Videos: #1 Velazquez #2 Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master
1. I wanted to learned about the life of Diego Velazquez, therefore I watched the documentary titled: Velazquez. In the documentary, Albrecht Durer was mentioned as someone that Diego Velazquez copied, so it peaked my interest in wanting to know why Diego Velazquez copied his style.
2. In the documentary, Velazquez, it mentioned that Diego Velazquez had a great friendship with King Philip IV and the royal family. Velazquez had one the biggest libraries of his time because he was not only a painter, he was also a scholar, engineer, and architect. Most of his portraits are based on reality. He trained in Italy for couple of years to learn from other famous painter’s lives work such as Raphael, Davinci, and Michelangelo. He also, mimics the style of Albrecht Durer in his portraits. His lives work was either portraits of the royal families, or the opposite of them. In the Documentary, Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master, it is mentioned that Durer has a particular interest in hands and the process of aging. Many of his works of art illustrate these two concepts. Durer had completed his first self-portrait at the age of 13 years old. He also composed many prints for artists to use the method of using grids and human anatomy, similar to the same process Leonardo Davinci used. Durer was involved in politics and he was around when Martin Luther had the reformation movement going against the catholic church.
3. The videos had similar information compared to that of the textbook because they all mentioned famous art work that both Diego Velazquez and Albrecht Durer created that are known worldwide. However, both documentaries go further in detail about these artists life.
4. Both videos have provided me with more understanding about both Diego Velazquez and Albrecht Durer. Also, the readings helped me to understand the artist movements that were taking place when these artists were alive.
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