Comments on: Las Meninas https://totallyhistory.com/las-meninas/ Facts About Famous Events & Records of the Past Mon, 01 Jul 2019 06:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: David G. Stork https://totallyhistory.com/las-meninas/#comment-706311 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 06:05:23 +0000 http://totallyhistory.com/?p=4037#comment-706311 You say the painting was executed while viewing in a large mirror. Do you have any idea what size mirror would be necessary for that?

]]> By: Bernardo Castellano https://totallyhistory.com/las-meninas/#comment-164784 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:29:23 +0000 http://totallyhistory.com/?p=4037#comment-164784 In reply to Art History Teacher.

Art History Teacher,
Please elaborate your discontent, I am interested in your reason.

Regards
Bernardo

]]> By: Art History Teacher https://totallyhistory.com/las-meninas/#comment-13348 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:16:37 +0000 http://totallyhistory.com/?p=4037#comment-13348 This is horrible: “The entire scene is of course painted looking at a large mirror, and we can only assume that it is very large for it to reflect the enormity of the room.”

…Yeah…because no artists ever use studies or various different sittings to composite one painted image. This whole piece is so absurd. The only reason I even bother to post a response is because one my students cited this as a source. Horrible. Where are your sources? How about some quotations and citations? This is one of the worst interpretations of this painting I have ever come across on a generic web page (which says a lot).

This is from this site’s own “Terms of Use”: “TotallyHistory.com does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.”

So in short, don’t consider this either accurate or historical.

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