeling down to the princess, supposedly helping her get ready.I think Velazquez created such a work because he was trying to put his own life experiences into something. I think he was trying to express two different groups of people.In the painting there is the royal princess and her attendants. There is other people in the painting that people are less focused on. When you look at the painting there is people gathered around the picture some of them are interacting and talking. Others are staring at the viewer. I think that he created this to show how much people were focused on the princess and not the attendants. It was created to show how the attendants may have felt like an outsider. It shows us how us to may get caught up in the newest trend or famous person we forge t about the people who help them or the ones that got them where they are. Those people don’t usually get recognized. I think that Picasso created such a work to better understand Velazquez and get his own interpretation on theShow MoreRelatedDifferences Of Pablo Picasso And Diego Velazquezs Paintings729 Words   |  3 PagesZOOM In 1656, Diego Velazquez made a painting titled, Las Meninas. He was a painter for a royal family and many of his paintings consisted of the family. Many years later, Pablo Picasso painted over 50 variations of this painting. One including his 1957 painting that was based strongly on the princess of the royal family. Although both paintings can be related to each other, they both each portray their own meanings. It may be easy to tell that both paintings may be similar because of their